labor of loaf

best books of 2025

imo

Nov 19 • 

Pooja Makhijani

7

1

October 2025

book news!

(And some links.)

Oct 29 • 

Pooja Makhijani

5

1

September 2025

cover reveal!

'Together for Mama' is available for pre-order!

Sep 30 • 

Pooja Makhijani

8

2

August 2025

eight children's books about partition

(And reflections on historical fiction as a genre)

Aug 14 • 

Pooja Makhijani

5

1

1

July 2025

that enchanted place

On losing how to do nothing and finding it again

Jul 23 • 

Pooja Makhijani

2

1

in conversation with uma krishnaswami

'The Sunshine Project' is a triumphant finale to the bestselling Book Uncle trilogy

Jul 6 • 

Pooja Makhijani

1

2

June 2025

on 'dear mr. henshaw'

Beverly Cleary taught me how to share my divorce story

Jun 25 • 

Pooja Makhijani

17

14

1

May 2025

summer reading

What's on my list

May 22 • 

Pooja Makhijani

5

1

1

romancing the craft

I went to a writing conference!

May 3 • 

Pooja Makhijani

4

1

April 2025

cover reveal!

Bread Is Love is available for pre-order!

Apr 3 • 

Pooja Makhijani

4

2

March 2025

13 picture books about bread

Because 'Bread is Love'

Mar 16 • 

Pooja Makhijani

2

February 2025

reflections on publishing

What happens at Kindling Words...

Feb 2 • 

Pooja Makhijani

6

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