Preadings Pre-readings - The Counsel of Strangers

What's a preading?
Readers and book-buyers have always been curious and intrigued about the writing process and the writer's relationship with her/his work. The concept of the 'preading' or a pre-launch reading, gives them an early peek into a forthcoming work from a published writer. It is an intimate and interactive event, that is ‘cosier’ than a book launch. At a preading, the writer, after her/his lonely and quiet journey of writing, re-writing, drafting and crafting, can look forward to showing (reading) parts of her completed work, as well as to sharing some of the ups and downs of the writing process for that particular work. The reader enjoys a preading like a ‘soup-starter’ before the main course, and his appetite is whetted for more. For the host of the preading - either a book store, a club, a college or any institution, the event draws potential customers and clients, press and other interested agencies to the venue. For the publisher of the work, it is a way to tell people, ‘look what we’re getting ready for you’!
I just did a preading at Open Space in Pune. The group was small but the discussion was layered and fun and threw up so many questions and answers.
Here are the dates and places for 3 more preadings of The Counsel of Strangers:
15 April, Crossword, Residency Road, Bangalore
17 April, Crossword, ICC Towers, Senapati Bapat Rd, Pune
7 May, Crossword, Linking Road, Bandra W, Mumbai

all in 2010, of course. The book will be out in July 2010 and available in stores and online and out of the boot of my car too. Books in my Boot. A whole new movement in publishing!
So do come for the preadings, saha-kutumb, saha-pariwar! Will be interactive and fun.