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...... Read more
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...... Read more
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...... Read more
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...... Read more
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...... Read more
BEE Stories: Jaipur Literature Festival & Goldfish Memory
When I think of Jaipur, I think of flowers. Thousands upon thousands of petals and buds; orange, blue, purple, red, spun in nets across the paths and marquees. When I think of Jaipur, instead of the pale pink facades for which the city is famous...... Read more
The Making of White Noise- By Shruti Upadhaya
To be honest, I’d never thought of writing a novel. I never thought I had it in me to write it. I started with short stories. I wrote about three short stories before White Noise happened to me. Sounds a bit strange right? “White Noise happened...... Read more
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...... Read more
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...... Read more
BEE Books: The Idea of Something New
Why BEE? When I was a child I was fascinated by the BEES. Be their hive, how they looked, how they swarm together. Everything just made me wonder how perfect they were. I read stories about the queen bee when I was a kid. I read how the nectar is...... Read more
BEE Books: 7 Ways We Choose The Books We Read
Sometimes when we are trying to choose a book to read we can’t zero in on one book and there are other times when we just take a book out of the shelf and absolutely fall in love with it. So how do you choose a book? Based on a friend’s good word...... Read more