Book Noted

2025 💙🏔️

happy diwali 🪔💛

Napa Valley Writers’ Conference 2025 ✨✍🏽 ~ A week of workshopping, deep craft conversations, & so many brilliant new friends. Honored to have spent workshop time with the phenomenal Sarah Thankam Mathews and this generous, gorgeous group of writers 🫶🏽📚



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[1] A group photo of thirteen people standing outdoors under a large tree at the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. They are smiling at the camera, wearing name tags and a mix of colorful and casual clothing, with trees and a clear sky in the background.

[2] A wider group photo featuring fifteen people in the same location, under the tree.

[3] A group of five people standing together outdoors beneath a tree with large green leaves. They are smiling brightly in the sunlight, dressed casually with conference lanyards.

[4] Another group photo of five people posing cheerfully under the same tree. Everyone is smiling, with arms around one another.

[5] The same group with one other person taking a selfie, under the same tree.

[6] A selfie of two people in front of a glass-walled building. The person on the left, Geetanshi, is a South Asian woman in her twenties wearing a navy blue dress and smiles. The person on the right wears round glasses and a black shirt, grins widely.

[7] A group selfie of four people smiling outside a building with glass doors. The person in front holds the camera, and all are wearing name badges on lanyards.

[8] Five people standing close together, smiling against a backdrop of green trees and a partly cloudy sky.

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I’m at AWP! 📚✍🏽✨ So excited for three full days of all things writing ~ please say hello if you see me around!

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Image Description: a young Indian American woman in her mid 20s smiles up at the camera, holding her badge to the AWP Conference in her hand. She is wearing a gray shirt, a black jacket, and a gray headband.

happy valentine’s 💓 to the bookworms 🐛📚

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ID: [1] a chalkboard sign outside a bookstore with an image of two worms outside with one saying “would you still love me if I was a bookworm?“ And the other responding “always.“ [2] a small table with a tablecloth decorated with tiny red hearts. On top of the table is a bouquet of yellow roses and a tiered tray with many pink and heart-shaped treats. [3] someone carrying a tote bag with a bouquet of flowers sticking out that reads “be gay. Read print.” in three different fonts. [4] a quote that reads “you can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself…”

exploring bookstores in dubai with 📚💞

📍kinokuniya, dubai mall

📍house of prose, times square center dubai

ID: [1] The interior of kinokuniya books in dubai mall, with lots of lamps hanging from the ceiling above tables of curated book selections. [2-3] interior shots of prose books in dubai, with walls lined with wooden bookshelves, and another square shaped shelf filled with books.

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