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What You Need to Know Before Your First Visit to the London Book Fair: Esha Chatterjee Guides
1. Reach a day ahead. This helps you overcome your jet lag as the London Book Fair starts at 9 am in the morning. And it’s best to use all of the time while the fair is on. 2. Never miss the first day. Most of the action takes place on the 2nd & 3rd day so the bigger…
Book Review: The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau
I finished reading The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau in record time. That is not unusual for a crime thriller but Graeme Macrae Burnet is doing something very different from other crime novels. In most mystery packed thrillers you cannot wait to know who the killer or the criminal is. But in Adele, the actual crime…
The Year That Went By: 2017 At Bee Books – Esha Chatterjee Speaks
Since we started, every year has just been a little more exciting than the previous and 2017 did not disappoint. It has been a fulfilling in more than one ways. At BEE we aim to lay out a platter of different kinds of books, participate in exchanges and collaborations and promote literature. Traveling and meeting…
5 Iconic Female Characters in Literature
Jane Eyre One of the earliest examples of an individualistic, determined and strong female lead in literature, Jane Eyre, is a personal favourite. Though she is faced with dire circumstances from childhood, she perseveres and grows into a resilient young woman. She manages to successfully retain her autonomy and displays considerable agency time and again…
Book Review – The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die
Book Review by Riddhi Maitra. Bee Books’ newest offering, the English translation of Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s Goynar Baksho is aptly titled The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die. It is an encomium to the spirit of women. The tale spans across three generations and weaves together stories of survival and grit. But nowhere one finds the gloominess of day-to-day…
BEE Books: 5 Signs of Good Editing
The work of an editor is possibly the most convoluted in the process of publication and is perceptible to change with each manuscript. The scope of editing alters in each manuscript according to its need. With that in mind, here is a list of the five signs of good editing: Flexibility and Scope of Transformation:…
BEE Books: 6 Things an Editor Looks for in a Manuscript
Every story has a unique story to begin with. It has its own journey through several stages by which it finally blooms into a tale worthy of being told. With that in mind, it is hard to generalize what the perspectives for needing in a manuscript appear to be. However, here are certain things that…
