Karadi’s Looking for Talent!

Hello! We have an exciting theatrical venture coming up from Karadi Tales soon. If you’re based in Chennai and you’re interested in working with us, we’re looking for you! We’re on the look-out for actors, dancers, singers, and all-round entertainers! Just come over and impress us at our auditions on 3 September 2013. If you’re…

RIP Pulak Biswas

“I wish children’s literature and illustration were taken more seriously in the country. Creating for children is an extremely serious business, it just needs better recognition like in the western countries.” – Pulak Biswas We are incredibly sad to hear about the death of Pulak Biswas, one of India’s best-known and most accomplished children’s book…

Jumpstart

Shobha Viswanath, Publishing Director of Karadi Tales will be at Jumpstart tomorrow and the day after! At a panel discussion “Speaking in Tongues” at 04:30 PM on 29 August 2013, she speaks on translation. Translation is tricky. Dialogue is difficult. How can we know that a book that works in one language will work in…

What Do Editors Want?

On 9 August 2013, we had a fantastic panel discussion organised by the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) India Chapter. The panel was moderated by Anushka Ravishankar, author, publisher and head of SCBWI India. The panellists were Sayoni Basu of Duckbill Books, Gita Wolf of Tara Books, and our very own Shobha…

Debussy Special!

It’s Debussy’s 151st birthday. If you loved today’s Google Doodle, you’re sure to love our audiobook, A Quiet Courage, which includes some incredible tracks from Debussy (amongst others), rendered gorgeously by the wonderful Anil Srinivasan. Here’s a trailer to the audiobook!