Happy to say that, two years after finishing The Lost Words, Jackie Morris & I have begun work on a new book together. It's called The Book Of Birds: A Field Guide To Wonder & Loss. Jackie has written about the book's origins & hopes here: penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/…

There’s nothing we like better than a crowd excited about literature 🌟📚 We can’t wait to see this kind of energy again. Save the dates for #BlrLitFest 2024! 🗓 14-15 Dec 2024 📍 The Lalit Ashok 🕘 9am–8pm Register for the festival here: blrlitfest.org

Devasiachan Benny in the new exObjects book: ‘When I was young I craved the tender coconut from a nearby tree, shared in chunks among siblings. The tanginess of passionfruit never persuaded me, but that didn’t matter because its abundance was loved by neighbours, the bats and birds’

Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS in the new exObjects book: ‘because precocious talent was seemingly noticed in her son who sang random jingles and bhajans with a clear voice, Ma went the extra mile. Somewhere on the journey she perhaps saw a consummation of her unfulfilled desire to learn music’

Jaishree Misra in the new exObjects book: ‘hence the shock of coming across an innocuous paper bag stuffed with written declarations of love, some in card form, others in now tattered inland letters. What was I to do with this private cache that belonged firmly to another world?’

Belinda RushJansen in the new exObjects book: ‘this candlestick reminds me of generators and power cuts, of tumultuous storms and horizontal rain hitting the thin bedroom window like chucked gravel. Of smoky wood fires and bedtimes looking up at inked skies pinpricked with stars’

Shinie Antony in the new exObjects book: ‘grief loses its raw flamboyance and settles down into a prosaic number of finite things left behind, those articles of continuum and belonging, carrying within them words and voices, quirks and little eccentricities. Entire people’

@gajrakottary in the new exObjects book: ‘Looking back, I can say that my father was a perfectionist and a minimalist. Especially when it came to his kurtas. Once, he did not get either of the exact shades of beige at his preferred sale, and so the experimentation began.’

So glad to connect with a fine writer a fellow Shrewsbury biscuit fan, Croissant 💜🙏🏽 Shinie Antony thank you for the thoughtful pairing 💜🙏🏽

So looking forward to this The book is getting such praise Jaishree Misra come to this. Add your melody to the evening

What a book this has turned out to be. The plagent melody of loss. In the words of some of our best writers.

Two Nobel Laureates – economist Abhijit Banerjee and biologist Venki Ramakrishnan – are the highlight of the 13th edition of the Bangalore Lit Fest, which is set to return this weekend ✍️ Mahima Nagaraju

Happy to announce InkShots community on Thinkly where we discuss creative writing and everything books with authors and publishers. It will be a Live discussion and you can ask your questions too. Happy to have Shinie Antony talk about what's new at #BLF & her writing journey.

Shantanu Chaudhuri Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS Shinie Antony exObjects Bangalore Lit Fest And I am so very sorry to miss this!

The art of grieving. Of holding on, letting go... #BICLibrary #IndiraChandrashekhar #UrmilaDevi Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS exObjects Shantanu Chaudhuri OmBooksInternational

Authors Shinie Antony and AT Boyle's new book exObjects explores love and loss through the personal accounts of 11 writers including Jerry Pinto, Vikram Sampath, and Shashi Deshpande ✍️Mahima Nagaraju

When we remember them there's a strange hum in the air, like they are back. The memory of a silly fight, a movie they disliked... We trace them back to their laugh. exObjects Shantanu Chaudhuri OmBooksInternational Mid Day Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS Jaishree Misra mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/t…

holding on, letting go.... exObjects Shantanu Chaudhuri Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS Jaishree Misra OmBooksInternational

Contributor to the 1st book of exObjects stories Jaishree Misra got in touch with an extended tale: Of how fine cloth from a wedding day was transformed by a Nepalese tailor artificialsilk.org/index.php/sari… amazon.co.uk/ExObjects-Rela… exObjects workshops and events: artificialsilk.org

Congratulations to Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq! We're proud to support And Other Stories as one our national portfolio organisations #ACEsupported