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If spring is a blink and miss week in Delhi,Penguin India wants to make the most of it. The publishing house has tied up with the India Habitat Centre for Spring Fever,a festival of books,music,readings and quizzes.
Last year,Penguin had set up an open air library at the amphitheatre,this year,the library is back with the latest titles from Penguin India. The library was a great hit and was well-appreciated. We thought it would be a good idea to design an interactive literary festival for a week,with an intimate and comfortable ambience, says Hemali Sodhi,Penguin India.
The library has cushioned armchairs for browsers and buyers alike,and the books have been lined from one end of the amphitheater to the other. The latest titles from Penguin include Metro Reads,a series of short fiction priced at at Rs 150 each,and the Words of Freedom series,a collection of the writings and speeches of 14 political and spiritual leaders such as Bhagat Singh,Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore.
This evening,theatre personalities Vivek Mansukhani and Vanessa Ohri will read from four forthcoming titles like Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel and Jimmy,the Terrorist by Omair Ahmad. Friday evening will see a jazz performance by the Jehovah Indo-West band,while there will be a display of Puffin titles and an open quiz on Bollywood on Saturday. The last day of the festival is Sunday,and will feature readings from Sam Millers Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity and theatre actors Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain will read from Beseiged: Voices from Delhi 1857.
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