This coming weekend is going to be a treat for Bengaluru’s book lovers. The Bangalore Bookshop Love Weekend 2022, which will be held on May 28 and 29, will bring together nineteen Bengaluru-based writers in a tribute to local bookstores and the city’s special reading and bookstore culture.
According to the poster, you can “Drop into your favourite bookstores. meet & interact with your favourite authors, talk books and more books and get signed copies & reading recommendations.”
Ramachandra Guha, Anita Nair, Vivek Shanbhag, Jeet Thayil, Anjum Hasan, Vasudhendra, Samhita Arni, Roshan Ali, Jahnavi Baruah, Shinie Antony, Chandan Gowda, Indira Chandrasekhar, Krishna Udayasankar, Nisha Susan, Radhika Chadha, Suresh Menon, Shatrujeet Nath, Eshwar Sundaresan and Zac O’Yeah will be coming together to welcome book lovers back into the full bookstore hopping experience that had been lost during the pandemic times.
At this special event which also happens to be free of cost, readers can collect autographed collectible copies and personalised reading recommendations from The Bookhive, Blossoms Book House, Goobe’s Book Republic, Select Book Shop, Higginbotham’s, and Bookworm, all of which are located on or near Church Street in Bengaluru.
