Category Archives: Interviews

Collaborative Nonsense

By admin | Published: May 18, 2012

An Interview with Anushka Ravishankar On the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of her first book, India’s acclaimed nonsense poet Anushka Ravishankar talks to the team at Tara Books about the collaborative process behind making picture books for children. 8 people like this post. Like Unlike

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Waterlife: a Fluid Tradition

By admin | Published: March 15, 2012

Earlier this year Mithila art expert and enthusiast Peter Zirnis visited India’s Madhubani region. There he met with a range of artists working in what can broadly be defined as the Mithila style of folk art. He was guided by the artist Rambharos Jha, the talented author behind our latest handmade title Waterlife Since Peter discussed the book [...]

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The Literature of Conflicted Lands

By admin | Published: April 29, 2011

Why is it that conflict-torn lands often produce fiction that delves into deep human recesses? Does this writing have the power to influence the conflict itself? Here writer and critic Miguel Fernandes Ceia, from the Asia House Festival of Literature, interviews author Daisy Hasan. Daisy’s debut novel ‘The To-Let House’ explores the often forgotten conflict [...]

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10: Time and Movement in Book Design

By admin | Published: November 25, 2010

Talking to Marion Bataille There is nothing we enjoy more than playing with the form of the book, and meeting the French artist Marion Bataille was a revelation. Marion performs an incredible feat – she pushes the borders of bookmaking beyond text and illustration. Her pop-up books – originally published in France by Albin Michel [...]

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