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07 Oct Booked for Life Reviews “Paper Lions” by Sohan S. Koonar

Karishma Shah, a counsellor, who is passionate about reading books, gave "Paper Lions" by Sohan S. Koonar a glowing review on Booked for Life. It reads: "KNOW THAT FATE HAS A WAY TO MAKE YOU BEND TO ITS WILL“…. This hard- hitting dialogue from Sohan S...

02 Oct Notable Book Blogger Krutika Puranik Reviews “Paper Lions”

Krutika Puranik posted a review of Paper Lions to her popular Instagram page and Goodreads. The review reads: "Paper Lions is a stunning novel set during the pre and post independence era. Though the book may seem daunting at the first glance, the story flows with ease. Spanning from the mid 1930s to the late 60s, Paper Lions is about the lives of three people in particular. The story revolves around other characters as well, but manages to come back to the three protagonists. It is they who narrate the story which is divided into five parts...

01 Oct Airports India Magazine, September + October issues feature Paper Lions

Airports India featured Paper Lions in both their September and October issues in their section "For Bibliophiles" covering the latest books by notable authors. ...

01 Sep Deccan Herald – ‘Paper Lions’ is the Book of the Week

Thank you to Deccan Herald for featuring Paper Lions as the book of the week for September 1st. See the full feature HERE....

30 Aug Excerpt of ‘Paper Lions’ in Scroll.in

Scroll.in, has featured Sohan in "Partition stories: How a family had to choose between conversion and fleeing their homeland" with an except of his novel 'Paper Lions'. Read the full except on Scroll.in HERE....

23 Aug Interview with Sohan S. Koonar in Desi Today

In an interview with Desi Today Koonar discusses in detail about his book and why Sohan chose to write it. Read the full feature online HERE. ...

07 Aug CBC Windsor Interview with Sohan S. Koonar

Sohan talks to host Tony Doucette at CBC Windsor about his trilogy Paper Lions, how Windsor inspired his writing career and how the trilogy may wrap up in Windsor! Listen to the full audio interview HERE.

30 Jul Historical Novel Society Reviews ‘Paper Lions’

Waheed Rabbini reviews Sohan S. Koonar's Paper Lions in the Historial Novel Society: "Sohan Koonar’s connection to his ancestral lands in Punjab shows in this novel’s intimately detailed narrative. The three main characters are created thoughtfully to portray the changes in India through different perspectives....

29 Jul The New Indian Express Features Sohan S. Koonar in “Memoirs from zero line”

Books inspired by the Partition is the theme of "Memoirs from zero line" written by Medha Dutta Yadav in The New Indian Express. "Unlike some authors who dwell on the politics of the age, Sohan Koonar in his book Paper Lions (a Speaking Tiger publication)...

17 Jul All Lit Up Casts ‘Paper Lions’ Movie

All Lit Up's "Character Study" column takes the CanLit books you love and re-imagines them as Hollywood movies: who would play your favourite bookish characters and why. Find out who they cast as Bikram and Basanti in a Paper Lions film HERE....