The Chasing Iamb

Finally found an image of the Bangalore book.

And the event invite:

Penguin Books India
and
Crossword
invite you to celebrate the publication of

'Multiple City: Writings on Bangalore,'
edited by Aditi De

on Saturday, December 13, 2008, at 6.30 p.m.

The book is an anthology of writings by U R Ananthamurthy, Shashi Deshpande, William Dalrymple, Pankaj Mishra, R K Narayan, Ramachandra Guha, Anita Nair, Winston Churchill, Rajmohan Gandhi, Thomas L Friedman, Janaki Nair, P Lankesh, Geeta Doctor, Chiranjiv Singh, Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha, Prathibha Nandakumar, Tejaswini Niranjana, Smriti Srinivas, Paul William Roberts, Mahesh Dattani, C.K. Meena, S Diwakar, Siddalingaiah, Nemichandra, Zac O'Yeah, Jeremy Seabrook, Anjum Hasan, Achal Prabhala, Nisha Susan, S S Prasad, Ammu Joseph, Suryanath Kamath, Kerooru Vasudevacharya, M Fazlul Hasan, Shobhana Narasimhan, A R Vasavi, Pushpamala N., Sham Banerji, K N Raghavendra Rao, Sahana Udupa, Ram Ganesh Kamatham, Kevin Maney and Anita Bora, among others.

The collection straddles history, translations from Kannada literature, personal responses to the city's mindscape, portraits of special citizens, accounts of searches for lost communities and traditions, and much more.

The evening will feature sharings of the experience of being a Bangalorean by Shashi Deshpande, Prathibha Nandakumar, C.K. Meena, and Zac O'Yeah, and other contributors.

Jyoti Makhija, Kirtana Kumar, Ranjan Kamath, Nalini Rathnam, Tina Sachdev and other familiar voices from the Bangalore stage will read from poems, essays, blogs, stories and other selections.

You're invited to join the celebration, along with your family, your friends, and any others who might enjoy the evening!