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Mark Billingham and China Mieville in the Chennai Live radio studio

…on to the British Council offices for newspaper interviews…

…a quick breather…

and a tour of the newly refurbished British Council Chennai centre with Communications Manager, Rajani Rajan

…then The Thrill of The Unknown aka Masters of The Unknown at the Landmark Bookstore

 …and a mad rush afterwards for book signings

And all made possible by the three British Council Chennai goddesses Rajani Rajan, Asha Balaji, V Bhuvaneswari

 

Of Glance and Lotus Hand, the British Council's booklist for this year's India 09 : Through Fresh Eyes programme, is available as a pdf download.

The booklist covers a wide range of classic and contemporary titles from Indian literature and many of the featured writers took part in the British Council's Cultural Programme for the 2009 London Book Fair.

Of Glance and Lotus Hand can be downloaded here.

Tony Lee with Dr.Debanjan Chakrabarti, Head of Intercultural Dialogue, British Council East India, at Starmark bookstore, Kolkata