Quiet Fiction, Lasting Echoes
A literary home for readers, programmers, journalists, publishers, universities, and event organizers who want work that lingers after the last page.
Published books
4
A measured catalogue, 2014–2024
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Monthly notes on reading, writing, and the long work of sentences.
Story
Revathi Iyer began her career in classrooms, teaching high-school history for ten years before turning fully to fiction in 2011. That earlier discipline still shapes the work: a care for structure, patient observation, and an interest in how private lives are changed by public events.
Her books move between English and Kannada, between memory and revision, between what is spoken aloud and what remains in the margins. The site gathers the novels, the short fiction, and the speaking work that surrounds them, without hurry and without excess.
Books
2014 · Tamarind House · Novel
A novel of movement and restraint, tracing how family histories gather force in the smallest daily crossings. It listens closely to the friction between duty, desire, and the river-like pull of memory.
2018 · Tamarind House · Novel
Set in a landscape of crossings and returns, this novel follows the afterlife of a decision long after its original moment has passed. Its movements are exact, spare, and quietly cumulative.
2021 · Chiguru Prakashana · Kannada short stories
A collection of short stories shaped by weather, recollection, and the pressure of ordinary days. The prose moves lightly, but the emotional register remains exacting.
2024 · Blue Myna Books · Novel
The most recent novel in the catalogue, attentive to absence, repetition, and the small acts by which lives are revised. It reads like a record of what can still be recovered from silence.
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Proof points
Published books
4
A concise catalogue of novels and short fiction.
Languages
3
Translation rights sold in three languages.
Appearances
60+
Festival and university appearances over time.
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Upcoming appearances
Each listing stays deliberately unfinished until the date, venue, and city are confirmed. The page is designed to receive those details cleanly.
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Inquiry
Speaking inquiries
For literary festival programmers, publishers, universities, journalists, and organizers, this is the best place to begin. The reply will come by follow-up rather than instant booking.
Press kit
Short bio: Revathi Iyer is a literary fiction author based in Bengaluru.
Long bio: She has been writing full-time since 2011 after a decade teaching high-school history, and her work moves carefully across English and Kannada, novels and short fiction, page and stage.
Author photo: Placeholder reserved.
Book information: Available in the catalogue above.
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Community
The newsletter is where reading notes, publication updates, and occasional public events meet the slower rhythm of the books.
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