Ep.13 Coralie Bickford-Smith

Ep.17 Himanjali Sankar

Himanjali Sankar talks about balancing herself between the dual identity of author and editorial director at Simon Schuster, and more on iCafe's Book Lounge. What we covered : children's literature understanding the authors her book called Mrs. C Remembers and relationship with Kolkata book covers and the interactions with designers expectations of authors from publishers and vice versa manuscript v/s marketing women in intellectually aligned work? challenges of a publisher or editor

Ep.16 Milan Vohra

From being India’s first Mills & Boon author to becoming a bestselling romance and humour writer, Milan Vohra talks about the cathartic aspect of writing. Hear never-told-before anecdotes about her writing career, writing Tick-tock we're30' and 'Our Song' her latest romance centred around music, an unforgettable incident with a reader, and more, on iCafe’s Book Lounge.

Ep.15 Shaili Chopra

Shaili Chopra talks about her books, feminism, reason behind her relentless support towards Women Authors and more, on iCafe's Book Lounge.

Ep.14 Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips talks about publishing her first book, the experience of the book getting translated in 21 languages, plotting a crime novel and more, on iCafe's Book Lounge. What we covered : debut book being translated in 21 languages status of control on the translated manuscripts when the author doesn't know the language Russia as a location to set up a crime plot role of geographic location in storytelling crimes against women and children as a subject in literature placing the manuscript with a publisher usual obsession of authors with words, punctuations, language and sentences

Ep.13 Coralie Bickford-Smith

Coralie Bickford-Smith talks about designing book covers, understanding the needs of an author being an author herself, the professional challenges she faces and more, on iCafe's Book Lounge. What we covered : inspiration of nature on designers setting up a career in book cover designing cover designing process and the briefs served preferred genre professional challenges understanding authors while designing stories the awards and life goals