Engineering a reading community

Balancing site visits with story talks, Shristi Shakya, co-founder of Bookverse, and a full-time engineer, is building both electrical systems and a community of readers in Kathmandu.

Shristi Shakya is a full-time electrical engineer and a part-time bookseller at Bookverse, but above all, she has been a reader since childhood. Reading was one habit she never outgrew. When library classes were boring for most of her classmates, they were the highlight of her school days. Those hours among shelves played a major role in nurturing her love for books.