Sonya Lalli

I’m so excited to share this event with you! On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Uzma Jalaluddin and I will be in conversation at the Toronto Reference Library. Uzma Jalaluddin writes a culture and parenting column for The Toronto Star. Her debut novel, Ayesha at Last, has earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal…

Oprah Magazine has collected some of the best romance novels of 2019 so far, from witty contemporary love stories to steamy (and we do mean steamy!) series you won’t want to put down and The Matchmaker’s List was included!

Looking for your next summer read? Check out one of these heartwarming love stories, including Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List.

The news is out: my second book GROWN-UP POSE is coming your way with Berkley in March 2020! Thank you so much to @novel.novice for helping reveal the cover and this gorgeous Instagram post. (Can you tell that yoga will be a big part of the book??) Also, a huge shoutout to @kath_reads and @everlasting_charm…

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. To celebrate, CBC Books has curated a list of novels, nonfiction, comics and children’s literature by Canadian writers with Asian ancestry. To see the complete list, which includes Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List, click here.

Whether your mom loves history, music or food, CBC Books has a gift idea for you! Give your mother the gift of reading this year. To see the full list, including Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List, click here.

Sonya Lalli always had a soft spot in her heart for romantic comedies. But as a woman of Indian heritage she rarely saw her own experiences of dating pressures and talks of arranged marriages reflected in the books that she read. That’s why she wrote her own. It’s called ‘The Matchmaker’s List’ and it launches…

Nisha Sharma delighted readers with My So-Called Bollywood Life, a YA rom-com, and now she’s back with a sizzling romance for adults: The Takeover Effect. The first in a series about the Singh family, The Takeover Effect follows Hemdeep Singh as he returns home to save father’s business from a hostile takeover with the help of lawyer Mina Kohli. To…

While romantic comedy movies eventually run out, there are practically limitless romantic comedy books. Just as the rom-com is seeing a resurgence on screen, it’s also becoming more popular in print. These books take a similarly jocular approach to unspooling a love story. The authors linger in characters’ banter, in building moments of fondness that culminate contribute to sexual…

More than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen remains a much-beloved author for English-speaking readers. If you’re a Janeite in the market for a new novel to curl up with, I know just what new book you should read next, based on your favorite Jane Austen novel. These new reads will give you the same highs…