Goa Book Recommendations, Independent Bookshops and more | Booknerds Podcast feat. Diviya Kapur

In this episode of the Booknerds Podcast we speak to owner of Literati Bookshop and cafe (Est 2005) which is nestled in a quiet corner of Calangute Goa with an old worldly vibe which has our heart!

Diviya transformed a 100 year old Portuguese house with a garden into a bookstore.

Diviya , a major in Law from National Law School of India University (NLSIU) , Bengaluru and a litigation attorney from Delhi. Diviya has always been passionate about Books and the Bookselling Business Ecosystem

Literati Bookshop was featured in “Footnotes from the World Greatest Bookstore.” The book was written and illustrated by famous The New Yorker Cartoonist and an Illustrator Bob Eckstein .

The bookshop is completing 20 years of successful existence in 2025.

We discussed

- Goan Books and Authors

- Independent Bookshops and their functioning

- Reading Culture and

much more...