Lessons from: Lampshade's first Reading in MR Book Center godown in Hyderabad to the collab with Penguin with Storyteller Bookstore in Kolkata
This blog post is an ode to our supporters and friends who were gracious to open their doors for us. Here are a few lessons learnt at Lampshade Readings. Grateful to: In Hyderabad: MR uncle of MR bookstore, Rahul Reddy of Octospaces, Kavitha ji of Akshara bookstore, Zainab of Ofen, Yk Sir, Bala and team of YK Antiques, Abhilasha of Kaveh Qaneh, Team at Cafe Rasasvada (also, a home for books), Omana ma'am of Kaleidoscope, Shilpa and family of Luna books. In Kolkata: Sonia and the team at Hip Hop Studio and now, Storyteller bookstore. Little did we know that we would one day end up collaborating with Penguin Publishers by sheerly being ourselves and doing our bit. Thanks to Storyteller bookstore, Kolkata and our Kolkata family we are collaborating with Penguin Publishers for a Reading on 19-May. Here are a few lessons we learned along our way: 0. Naming the meetings as Readings: Open mics. Poetry Event. Soul Sunday. were names we ass
