The First Time Ever

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Friday, 20th Nov
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm IST

Not everyone who could write a book or novel does so. Some don’t even think of it, others do, but are diffident. What is the creative and mental make-up which causes the putative author to take the plunge? Is there trepidation, exhilaration, grim determination? Doubt or certainty? As a newcomer to this world what are the challenges to take the book to print? Is the first novel always the best?

Session presented by LIC

Speakers

Deepa Anappara

Deepa Anappara worked as a journalist in Mumbai and Delhi for eleven years. Her reports on the impact of poverty and religious violence on the education of children have won several awards. Her debut novel ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ has been shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award, 2020. It was also shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2020.

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Sabin Iqbal

Sabin Iqbal is a writer and a journalist with nearly 20 years of experience in mainstream media in India and abroad.

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Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Editors’ Choice A Burning. She was born and raised in Kolkata, India.

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Deepanjana Pal

Deepanjana Pal is the author of the thriller Hush A Bye Baby, the Puchku series of children’s books, and The Painter, a biography of the artist Raja Ravi Varma.

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