Full Circle to Offer Literary Feast at Jaipur Lit Fest 2013

Report by Santanu Ganguly, New Delhi: Full Circle Bookstore, the official book partner for the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival since 2010 is all set to provide readers a literary feast with the beginning of the DSC Jaipur Literature festival from Jan. 24–28, 2013. For the first time, readers can pre-order authors books online at http://fullcirclebooks.in/jlf2013/a.

In the magical span of five days at Diggi Palace, when the DSC Jaipur Festival will come alive with authors, books, conversations, music from across the world, the Full Circle Bookstore, will be a much hunted hotspot for book-readers and authors. Every year the Bookstore is a hub of activity as book lovers and the literati converge from all over the globe to experience the absolute magic of the Jaipur Lit Fest; to hear and meet the authors and buy their books. It is a rare opportunity to be able to get books of these literary luminaries. There are book-signing sessions as well which are very popular. Preparation for the stock at the Full Circle bookstore starts months in advance with Priyanka Malhotra and her dedicated team at Full Circle, with careful planning on title selection and number of copies.

In 2012, the venue saw a footfall of 1,22,000 visitors and the bookstore witnessed larger number of visitors than expected. The top selling authors were Amy Chua (for the much debated upon Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother), Ben Okra (of Famished Road fame, and many others), Michael Ondaatje (for The Cat's Table, on the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood) Lionel Shriver (famous for her controversial book, We Need to Talk About Kevin), Hannan Al Shayk (for One Thousand and One Nights, tales gathered across India, Persia and the Arab Empire), Fatima Bhutto and William Dalrymple among others.

Commenting on participation, Priyanka Malhotra, CEO, Full Circle said-“It has been an honor and a wonderful opportunity for us to be in partnership with the renowned DSC Jaipur Literature festival. Like all previous years, this year also we intend to provide our readers with the best and latest of a well put together literary collection!”

This year the festival has a very exciting and exhaustive range of authors visiting from all over the globe. Some of the much awaited include- Pico Iyer, Mahashweta Devi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Aminata Forna, Akash Kapur, Gurcharan Das, Catherine Weinberger, Jeet Thayil, Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Diana Eck, Yiyun Li, Zoe Heller among many others.

Full Circle is a distinguished publisher of non-fiction, and classic and contemporary fiction.

Known for quality publishing and production, Full Circle continues its commitment towards providing good reading at great value.

Its parent company, Hind Pocket Books has been a pioneer in paperback publishing since 1958. In 1959 a set of ten paperbacks were published in Hindi for the first time. This was a major breakthrough in Indian publishing. Today Hind Pocket Books publishes books in many languages including English, Urdu, Punjabi and Malayalam. It is the umbrella company for a host of imprints which publish books that cater to the needs of different segments of society and specializations, including Full Circle Publishing.

As you might know, Full Circle also has bookstores in Khan Market, Nizamuddin and Greater Kailash, which enjoy a reputation of stocking the best collection of books in the country. All genres are selected with great care, including fiction, non- fiction, a wide range of art books and, of course, the genre Full Circle is best known for—mind, body, spirit.

The bookstores draw an interesting group of dedicated people from all over the globe, ranging from authors to literary figures, politicians to decision makers, as well as theater personalities and artists – making this space a cultural hub. Atop each Full Circle bookstore is the celebrated Café Turtle, which has a special mention in Lonely Planet India. This café, which specializes in wholesome vegetarian fare, is the perfect place to relax, catch up with friends, enjoy a cup of coffee, read a book and unwind.