Listed by The Hindu and Outlook Magazine as one of India’s premier agencies, Writer’s Side is the fastest growing literary agency in India. In a short-span of 20 months we have placed over 61 books with major and reputed publishers. Our USP is the personal care and attention given to every author and fair and transparent dealings. We also have a separate editorial department for authors who wish to get a market-savvy and expert assessment of their works.
We have a strong professional relationship with the following publishers: Penguin Books India, Random House India, HarperCollins India, Picador India, PanMacmillan India, Hachette India ( Only YA/Children’s books), Hay House India, Times Group Books (Times of India), Rupa and Co., The Aleph Book Company, Amaryllis Press, Manjul India, Jaico Books, Westland/Tranquebar Press, Westland/GreyOak, Westland/Silverfish, Popular Prakshan Pvt. Ltd., Niyogi Books, Alchemy Publishers, Business World Books (Anand Bazaar Patrika), Oxford University Press, Wisdom Tree, Pearson India, Zubaan Books and many more…
Kanishka Gupta founded Writer’s Side in 2008 at the age of 25. The agency was added to our list of services in early 2010. Kanishka has been written about in The Business Standard, The Indian Express, The Statesman, Mail Today, Metro Now, DNA Me, HT City, Outlook India, The Sunday Guardian, The Hindu, The Hindu Literary Supplement ( featured in the cover story) Midday, The Asian Age, Outlook Mumbai, Time Out ( All Editions) The Daily Star ( Bangladesh), The Daily Times ( Pakistan) and many other leading papers and journals. He has been on newswire twice- once at the time of his book release, and the second time when he surprised everyone by getting four publishers to make offers on a 15-year old’s manuscript on the basis of three chapters only.
He used to review fiction for the Hindu Literary Supplement. In 2009, he was the youngest author on the longlist of the Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel History Of Hate.