Kahani Takbak Newsletter December 2016

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Hello Everyone!
Greetings of the festive season!
 There is plenty happening at Kahani Takbak. This month we are trying a different format for the newsletter. 

 Since its festive season and everyone is busy doing gazillion things, we have kept the newsletter short and crisp.
1.       Interview: Deepa Agarwal, author of Listen O King(Puffin)    
2.       Author of A Naani called Tsunami(Mango books), Ramendra Kumar shares his journey as a writer
3.       CISCE'S new directive on books: Boon or bane for authors and children?
4.       Children authors and their events

In other news we are happy to announce
a) Launch of Kataba epublishing, a venture to create ebooks for budding writers of all ages
 b)Launch of our youtube channel, Kahani Takbak

Watch out for our first resource ebook for parents and teachers, Spark Creativity and Vocabulary with Picture Prompts. It will be out soon! If you would like to have a free pdf copy of the book in return for a free and honest review at any of the ecommerce sites/ book reviewing sites/ blog/ website please mail to kahanitakbak@gmail.com with "Send me a free copy" in the subject line.

As the year draws to an end, we wish you tons of happy moments with your writing, family and friends. 

 If you would like to share a part of your writing life, drop us a mail at kahanitakbak@gmail.com

If you enjoyed reading the contents of this newsletter, please forward it to your friends.

Best
Shyamala Shanmugasundaram
Chief Ideator, Kahani Takbak
www.kahanitakbak.com



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