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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!

It's our 15th anniversary this week, and to celebrate, we're offering 15% everything on our website! Use the discount code BLAFT15 at checkout. (Through May 15th.) Also, if you shop for ₹1500 or more, we'll send you a set of 5 Kumari Loves a Monster postcards and a few funky bookmarks.  

Hello friends! Today's blogpost concerns a cryptid/mythological demon-creature from Australia called the bunyip. A bunyip is a huge amphibious monster from Aboriginal mythology that is supposed to live in swamps. The word is probably derived from the Wemba-Wemba language, from the southeast of Australia. Descriptions vary widely -- you can read lots of different stories in detail at the Wikipedia page -- but it's generally thought that they "can swim swiftly with fins or flippers, have a loud, roaring call, and feed on crayfish, though some legends portray them as bloodthirsty predators of humans, particularly women and children. Bunyip eggs are allegedly...

As a Thank You to those of you who've placed advance orders for the reprint of Moonward, we'll be sending out this very cool pack of stickers, postcard prints, and bookmarks featuring Appupen's art!         There are just over 20 packs left! Pre-order a copy now to get yours!