Cochin Book Club

 

Am glad to have finally joined this. 

The April meetup of Cochin Book Club was a very special one as it was the 50th meetup of the club as well as its 6thanniversary celebration. So we thought we would do away with the usual book discussion and indulge a bit.

After cutting the anniversary cake, we had fun with some games like literary dumb charades, pitch a book, and crossword puzzle (Crossword courtesy: Kochi Overboard). We also conducted a mystery book swap which many of our book lovers participated in and enjoyed. Beautiful picture postcards with great quotes from famous authors and books were distributed among the participants, a compliment again from Kochi Overboard.

A very special thing for this meetup was celebrating our authors. We displayed around 18 books by 11 authors from the club. The club is glad that we have so many published authors among our members. The number of authors are even more; all of them were not able to display the books at the meetup.

The following were the authors and their respective books that were displayed:

. Nandakishore Varma – 1. Vichedangal, 2. Vigathaksharangal

. J George Pottenkulam – It Rained on a Moonlit Night

. J P Alexander – Decisive Battles, Strategic Leaders

. Hassan Nasir – 1. Arabikkuthira, 2. Marquezinte Aparan, 3. Thoongichathavarude Aathmabhashanangal, 4. Monologues of the Hanged (English version of book no. 3), 5. American Wife, 6. Jo, 7. French Pranayam

. Rosa Juju – 1. Gripping Reality, 2. Arabesque

. Jessica - 1. Women Hold Up Half the Sky, 2. I Am Counting the Days by Minutes (She contributed one story each to these two story collections)

. Ashik Satheesh – The Indian Indie Film

. Aromal Mithra – Rishvin and Jaanvi

. Anjana Varma – Beneath the Devil Tree

. Jinesh – Ennu Swantham (Contributed a letter to this letter collection compiled by Benyamin)

. Harris Ali - Ennu Swantham (Contributed a letter to this letter collection compiled by Benyamin)

The festivities were enjoyed by both old and new members, the community of diverse readers, both in age as well as their choice of genres. For some new faces, it was their first meetup of the Cochin Book Club.

We used the occasion to remember all the members who have joined the club at various times and have attended the club’s meetups over the years. The club has come this long with the support and enthusiasm shown by its members at every step. Hope the spirit will endure and we will see many more happy meetups and many more successful years ahead!