From the 14th to the 28th February, our writer and illustrator friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Browse the offers and claim the ones you want
Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Tax exemption is only valid in India.
| Offer by | Amount Required | Link to register | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Meera Ganapathi | I will send you a print copy of my zine, ‘A reminder to pay the electricity bill,’ if you donate at least INR 500 to the Free Libraries Network. | Register Now |
 | Arundhathi Subramaniam | I am offering you and nine others an online conversation around writing on the life of a spiritual seeker for a donation of INR 3000 each to FLN. | Register Now |
 | Jerry Pinto | I will take one month to read your manuscript and come back to you with detailed notes via email (no calls, please). I will read these on a first-come-first-served basis. That is, if you are the first donor, you get your feedback after one month, the second donor will get feedback after two months, and so on. | Register Now |
 | Sonia Falerio | For a donation of INR 5000, I will give you a signed copy of either my book, ‘The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing,’ or ‘How I Write,’ a collection of interviews with major South Asian writers, which I edited. | Register Now |
 | Shiv Ramdas | Not to toot my own horn on this but story critiques are something I’m pretty good at, I get asked to do them fairly frequently, which is why I almost never offer up the service in public. You should take me up on this. | Register Now |
 | Ranjini Rao | For INR 2000, I can offer a 15-minute online consultation on your writing project. | Register Now |
 | Gautam Bhatia | For Rs 5000, I will name a character in my next novel after you or a person of your choice. | Register Now |
 | K Srilata | For a donation of INR 2,000, you and nine other donors will get a three hour poetry workshop over zoom. | Register Now |
 | Anjum Hasan | I will constructively critique a piece of your writing for a donation of INR 4000. | Register Now |
 | Bijal Vachharajani | If you donate Rs 5,000, I will offer feedback on your picture book manuscript and a 20 minute Zoom call discussion. | Register Now |
 | Sridala Swami | For a donation of INR 3000 I will send you one book from my personal poetry collection plus a copy of my book Escape Artist. | Register Now |
 | Menaka Raman | For a donation of INR 5000 I’ll do an interactive online reading session from one of my books for a young person you know and their friends or classmates! | Register Now |
 | Rajiv Eipe | For a donation of INR Rs. 5000, i am offering an original pencil drawing (one double spread or two single pages) from one of my recently published picture books or comics | Register Now |
 | Maya Sharma Sriram | For a donation of INR 3000 I will do a writing workshop for you and nine others over two zoom sessions | Register Now |
 | Amitabha Bagchi | If you donate INR 15,000 I’ll be happy to talk to your book club about any of my books that interest you | Register Now |
 | Jane Borges | For a donation of INR 2500, I will do a 90-minute talk about my craft and the subjects of my work over Zoom. | Register Now |
 | Tarana Husain Khan | For a donation of INR 2000 you may attend my two hour workshop on writing historical fiction––’Plot it and Pen It’. | Register Now |
 | Andaleeb Wajid | I’d like to offer a Google meet workshop on self-publishing on Amazon KDP and how it differs from traditional publishing. A 1 hour workshop for Rs. 5000, each person for a maximum of 10 people. | Register Now |
 | Tashan Mehta | I am offering a one-on-one chat with me worth INR 5,000. We can discuss my work / your work / writing in general – you pick! | Register Now |
 | Unmana | For a donation of INR 3000, you can join an online workshop on finishing your first novel. | Register Now |
 | Manjula Padmanabhan | An original piece of digital art by me, inspired by a word/concept sent to me by the buyer. | Register Now |
 | Vandana Yadav | एफएलएन के लाइब्रेरी प्रोजेक्ट को 5500/- रूपए डोनेट करने पर आप मुझसे 30 मिनिट तक लेखन पर सलाह अथवा बातचीत कर सकते हैं। इसके साथ प्रत्येक दानकर्ता को मेरे संस्मरण की पुस्तक “आई डोन्ट लाइक यू” की विशेष हस्ताक्षरित प्रति भेजी जाएगी। | Register Now |
 | Samina Mishra | For a donation of INR 2500 per participant, I will do an online poetry-writing workshop for children between 10-14 years on a weekend in May. | Register Now |
 | Shabnam Minwalla | For Rs 4000 I will name a character in a book after a person and give a personally signed copy | Register Now |
 | Avtar Singh | For Rs 15,000, I’ll take a close look at your PROSE work in progress (book, short story, essay), and suggest a way forward. | Register Now |
 | Adithi Rao | For a donation of Rs. 3000/- I will facilitate a two-hour writing workshop for children on the three key aspects of building a powerful story. | Register Now |
 | Rajiv Eipe & Peter Griffin | Would you like to own some Eipe art Made with whimsy and lots of heart? With a Griffin joke In a poem bespoke? To get one, with 5k you must part. | Register Now |
 | Manjul Bajaj | If you donate INR 3000, you and upto seven other donors get a two-hour short story writing workshop over Zoom. | Register Now |
 | Janhavi Acharekar | For a donation of Rs 3000, I will chat, over a 30 minute Zoom call, about incorporating storytelling in daily life. | Register Now |
 | Likla & Kripa | Donate 5000 to book a spot on our in-person workshop | Register Now |
 | Anindita Ghose | For a donation of ₹10,000 to the Free Libraries Network, I’d like to offer a one-on-one video call on tools to finishing your first novel and querying publishers. | Register Now |
 | Anjali Purohit | If you donate Rs 5000, you and six others will get personalised signed copies of my book plus you and six others will be treated to a coffee at an Adda/Mehfil at a cafe in South Mumbai. | Register Now |
 | Aditi Rao | For a donation of 4000, you will get access to a self-paced poetry course on my online The Make Space | Register Now |
 | Sejal Mehta | For INR 5000, you can join an interactive workshop split over two sessions to explore tools, research and structure that goes into writing about nature/science in a way that strikes a chord with readers. In the first session, I will take you through examples of this sort of work. In the second, I will give feedback/ direction on your work/ idea. | Register Now |
 | Anil Menon | If you donate INR 10,000, I will provide detailed editorial comments on 3 short stories or the first 20,000 words of a novel (either yours or that of someone you nominate). | Register Now |
 | Gynelle Alves | For a donation of INR 5500, I would love you to consider a choice of personalized illustrations bright and happy in ink & watercolor for you or someone you love. | Register Now |
 | Nakul Shenoy | If you donate Rs 5,000 or more, I will host a special online session for you (plus up to four others) introducing the art of magic and performing some mind-blowing magic over the internet. | Register Now |
 | Nadika Nadja | For a donation of INR 4000, I will write a unique short-story featuring you or a loved/unloved one, in a genre of your choice. | Register Now |
 | Pervin Saket | For a donation of INR 3000, you and four other donors will receive detailed feedback on a set of 3 poems each. | Register Now |
 | Priya Kuriyan | I am offering a few signed original mini paintings in return for donations of INR 3000 and above | Sold Out |
 | Sayoni Basu | One on one workshop for people who want feedback and critiquing of their book proposal/manuscript. This will possibly be more attractive to writers of children’s books rather than books for adults, though happy to work with the latter as well. | Sold Out |
 | Shutapa Paul | If you donate INR 2,500, I will offer you or someone you would like to gift my offer to, 1-hour of brand consultancy, public speaking, or writing (one-on-one) session. | Register Now |
 | Kiran Manral | For a donation of INR 3000, I will do a 30-minute Zoom call with you or someone you would like to gift my offer to. | Register Now |
 | Soumya Mukerji | For a donation of ₹3000, you get invited to a virtual Creative Cultures Salon on articulating convergent and digital cultures with words and creative imagination | Register Now |