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Greetings all!A few pieces of news for September: 1. The international edition of Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India is now officially out!Pick it up from Penguin Random House in the USA, or from Watkins Publishing in the UK (or anywhere else outside India). Or, better yet, order it from your favourite indie bookstore!Within India, you can still buy it direct from us. The book got a very cool write-up yesterday on a site called Exquisite Terror.  Here's a quote: "Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India is a must-read entry in the literary search for human meaning. It’s a trek through the dark corners of India’s cultural imagination populated with nightmarish creatures,...

On Friday, June 30, 2 PM, head over to The Book Cafè [yes that accent grave è is quirkily intentional!] for the launch of the new edition of MIZO MYTHS with Cherrie Lalnunziri Chhangte. She'll be discoursing on the vast pantheon of supernatural creatures from Mizo folklore, including the Keimi, Khuavang, Chawmnu, Phungpuinu, Taunu, Lasi, and Vanchung Nula, and giving important tips about which of these make the best spouses for humans, and which are most likely to gobble you up.  If you won't be there to get a signed copy, pre-order the book here: Mizo Myths (2nd Edition) – Blaft...

by Rakesh We're bringing out a new, expanded edition of Dr. Cherrie Lalnunziri Chhangte's Mizo Myths next month! You can pre-order now for 25% off!! The new edition contains 9 new stories, for a total of 15. It's got a fabulous new cover illustration by New York-based Mizo artist Alyssa Pachuau, who has been doing amazing work bringing alive the various mythological creatures of her homeland in brilliant colour. We went back and forth with Cherrie a bit about whether "Myths" or "Folktales" was a better descriptor for these stories: in truth, there are a few of each, and some that straddle...

Exciting short-notice announcement: We have an online event on Saturday 4 PM: a meet-the-writer with Nigerian screenwriter and novelist Balaraba Ramat Yakubu, author of Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home.   She is in Delhi at the moment--unfortunately, it was a bit too last minute to set something up at a bookstore, so we're doing it online!Yakubu writes in Hausa, spoken by about 40 million people in West Africa. Among indigenous African languages, it's got one of the most thriving publishing industries--as well as a film industry, called Kannywood (after Kano, the cultural capital of the region.) She has been at...

Friends in Bengaluru! We are having A Blaftish Evening at Atta Galatta on the 24th of June. At 6.00pm, we kick off with author Kuzhali Manickavel in video conversation with the Booker Award-winning translator of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand, Daisy Rockwell. At 8.00pm, we have Rakesh Khanna, co-author of Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, in conversation with horror writer P.S. Nissim. Do come, and please spread the word. Thanks!