14. Reflecting on July

...and next steps in our journey

Dear Reader,

Welcome to another edition of this fortnightly newsletter covering all we do at the Project to nudge you to read more, read better.

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How July started

On 2nd July, we entered the next stage of Project Bibliotherapy with the launch of 42 Good Reads of the Internet: Volume 2. This zine is our way of curating great finds from the vastness of the internet, 42 at a time.

We hosted a Guided Reading Meditation at Kunzum Bookstore GK2 for fellow readers to mark the zine launch. For an hour, eighteen of us read a selection of 4 Good Reads together, with Nandini and I guiding the way by reading aloud.

The Reading List

Take out sixty minutes from your schedule and experience what we read that day. (Don’t forget to turn off notifications)

#1. The Book of Dog - Hemali Sodhi
#2. How do I make friends? - Mari Andrew
#3. What’s it like to be a solo female traveler - Ila Reddy
#4. Everything Forest - Janice Pariat

How July went

Busy, in a fantastic way :)

Tap and swipe through our Instagram round-up carousel for key highlights.

Project Bibliotherapy (Nandini & Nitin)

Project Bibliotherapy (Nandini & Nitin) on Instagram: ”🥂Here’s to July - one of the busiest months of this year! By far, one we enjoyed the most :) 1. Kickstarted the month by launching our membership plan. We hosted a Guided Reading Meditation at @kunzum GK2 which was quite the hit. 2. The @kunzum Bookselling Reimagined Conference was a 2-day whirlwind of ideas and talks by people from the writing, reading and publishing worlds. 3. It’s where we also met the brilliant @sridhar.balan.5 sir. We spent the weekend reading at the Silent Book Club by @windwordconsult. 4. At @goetheinstitut_newdelhi we listened to a fascinating conversation with @sarnathbanerjee @anupamarunachalam and @lakshya.d on the creative process behind their comic making. 5. We met @amitav_ghosh1 at the launch of his latest book Smoke and Ashes and had a great conversation about the Project :) 6. Met @barkha.dutt at the launch of Caged Tiger, @bhadrasubhashish’s book that we just recently dived into 7. Hosted a fun Storytime Session with the kids from Over-BOOK-ed, a book club by parents of kids who attend Shri Ram School @tsrsonline 8. A discussion with @delhireads and @bshrayana that we thoroughly enjoyed, on her book Desperately Seeking Shahrukh at @costacoffeeindia Khan Market. 9. Listened in to @karunaezara in conversation with @aaminaahmadwrites for @karunaskitaabclub 🤓 ✨Watch for August as we’ve got a ton waiting for you in the works!
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August 1, 2023

We also launched Biblio42 Readathon - our initiative to share one Good Read a day, from the pages of our zines, for two weeks every month.

Here’s a peek at the schedule for 2023.

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August and beyond

There’s a lot we’ve planned for us and our Readers of 42 beyond the Readathon. We will be sharing more details shortly, but here are the top two updates.

#1. We’ve restructured our proposition for you to join us on our journey to read more, read better.

For an annual fee of ₹2000 (or $25), you can join the Readers of 42 from anywhere in the world.

Benefits include:

• 4 zines every year

• upcoming original content

• priority access to our events at members-only prices.

We will enable subscriptions on Substack soon, but you can pay us on bibliotherapy.stck.me in the meanwhile (cards/UPI work).

Interested to join in, but want to know more? DM @dont.panic.dont.try on Instagram or email us at project[dot]bibliotherapy[at]gmail[dot]com

#2. We’ve launched a referral program!

Get 42 people to subscribe to this free fortnightly email newsletter and receive a one-year paid membership to the Readers of 42 from us, along with our gratitude :)

That’s all, folks! Till next time!! Happy reading :)

- Nitin and Nandini

In case you missed it, do catch up on the previous Letter to the Reader written by our Storyteller-in-Chief.