New(ish) releases: Bandigoat, The Seekers, and more
Down here on the coast at 13° north latitude, the days don't ever get too short, and "cold" is an unfamiliar concept. Nevertheless, what passes for the winter season is upon us!
And because we are slow to update the blog, we have lots of announcements.
We released two new book-length titles in October!
The first: Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales.
This isn't your typical horror anthology. Seven writers—Rashmi Ruth Devadasan, Srividya Tadepalli, M L Krishnan, Miriam Kumaradoss-Hohauser, Lungmying Lepcha, Jugal Mody, and Kuzhali Manickavel—have pooled their uncanny talents into one slim, vicious volume full of stray dogs, murder hornets, ice cream boys, and boochandis with too many toes.
We had our launch a few days before Halloween at the bonzerclass Tambaram art gallery Kannadi Cupboard, where things got a little gory (sorry, the knives we brought were a little too sharp). We had Anjali Alappat in conversation with Kuzhali, Rashmi, and Srividya, picking apart the guts of their stories.
And what's a horror book release without some gourd mutilation?
Don't think twice.... blink thrice. The bandigoat awaits you.
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The second new release: The Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble, translated by Sirus J. Libeiro.
This is our first translation from Marathi, and a little different from anything we've ever published before. It's a bit difficult to pin to a genre, but we've been using "Phule-Ambedkarite historico-philosophical hopepunk". The book was funded as a stretch goal for our Anti-Caste Speculative Fiction Kickstarter campaign. (One story from the book, "Parivrajak", appeared in that anthology.)
We are doing some events for this book!
KOCHI
TODAY! Sunday, December 14, 5 pm - Mehrab Bookshop
with Gautamiputra Kamble, Sirus J. Libeiro, and Rakesh Khanna
GOA
Thursday, December 18, 6:30 pm - Literati Bookshop & Café, Calangute
with Gautamiputra Kamble and Sirus J. Libeiro
Sunday, December 20, 5:00 pm - Dogears Bookshop, Margão
with Gautamiputra Kamble, Sirus J. Libeiro, and Saachi D'Souza
MUMBAI
Friday, January 2, 6:30 pm - NCPA Little Theatre
with Gautamiputra Kamble, Sirus J. Libeiro, Rakesh Khanna, and Pooja Ashokkumar
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more new stuff!
We've got some new comics zines in our "Other Indie Stuff" page, from Kochi-based publishers Kokaachi. More coming soon!
We're also adding zines from the Post Prandial Riot crew to our website every month. Check out @kaimaurundai's "Asteroid Succulentious" and Kuzhali Manickavel's "A Compendium of Lesser Sexy Owl Gods". Subscribe to the Patreon to get the new releases in advance! November's zine was "Sports Sucks" by Priyanka Paul!
Till next time!