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Welcome to Shalimar Books, the leading distributor of Indian books in the UK.
We supply books from Indian publishers to schools, libraries and bookshops. We also sell direct to the public at our Indian bookshop in London, and through our online shop.
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News & Blog
UK Events for How Long Can The Moon Be Caged?
Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia, the authors of How Long Can the Moon be Caged: Voices of Indian Political Prisoners,
Quiet Revolutions: A Celebration of Radical Bookshops
We are very pleased to be participating in the Quiet Revolutions event at the Barbican on Saturday 26th November.
The event
Growing up with Shalimar Books
The ethos and vision behind Shalimar Books (formerly Soma Books) was always more far reaching than exclusively being an Indian
