[Reader-list] Penguin at Jaipur Literature Festival 2011

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From: Mina Okamoto <mina.okamoto at in.penguingroup.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Subject: Jaipur Literature Festival 2011
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*Orhan Pamuk’s brand new work of non-fiction…*

*The newest book from bestselling author Ira Trivedi…*

*A brilliant debut novel by Mirza Waheed set in Kashmir…*

*Kapil Sibal’s poetry, now in Hindi…*

*A book based Sunil Sethi’s conversations with renowned authors…*

*And a new series featuring selections from India’s best-loved books…*



*Penguin Books India greets readers with a bouquet of wonderful new
publications at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2011.*



Penguin Books India, the country’s number one publisher, is proud to
announce a wide range of new publications that will delight readers,
published specially in time for the Jaipur Literature Festival. These great
new books will all be launched with the authors at JLF 2011.



Nobel Prize-winning author *Orhan Pamuk*’s new book *The Naïve and the
Sentimental Novelist* is published in India under the Hamish Hamilton
imprint by Penguin. This brilliant book from one of the world’s top
novelists is about the pleasures of reading—analysing what happens to us
when we read a novel. *The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist *will be
launched for the very first time at JLF 2011.



After *What Would You Do to Save the World?* and *The Great Indian Love
Story*, bestselling author *Ira Trivedi* is back with her new book *There’s
No Love on Wall Street*, a romance set in New York. Ira will be at JLF 2011
to launch her new book.



*Mirza Waheed*’s debut novel *The Collaborator*, set in Kashmir, is creating
ripples around the world. Reminiscent of *The Kite Runner*, *The Reluctant
Fundamentalist* and *A Case of Exploding Mangoes*, this is a stunningly
humane work of storytelling with a poignant and unpredictable hero at its
heart. Published by Penguin UK, *The Collaborator* will be launched at JLF
2011.





Union Minister *Kapil Sibal*’s ‘sms poems’ have been a hit, and Penguin will
be launching *Kis Kis Ki Jai Ho*, the Hindi edition of his poems, at JLF
2011. *Kis Kis Ki Jai Ho* is translated by Ashok Chakradhar and published by
Penguin in association with Yatra Books.



*The Big Bookshelf* is Penguin’s offering to readers especially for the
Jaipur Literature Festival. This is a collection that features thirty
renowned writers in conversation with *Sunil Sethi* (as seen on NDTV’s
popular show *Just Books*), speaking about their craft.



Finally, Penguin has a treat in store for readers everywhere: at Jaipur it
launches a new series of books, *Penguin Evergreens*. Featuring selections
from some of the best-loved Indian books that have stood the test of
time—from the *Ramayana* and the *Kamasutra* to Gandhi’s *My Experiments
with Truth*, Kipling’s *The Jungle Book*, Premchand’s, Manto’s, R.K.
Narayan’s and Ruskin Bond’s stories. Beautiful editions that are a pleasure
to look at and are very affordably priced, these are books that everyone
will want to pick up.



Apart from these publications which will be launched at JLF 2011, many of
the celebrated and popular authors published or represented by Penguin will
be at the Jaipur Literature Festival this year, and will be participating in
sessions where they will be speaking about their published books and works
in progress. Among our authors at JLF 2011 are *Vikram Seth, Kiran Desai,
Ruskin Bond, Gurcharan Das, Gulzar, Dayanita Singh, Patrick French, William
Bissell, Karan Singh, Namita Gokhale, William Dalrymple, Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni, Kavery Nambisan, Ali Sethi, Sonia Faleiro, Sarita Mandanna,
Pavan K Varma, Navtej Sarna, Tishani Doshi, Kamila Shamsie, Junot Diaz,
Ahdaf Soueif and Mohsin Hamid* and many more (*please see full list below)*



Penguin is also delighted to announce that its global Chairman and CEO John
Makinson will be attending the Jaipur Literature Festival this year, and
will be part of a panel on ‘Why Books Matter’ on 22 January.



Here is a complete list of Penguin’s participating authors at JLF 2011:



A Revanthi

AC Grayling

Adam Zagajewski

Ahdaf Soueif

Ahmed Rashid

Akhil Sharma

Alex Bellos

Ali Sethi

Amitava Kumar

Arunava Sinha

Arundhathi Subramaniam

Ashok Vajpeyi

Avijit Ghosh

Ben Macintyre

Bulbul Sharma

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Christopher Bayly

David Finkel

Dayanita Singh

Deepa Agarwal

Devdutt Pattanaik

Githa Hariharan

Gulzar

Gurcharan Das

Gyan Prakash

Hong Ying

Ira Trivedi

Izzeldin Abuelaish

Jaishree Misra

James Kelman

Jay McInerney

Jeet Thayil

Jerry Pinto

Jim Crace

John Elliot

Jon Halliday

Jon Lee Anderson

JP Das

Junot Diaz

Kai Bird

Kamila Shamsie

Karan Singh

Karan Thapar

Katie Hickman

Kiran Desai

Leila Abouelela

Madan Gopal Singh

Mahmood Farooqui

Malashri Lal

Mamang Dai

Manju Kapur

Manjushree Thapa

Marina Lewycka

Mirza Waheed

Mohsin Hamid

Mridula Bihari

Mrinal Pande

Namita Gokhale

Nilanjana S Roy

Nirupama Dutt

Orhan Pamuk

Paro Anand

Patrick French

Pavan K Varma

Rachel Polonsky

Richard Ford

Ruskin Bond

Sanjoy Hazarika

Sarita Mandanna

Sarnath Banerjee

Shaheen Akhtar

Sharmila Kantha

Sonia Faleiro

Sudhish Pachauri

Temsula Ao

Tishani Doshi

Urvashi Butalia

Vikram Seth

William Dalrymple

Zaheda Hina







As one of the sponsors of JLF 2011, Penguin Books India welcomes everyone to
the Jaipur Literature Festival—we look forward to five wonderful days in
Jaipur as we celebrate the culture of reading.





*For more information on Penguin’s authors and publications at Jaipur please
contact*



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