Sonia Madan

Editor, scribbler, doodler | Managing Editor @WestlandBooks/@TeamPratilipi | Previously @Rupa_Books and @OUPAcademic | Tweets are personal

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We are incredibly excited to see our author Leesa Gazi's debut feature film being selected as Bangladesh's first official submission for the #Oscars foreign feature film category!
Gazi's Hellfire (trans. Shabnam Nadiya) would be a perfect companion read for Barir Naam Shahana.

[Sonia Madan @LifeInFootnotes]

Super happy for all the love this cover design is getting!

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How do we make a bestselling book cover?
Our Design Head @saurabhgarge and Managing Editor @LifeInFootnotes give you a sneak peek into how the magic happens!

Namita Devidayal's Tangerine is now in bookstores and online.
A perfect gift for this festive season!📚💚🎇

[Karthika V.K. @karthikavk]

In a fraught world we seek a different anthem celebrating creativity and a joyful, engaged diversity. In other words, QD is here, with imprint editor @parmeshs leading the way! @WestlandBooks

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This #WomensDay, we went back in time to meet the kids who make the fabulous books at Westland!

In picture: @karthikavk, @LifeInFootnotes, @Sanghamitraa_ and @ajithags

[BeyondBiryani @BeyondBiry37380]

"It is a monumental task to pack all the developments spanning centuries that transformed Hyderabad in a book of 300-odd pages but Sharma has accomplished it with elan" says @warlu99 in @TweetTbr on 'Beyond Biryani -the Making of a Globalised Hyderabad'

https://t.co/b2VrRtJtCw

[Karthika V.K. @karthikavk]

Come hang out with us at the World Book Fair in Delhi. The weather is perfect, the venue welcoming, lots and lots of books to discover (and usable washrooms too, in case that's a factor!). We are in Hall 5, B9. @WestlandBooks @ContextIndia @EkaWestland

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We are at the #Delhi launch of Amol Palekar’s memoir #Viewfinder with Sandhya Gokhale, @ravishndtv, @kavereeb, @karthikavk and @minthakur.

[Ranjeet Pratap Singh @ThEbmr]

The first bond that I ever knew of.

So glad that @WestlandBooks and @comicspratilipi are publishing a comic based on stories by the great @RealRuskinBond

The child inside me can't wait to read them ❤️🙏

https://t.co/lloEsw7GrC

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We are ending the week on a high!🎇
Congratulations to @SaharuNusaiba, @ManojRupda and #HansdaSowvendraShekhar for making it to the fiction and translations shortlists of @crossword_book Book Award 2024.

[Aatreyee @aatreyee2]

Two books that I loved working on this year, Chronicle of an Hour and a Half and Airplane Mode are on the @litlivefest shortlist and my heart is currently doing cartwheels!
If you haven't read these two incredible books yet, go get them right away! Your bookshelves deserve them!

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We are thrilled to have two of our fabulous debuts @SaharuNusaiba and @mixedmsgs on the @litlivefest shortlist for First Book Award fiction and non-fiction!

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Look who made it to the @TheJCBPrize shortlist — @SaharuNusaiba’s The Chronicle of an Hour and a Half! 🥳

@ContextIndia

[Sonia Madan @LifeInFootnotes]

@soshivaniofher THAT milestone is just a few days away now!

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If you’re in Mumbai next weekend, go cheer for @PreetModi6 and his book #SongOfTheDay. A collection of short stories that capture moments that become memories.
@Sanghamitraa_

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Mark your calendars #Mumbai !

We are launching @PreetModi6’s Song of the Day at @titlewavesMUM on 28 Sept (Saturday).

Join us for this literary evening.

[Sonia Madan @LifeInFootnotes]

The super-interesting story of how princely Hyderabad came to be a modern city. And look at that gorgeous cover designed by @saurabhgarge There’s no reason to not pick up this book! @karthikavk

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What comes to your mind when you think of #Hyderabad?

Read about the city’s remarkable story of transformation in @dineshcsharma’s #BeyondBiryani.

Pre-order your copy here: https://t.co/gaqj6NlXsj

@BeyondBiry37380

[Sonia Madan @LifeInFootnotes]

If you liked watching #AngryYoungMen on @PrimeVideoIN
You’ll love reading #TalkingLife published by @WestlandBooks
(And vice versa)

[sonu sood @SonuSood]

Can’t wait to get my hands on The Maz Files by investigative journalist @Mazharfarooqui (Maz), who has uncovered a mega cybercrime syndicate and exposed dozens of major scams throughout his career. This is a must-read! @Westland #TheMazFiles

[Sonia Madan @LifeInFootnotes]

@amritatalwar you’re a woman of many talents

[amrita talwar @amritatalwar]

Super thrilled my first article published with the Hindu Friday Review. I speak to Nadezda Balyan (Conductor, Delhi Chamber Choir)
https://t.co/lKFulruUtT

[Suchitra Vijayan @suchitrav]

July nonfiction: Six new books address problems of the present and reveal mysteries of the past https://t.co/aSvSd8VtSA via @scroll_in

[Babelfish Book Club @Babelfish_reads]

Here’s what we will be reading in July!🪸

Xiaolu Guo’s 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (trans. Pamela Casey and Rebecca Morris) is a coming-of-age story of Fenfang as she experiences modern isolation in the fast paced city of Beijing. 🌊

Get your copies from @midlandbook ! 🐡