The Witch in the Peepul Tree in “Book of the Year” (Fiction) list for Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 

Fiction

The jury for fiction comprises Deepa Adhikari, social entrepreneur and development communications consultant; Priyanka Sarkar, editor and translator; Rajrishi Singhal, author and journalist; Usha Subramaniam, former Professor of English Literature; and Shireen Mistry, Associate Festival Director of Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest.

Book of the year

• History’s Angel, Anjum Hasan (Bloomsbury India)
• Hurda, Atharva Pandit (Bloomsbury India)
• Loot, Tania James (Penguin Random House India)
• The Lady on the Horse and Other Secrets, Ramona Sen (Speaking Tiger)
• The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao, Lindsay Pereira (Penguin Random House India)
• The Witch in the Peepul Tree by Arefa Tehsin (HarperCollins Publishers)

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