In 14th episode of The Bookend, we sit down with Vaijayantee Bhattacharya, an accomplished author, poet, editor with a vast experience in the field of print journalism and publishing industry both in India and Bahrain. Mosaic Vision her debut collection inspired by her work and life lived in Bahrain and India - launched in her hometown Kolkata - is an exploration of the sensuous. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

In episode 13, The Bookend has the privilege of hosting Jason L Moore, a lecturer of Philosophy, an instructor in Theology and an accomplished mental health coach from USA whose book Divine Frustrations explores the questions of faith and existence of God from the perspective of a common man.Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

In the 12th episode of The Bookend, welcome Carol Ann Davids, an award winning novelist, editor and a publisher from South Africa who has been short listed for the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize 2013, longlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2013; longlisted for the inaugural Kawani? Manuscript Project, and shortlisted for the EU Literary Award in 2012.Her debut novel The Blacks of Cape Town was a top seller in South Africa and second title How To Be A Revolutionary w...

In the 11th episode of The Bookend, we sit down with Jamie Edelbrock an award-winning author of children's books, teacher, speaker and a mental health advocate based as an expat in Indonesia. Jamie Edelbrock has authored three wonderful and widely appraised books for children titled as Tangled Up, Be the Sparkel and The Adventures of Little Selfie a recent release which she is busy promoting now a days. The books are remarkable for normalizing and initiating the discussion of mental hea...

In episode 10, we welcome our first Bahraini author, novelist, artist and designer Amani Altawash whose debut novel Binat Gulnar has just been released and one of the top selling books in Bahrain. Binat Gulnar is remarkable for its immense scope spanning over many decades starting from the earliest point in 1920 when people from Iran began migrating to Bahrain in small boats and dinghies and for penning down the troubles they faced.Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggest...

In the 9th episode of The Bookend, we welcome the South African writer Thandiwe Ntshinga, a researcher, anthropologist, poultry farmer and the author of Black Racist Bitch: How Social Media Reveals South Africa's Unfinished Work on Race. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

In the 8th episode of The Bookend meet A R Arthur, an emerging poet of mixed ethnicities from Middle East whose poems are reflective of his coming-of-age journey while travelling back and forth between the UK. US and Kuwait. Apart from several publications in literary journals, there are three chapbooks to his credit titled as The Great Northern Journey, Vultures and Half Bred which won The Poetry Question chapbook contest 2021. Currently, AR Arthur is the editor-in-chief of...

In the7th episode of The Bookend , meet Rodney Harper, an actor, podcaster, author, screenplay writer and a devout follower of Christ whose preachings have been a vital source for his life and creativity spurring on Rodney to write a book titled Drought Stricken. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

In the 6th episode of TheBookend, welcome Maria C Palmer an eminent writer, award winning tv/radio journalist well known in the echelon of showbiz and as a food critic in restaurant business. OnThe Rocks and What I Learned on The Bus, two of her critically acclaimed books add to her authorial honor. In this snippet, Maria C Palmer reads from On The Rocks taking us down the memory lane of her father whose singlehanded struggle to open up family restaurant called The Primadonna while grapp...

In this episode The Bookend sits down with Masande Ntshanga- a trailblazer in the field of literature- the author of two award winning novels titled The Reactive and Triangulum, and a book of prose and poetry called Life in the Third Millennium. Apart from winning critical acclaims and literary awards, Masande has applied his tech savviness to pioneer an experimental press called MDLSEE MEDIA. Take a listen to his reading and conversation on how to combine tech with literature for ...

In episode 3, The Bookend has a heart to heart with Pushcart Prize nominee Kalisha Buckhanon, a speaker, podcaster, commentator, and above all a prominent novelist with five novels titled as Upstate, Conception, Solemn, Speaking of Summer and recent release Running to Fall, to her credit. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

In episode 2, Liz Chang, the poet laureate Montgomery County USA, who has authored two full length collections of poetry titled Provenance and What Ordinary Objects along with two chapbooks namely Animal Nocturne and Museum of Things, reads from her eclectic oeuvre. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

The Bookend sat down with Sophia Naz, a bilingual American poet of South Asian descent, two times Pushcart Prize nominee both for her loaded poetry and poignant prose and the author of five collections of poetry titled as Pointillism, Peripheries, Date Palm, Open Zero and recently published Bark Archipelago. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

The author/publisher/meditation coach JS Wolfe reads from her memoir The Pathology of Innocence and The Unfolding: A Journey of Involution and breaks down her writing process to us.Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end

The Bookend - a podcast for budding writers and for the love of reading aloud.Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end