Quixote’s Cove held its 11th Tavern Tales with Nepal’s foremost and prolific English language writer, Samrat Upadhyay, and three of his creative writing students - Alessandra Simmons, Kevin Eldridge, and Lana Spendl - from Indiana University. The event was held on 11th July 2010 at 5 pm in the bookshop located in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur.

The program featured two components, firstly how and why they write about their respective homes and hometowns and secondly, how a creative writing program would teach and tackle such an issue. The event also followed by a discussion and Q & A session.

Nepal-Bharat Library in collaboration with Quixote’s Cove held the 5th edition of Tavern Tales in Kathmandu at the Nepal-Bharat Library in New-Road on the 3rd of July 2010. It featured the lauch of Samrat Upadhyay’s book, “Buddha’s Orphans.” The launch was preceded by short talks on the book by Indian ambassador Mr. Rakesh Sood, the author Mr.Samrat Updhaya, Mr.Kanak Mani Dixit and CEO of Rupa & co. Mr. Kapish Mehera. They all talked on various aspects of the book and Samrat’s writing. Following a discussion, the book was launched by the four speakers. 
Mr.Updahya is the director of the creative writing program at Indiana University. He is the first Nepali-born fiction writer to be published in America. This is his second novel. This book is published by Rupa & Co. Mr. Dixit is the editor of Himal South Asian and the publisher of Himal Khabarpatrika and is a highly renowned journalist in South Asia. Mr. Dixit and Samrat have worked together in the past and were from the same school.

Nepal Bharat Library presents Tavern Tales: The book launch of Buddha's Orphans by Samrat Upadhyay.

"In this novel, Upadhyay has masterfully blended history, tragedy,politics and romance to create the arresting story of a family that is at once unique and universal, set against the backdrop of a vibrant, complicated, modern Nepal that will fascinate readers."
- Chitra Divakaruni, author of One Amazing Thing and Palace of Illusions