Sable Lit Reviews

Here is when I usually announce that the weekend will be an author free-for-all and you as the reader get some interesting additional tidbits about the author,  her views on writing and an excerpt from the work. But, as with the rest of the world, things are changing here at Sable Lit Reviews too! This [...]

I am learning such great things about the culture and your work, Shobhan. Thank you so much. But, I  know my readers want more and so do I. So, let’s just get right to it: Shobhan, in my own writing, I am learning that no book, no matter how well we know it’s content, is “an [...]

Now we’re getting to the best part, Shobhan! Your work! SLR: You make the weaving of Indian culture in FORBIDDEN appear effortless. Is it difficult deciding what to include and what to leave out regarding such a complex and rich culture?   SB: The old gem of wisdom, “write what you know” is what I [...]

Welcome back, Shobhan! SLR. How did you finally get your first book DOWRY BRIDE published, how long did it take? What were some of the challenges and triumphs? What part did Dowry Bride have in writing Forbidden Daughter?     SB: Breaking into the fiction market is tough enough, but for me it was doubly [...]

Sable Lit Reviews welcomes Shobhan Bantwal! First I must say, how I came across your work. I often write on the blog that I get my ideas for posts and other writings from magazine and other media outlets to which I have access. Well, I came across your name in an article about how ChickLit [...]

Tomorrow kicks off my interview with Shobhan Bantwal, Kensington author of Forbidden Daughter and The Dowry Bride. Each day for five days you’ll get a snippet of our interview to learn more about Shobhan Bantwal and the her multicultural writing.  If  you are a member of the Newsletter, you will get additional access to more [...]

       It’s won an arm’s full of little male-silloutetted statues and gold globes, plus it drips of multiculturalness (did I just make that word up…J), of course, I had to write about it. The timing is perfect after having read Shobhan Bantwal’s Forbidden Daughter and preparing for her interview appearing in the forthcoming Sable Lit [...]

Shobhan Bantwal takes the complex, rich Indian culture with customs about which the western public at large may not have deep knowledge of and weaves a story that often reads likes a riveting morality play. The author shows how greed can spiral into a mountain of increasingly more devastating actions and how the injustice of [...]