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Visiting the Kolkata Book Fair 2026 as an author for the second year

Yesterday was my second year as an author at the International Kolkata Book Fair 2026. I visited the Sristhi Publishers Stall (E-94) where I signed copies of my non-fiction book ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ and interacted with a few readers.

Moments of book signing at the Sristhi Publishers Stall E-94

The next stop was at the Storyteller Stall (E-95), where I signed copies of both my books – the detective thriller ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ featuring Raya Ray and the true crime story ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’.

With Sunil of Storytelling Bookstore Stall E-95

Met and chatted with some of my fellow authors. It was heartwarming to see a few readers who have read all my books drop in to say hi and enquire about what I am writing next.

Holding both my books as I speak about them

Team Storyteller captured my journey as an author where I also spoke about both my books, about those who have been my pillars of support in this journey and my thoughts about Kolkata Book Fair this year. The reel is available to view on my Insta page.

Heartfelt gratitude to all my readers, my publishers – Sristhi Publishers and Vishwakarma Publishers, my literary agency – The Book Bakers, and Storyteller Bookstore team.

Signed copies of both the books are available at E-94 and E-95 (both stalls are near Gate no 2). So, go get your copy now and don’t forget to send me a picture.

With the kid who makes me want to write more books so that he can keep reading them while growing up

Meet me at the Storyteller Bookstore Stall on 27th Jan

I’ll be there at the Storyteller Bookstore Stall (E-95, near Gate no. 2) from 7 to 7:30 p.m. signing copies of ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’, meeting and interacting with readers. So if you are in the Kolkata Book Fair premises today, please drop in to say hi.

‘Diary,Deceit and Death’ at the Pune Book Festival 2025

My detective thriller ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ is now available in the Vishwakarma Publications stall (G-53) at the ongoing Pune Book Festival from 13th -21st December. If you are in Pune, please visit the venue to grab a copy.

The book is represented by The Book Bakers and published by Vishwakarma Publications.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aivQK00zsiU

My books featured in the Heyzine magazine

Heartfelt gratitude to Kainaz, Aabs Publishing House & Reader’s Choice for featuring both my books in the Heyzine magazine.

The magazine carries details of –

My true crime non fiction book ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ published by Srishti Publishers & Distributors (link to purchase – https://srishti.pub/sanyasi )

And

My detective thriller in the Detective Raya Ray series titled ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ published by Vishwakarma Publications (link to buy – https://www.amazon.in/dp/9395481862 )

I hope you enjoy reading it.

Featured in The Statesman newspaper for being a part of the Kolkata Crime Writers Festival

The Statesman was the first English newspaper I read, or rather I was advised to read for a better command over English. To see my name and picture in the same paper for being a part of the Kolkata Crime Writers Festival at Storyteller Bookstore feels surreal. It’s equally wonderful to see both my books, ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ and ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ featured prominently in the article.

Baba was so excited that he immediately went out to grab a physical copy of the newspaper. I only wish Ma was still around to share this joy.

Heartfelt gratitude to my literary agent Suhail and The Book Bakers for being a part of my journey as an author. I’m grateful to my publishers – Arup Bose from Srishti Publishers & Distributors and Vishal Soni from Vishwakarma Publications for their continued support in all my bookish endeavours.

Thank you Amrita Di and Mayura for having me.

Link to the e- paper:
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/m5/4010473/Delhi-The-Statesman/18-05-2025#page/12/1

Join us tomorrow at 6 30 pm on Instagram

Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. I’ll be in conversation with Rrashima Verma on the Instagram page of The Book Bakers , where I’ll be discussing my books, best selling non fiction ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ and PVLF nominated fiction ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’.

Join us for an enthralling and engaging session as we touch upon the ideas of writing murder mysteries on the Instagram handle @thebookbakers.

Request for ratings/reviews of my books on Amazon and a major announcement

A gratitude post for:

My literary agent- The Book Bakers,
The publisher ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ – Vishwakarma Publications,
The publisher of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ – Srishti Publishers & Distributors
&
All my readers who chose and read my book(s).

I only have one more request for you. If you’ve read one or both my books, please leave a rating/review on Amazon on the below links –

Diary, Deceit and Death:

The Sanyasi who became a King –

https://srishti.pub/sanyasi

It’s going to help me improve my craft as an author.

And now a happy announcement to end the post. I’ve started working on the next book and it’s going to be a fresh detective thriller, although there’s going to be a major twist. Stay tuned to know more.

8/2/25 – Day 3 of book signings at Kolkata Book Fair

The fair was buzzing with people today. I went to sign copies of ‘Diary, Deceit Death’ in the Storyteller Stall and ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ in the Sristhi Publishers Stall. A few friends had messaged that they would go tomorrow to pick up copies of my books, so I thought of keeping some signed for them. Besides it was the perfect time to meet Shouvik of Srishti Publishers & Distributors. Thank you Arup for the constant encouragement.

Signing copies at Storyteller Bookstore stall for the second time was a pleasure. Thank you Mayura for the support. A big thanks to Vishal Soni of Vishwakarma Publications and Uttam Patil for arranging this.

But it was a pleasant surprise when Basubhadra dropped in with her family to buy an author signed copy of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ for gifting. I know it’s her second copy of this book, so a tight hug to you, Rhea. After 33 years, Anupriya Banerjee Misra chose the book fair as the perfect venue for a reunion. Thank you for picking up both my books.

Suhail and team The Book Bakers , this wouldn’t have been possible without you. Thank you!

To those visiting the fair tomorrow, you can grab signed copies of my books at E-86 (The Sanyasi who became a King) and E-39 (Diary, Deceit and Death). Also, it’s the last day of the fair.

My first Book Fair as an author

This is how my first book fair as an author went.

On 29/1/25, I spent an hour at the Srishti Publishers & Distributors stall E-86 and I was delighted to meet its CEO, Arup, after more than a year. My childhood friends made the event more special with their presence. It was a pleasure catching up with fellow authors Prasun, Sourabh Mukherjee Da and meeting Udayaditya Da for the first time. We were more than happy to sign books for each other though I must mention that the first signed copy was bought by my son.

My next destination was The Storyteller stall E-39. Anwesh, who I had met during the previous event at The Storyteller bookstore had come to get an author-signed copy of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’. Signed some copies of this book and ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’. Mayura, the owner of The Storyteller, made the experience so warm and welcoming. Thank you Vishal Sir and Uttam Dada of Vishwakarma Publications for arranging this.

Kolkata Book Fair 2025

29th Jan 2025 at the Kolkata Book Fair is now etched in memory for life.

Thank you Sristhi Publishers and Vishwakarma Publications for the opportunity. Thank you The Book Bakersl for turning my dreams into reality.

Both my books are available at the Kolkata Book Fair until 9th Feb. ‘You can get The Sanyasi who became a King’ in E-86 (Sristhi Stall) and ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ in E-39 (The Storyteller Stall)

Glimpses of the Author Session on Jan 5th at The Storyteller Bookstore

About the evening of Jan 5th – The author session hosted by ‘Readwithus’ Book Club in association with Kolkata Bookworms at the Storyteller Bookstore turned out to be a vibrant and lively event where I met and interacted with a bunch of young and curious minds.