About Champaca: We are writing to you from Champaca Bookstore, an independent, women-run bookstore and children's library in Bangalore. At Champaca, we curate our books and events to enable the discovery of diverse narratives. We are a community of readers. We have experienced the world differently thanks to the stories we've read and shared—they enrich us like nothing else, and we’re excited to share that with you! Until you can make it to our much-loved, quiet, green space in Bangalore, we can bring the books to you—we ship across India.
At Champaca, we try to create a space for readers where readers can come together and form a community to bring books alive in interesting ways. Recently, we’ve had the pleasure of talking to authors like Anuk Arudpragasm, Karen Jennings, and Farah Bashir about their new books and their writing processes, giving us a glimpse into the mind of the writers.
We choose the books we shelve with care, trying to hold a world of voices and stories, from across time, place, and experience in our bookstore. Our Champaca Book Subscription attempts to send some of those voices and stories to you! When you sign up, you will receive a curated, handpicked box of books that arrives on your doorstep every month. This year, we’re reading books that talk about different ideas of travelling—through space, through time, and inward.
As we approach the end of the year, and find ourselves in the holiday season, we hope we can help you find the perfect gift for your book-loving friends. We’ve put together limited-edition curated gift boxes, featuring books specially chosen by our team, with exciting add-ons, and specially illustrated Champaca bookmarks. Whatever kind of books your loved ones enjoy, we’ve got something for them! And if you think they’d be better at picking it for themselves, why not give them a gift voucher?
If you’re in Bangalore, our leafy, verdant, book-filled store in Bangalore is open from 10:30 am to 6:00 pm, so come by and spend a quiet afternoon with us, and take home a book haul!
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