{"id":4116,"date":"2009-08-29T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2009-08-29T00:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T19:23:00","slug":"my-friend-sancho-comes-to-hyderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/my-friend-sancho-comes-to-hyderabad\/","title":{"rendered":"My Friend Sancho Comes To Hyderabad"},"content":{"rendered":"
This notice is perhaps a bit late, and I apologize for that, but in a few hours, I’ll be reading from My Friend Sancho<\/i>, and chatting with writer Sridala Swami<\/a> about the book, in an event in Hyderabad. All India Uncut readers are invited. Details:<\/p>\n Event<\/b>: Amit Varma reads from My Friend Sancho<\/i> and chats with Sridala Swami. Do drop in and say hello. As the book’s been out there a while, Sridala and I will talk about other stuff as well, such as writing in India and so on. The audience will be part of it, so do join the conversation.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n On another note, my publisher informs me that My Friend Sancho<\/i> is the biggest selling Indian novel released in 2009<\/b>. I’ve seen unofficial sales figures for this year’s releases from all the major publishing houses, and MFS<\/i> is ahead by a long way. I’ll share MFS<\/i>‘s sales figures for the year as 2009 draws to a close. <\/p>\n It’s already been on all the bestseller lists: India Today<\/i> for June<\/a> and July<\/a>, Landmark for those same months, Just Books<\/i> for a few weeks in that period, and all the Crossword outlets that I checked. (Each outlet has its own bestseller list.) Even better, a friend<\/a> just sent me a picture<\/a> of a pirated copy of MFS<\/i> on a Delhi pavement. I’m not sure how my publishers feel about that, but I’m naturally delighted. <\/p>\n Much of this is word-of-mouth success, so all of you who liked the book and told your friends, thanks for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This notice is perhaps a bit late, and I apologize for that, but in a few hours, I’ll be reading from My Friend Sancho<\/i>, and chatting with writer Sridala Swami<\/a> about the book, in an event in Hyderabad. All India Uncut readers are invited. Details:<\/p>\n Event<\/b>: Amit Varma reads from My Friend Sancho<\/i> and chats with Sridala Swami. Do drop in and say hello. As the book’s been out there a while, Sridala and I will talk about other stuff as well, such as writing in India and so on. The audience will be part of it, so do join the conversation.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n On another note, my publisher informs me that My Friend Sancho<\/i> is the biggest selling Indian novel released in 2009<\/b>. I’ve seen unofficial sales figures for this year’s releases from all the major publishing houses, and MFS<\/i> is ahead by a long way. I’ll share MFS<\/i>‘s sales figures for the year as 2009 draws to a close. <\/p>\n It’s already been on all the bestseller lists: India Today<\/i> for June<\/a> and July<\/a>, Landmark for those same months, Just Books<\/i> for a few weeks in that period, and all the Crossword outlets that I checked. (Each outlet has its own bestseller list.) Even better, a friend<\/a> just sent me a picture<\/a> of a pirated copy of MFS<\/i> on a Delhi pavement. I’m not sure how my publishers feel about that, but I’m naturally delighted. <\/p>\n Much of this is word-of-mouth success, so all of you who liked the book and told your friends, thanks for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,40,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, August 29, 2009.
\nTime<\/b>: 6pm.
\nVenue<\/b>: Odyssey bookshop<\/a>, Vikrampuri Kharkhana, Secunderabad.
\nInducement<\/b>: High tea.<\/p>\n
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, August 29, 2009.
\nTime<\/b>: 6pm.
\nVenue<\/b>: Odyssey bookshop<\/a>, Vikrampuri Kharkhana, Secunderabad.
\nInducement<\/b>: High tea.<\/p>\n