The big day finally arrived and my book was launched at the Pune International Centre (PIC) at 5 pm on the 15th of May. It was launched by Arti Kirloskar, along with Vishal Soni, the publisher of Vishwakarma Publications, Suman Kirlosker, Amita Bambawale, a reading specialist and educator, and noted economist Ajit Ranade.
Now I am officially the author of two crime novels.
The seating was for about a hundred people, and those who came late, struggled to find a seat. The Q&A session followed the official launch. Amita had a list of questions ready and it went off well.
People coming up to and telling me that book launches are usually boring but this one wasn't. Maybe because a lot of the conversation was about how crime fiction is an indictment of society. This was in fact, the flyer.
The audience found the discussion about how crime fiction brings out social truths and also about the nuances of writing, interesting...if one goes by the flurry of questions came afterward. One person came up and said he had been going for writing classes but what he learnt here, in one hours, beats all of that. Hearing that felt good.
More on what was discussed once I get the video of the event.
The questions from the audience had to be stopped as the deadline for the end of the event came up.
There is a lot lot more that I want to share...my long journey on how I finally produced this novel...but more on that later.
There was a brisk sale of books at the launch as well.
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