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Longlist for the Tata Literature Live!
First Book Award announced
Mumbai:
Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest makes its third appearance
at the NCPA from October 31 to November 4, 2012.
On Friday, October 26, 2012, the longlist for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award was
announced. The winner will be
announced at the festival on Sunday,
November 4, 2012 in Mumbai.
The
books in the longlist:
|
Sr.
No
|
Name
of the Book
|
Author
|
Publishing
House
|
|
1
|
The Wildings
|
Nilanjana Roy
|
Aleph
|
|
2
|
The King in Exile
|
Sudha Shah
|
Harper Collins
|
|
3
|
Days of Gold and Sepia
|
Yasmeen Premji
|
Harper Collins
|
|
4
|
Music of the Spinning Wheel
|
Sudheendra Kulkarni
|
Amaryllis
|
|
5
|
Taj Mahal Foxtrot
|
Naresh Fernandes
|
Roli
|
|
6
|
Decoding Rahul Gandhi
|
Aarthi Ramachandran
|
Westland
|
|
7
|
Breakout Nations
|
Ruchir Sharma
|
Penguin
|
|
8
|
Two Fates
|
Judy Balan
|
Westland
|
|
9
|
A Free Man
|
Aman Sethi
|
Random House
|
|
10
|
Mumbaistan
|
Piyush Jha
|
Rupa
|
|
11
|
31
|
Upendra Nambari
|
Westland
|
|
12
|
The Aryavarta Chronicles
|
Krishna Udayasankar
|
Hachette
|
The five-day literary festival will
witness an intellectual smorgasbord of events ranging from panel discussions
and book launches, poetry readings and lectures by experts, to open house
conversations with eminent authors, publishers and literary agents,.
As in the past, entry to the festival will be free
and on a first-come-first-served basis.
Tata Group is the title sponsor for the festival,
supported by Landmark, Tata Steel and Land Rover. Details of this festival and
program schedule are available on www.litlive.in
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