Children's & YA
The Talking Book
by Jane De Suza
Description
How did we start talking? When? Why? The enthralling journey that language took from caveman chatter to AI chatbots. Through wars and weddings. Secret codes. Horse eggs. Forbidden experiments. Fire energy. Cave popcorn. Ghost words. Machines taking over. Will the whole world start talking one language? Or will we stop talking and let our brains communicate? Scary or exciting? Step in.
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Author Biography
Jane De Suza is a best-selling author, columnist and creative consultant. She has been credited as one of the few women writers in India to combine humour with thought-provoking insights: The Midnight Years is on young adult mental health, Flyaway Boy and When the World went Dark bring hope into issues like grief and stereotyping. The Spy who Lost her Head and Happily Never After are of special interest to women, and the SuperZero series and Uncool for children. Jane was awarded The Neev Book Award for distinguished children’s literature (2022) for When the World Went Dark.
Jane is a management grad from XLRI, works as creative director with leading advertising agencies, has a satire column with The Hindu, had a parenting column with Good Housekeeping and is currently working on a film.
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- Publisher/Imprint Penguin Random House India / Puffin India
- Publication Date January 2024
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780143463542
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 299 INR
- Pages216
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2028
