Tagged: The Reeds (8)

One Year Later

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2025

The Reeds was published a year ago, quietly, by choice (mine, not my publishers, believe me). And being quiet, I haven’t talked about it much. There was an event, and some signings, and more events, and some Q&As, a podcast (not mine!), and this Q&A featuring both myself and my brother, which may have been […]

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The Long Tail of a Q&A

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 4, 2025

Stories from the Pink House is a thorough, entertaining and insightful blog about literature written by a bookstore owner (and the bookstore is pink, yes) passionate about all things books. It’s on Substack, as much interesting writing is these days, though Substack is problematic for many reasons, none of which have to do with Stories […]

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A Very Good Interview Where I Talk About The Reeds More Than I Ever Have And Most Probably Might Ever Again Probably (For Sure)

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 2, 2025

  I was the guest on a podcast a few months ago. The host, Red Szell is an amazingly interesting person in his own right and should be the guest on every podcast in the world, though that might tire him out, because there are too many podcasts in the world. Anyhow, he had me […]

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When Your Local Bookstore No Longer Has Your New Book (After A Week)

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 25, 2024

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Because they had it, a bit before the launch date, and now, a little over a week later, they don’t. Which I discovered yesterday when I went to pick up Jeff Vandermeer’s latest. It bugged me. It also didn’t. This bookstore, and it’s a great bookstore, […]

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Because Unboxing Is Now A Thing

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 20, 2024

I unboxed the book when I received the package from the printer. Or, rather, I UNBOXED it. That’s what one must do now. I posted a video of the unboxing to  social media. I won’t do it here. You can find the videos (there is more than one) with minimal effort if that kind of […]

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The Start of The Game

By Arjun Basu | Published: July 25, 2024

This from Quill and Quire, Canada’s book industry magazine, a publication that used to be much much larger and perhaps more influential and isn’t any longer. But hats off, it continues to exist and that’s saying something. I don’t know if they’re still in print, but they have a website. It was always niche but […]

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A Short Introduction to Settings That Will Only Make Sense Once You Read The Reeds (and yes I’m going to say “read The Reeds” quite often in the coming months)

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 13, 2024

The long road to publishing is indeed a long road. Duh. But you’ve seen the cover. The first blurbs are in. And they’re good. Again, duh. We have chosen an actor to read the text for the audiobook; he’s worked in Montreal and knows French so he won’t massacre some of the words and names. […]

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The Cover (Preliminary)

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 11, 2024

There’s nothing to add here. This is the cover of the ARC (look at the words in the black circle for clarification) for my forthcoming novel. Orange shag shows up a few times in the text, in two different places, connected to an individual and the two halves of his life. He strokes the shag […]

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