As temperatures begin to soar here in India, we decided to cool off a bit this month! We chose a theme that we believe is a favourite for many of us: Shopping. Our fiction, non-fiction and poetry this month present interesting takes on the notion of shopping, in turn capturing a wide range of emotions that the ritual invokes in the minds of people.
We explore a very beautiful theme this month. Our fiction, essays, poetry and photography gently pry open the emotion called ‘affection’ and the result is a revelation of the many different ways in which affection manifests itself and how people express it to those who matter. We hope you like the selection we have in store for you this February.
We have great pleasure in presenting the January 2018 issue of Spark themed ‘Celebrating the Written Word’. It’s a wonderful milestone for us as we complete eight years this January! We can’t put in words what an incredible journey this has been and we must say that this issue has turned out as a fitting representation of all the wonderful things we have been able to do at Spark in these eight years! Our contributors celebrate and pay the perfect tribute to the written word through fiction, poetry, non-fiction and art, bringing in some amazing perspectives. We also feature two interviews this month – with Philip John, writer of the popular story blog, ‘Labyrinths’ on Facebook & Bhumika Anand, Founder & Director of the Bangalore Writers Workshop (BWW). Plus we have a delightful list of avid readers sharing their memorable reads from 2017. We have so much in store for you in this special 8th anniversary issue and we can’t wait for you to read it and let us know what you thought of the edition! Happy reading in the brand new year!
Six passionate lovers of the written word share what their reading journey was like in 2017 – their favourite books; lines from books that they loved, connected with; and new authors they discovered.