Reverie Publishers was founded on the premise of expanding publishing in Pakistan, focusing on Fiction Writing. It provides a platform for aspiring and established writers of the country to be able to produce and sell their work.
‘Reverie Publishers’ envisions to provide expertise in producing a book as an end-to-end solution. It aims to publish books under a self-publishing line, ‘Moringa Books’ and traditional publishing line ‘Reverie Publishers,’ the parent label. Not many fiction novels are published in Pakistan therefore hindering creativity and forcing writers to publish content without much guidance. We aim to correct that. We look forward to promoting fresh material and voices from our country.
About The Founder
Safinah Danish Elahi is a poet, educator and author of two books, a poetry collection called ‘The Unbridled Romance of Love and Pain’ and a novel ‘Eye on the Prize.’ Her short story, ‘The motorcycle’ has been published in the Anthology, ‘The Stained Glass Window.’ She has previously worked for one of the leading law firms in Karachi.
Elahi is passionate about books and feels more needs to be done to encourage reading and writing. This platform aims to be a one-stop solution for writers looking to be self published as well as hosts a traditional publishing line in support of Pakistani Authors. Elahi hopes to bring fresh new voices as well and worthy content to the literary scenery.
New Release: The Verdict
A Pakistani lawyer, defends an innocent boy accused of an unspeakable crime, punishable by death. The lawyer confronts religious extremists, assassins, forbidden love, a corrupt judicial system, and a powerful soothsayer’s prediction that the lawyer will die unless he abandons the case. The book explores the amorphous role of religion and class in society, the ideals of spirituality versus rationality, the interconnectedness of our fates and actions, and the themes of loss, grief, redemption, and love.
Our Team
Annum Salman is the debut Author of her poetry book, Sense Me, which revolves around the theme of identity; encompassing topics such as gender inequality, mental health, race, culture, and love. Born and bred in Pakistan, Annum completed her MA in creative writing from The University of Surrey. Along with being a popular spoken word poet in Pakistan as well as in the UK, she has also served as Creative Head at a PR firm for years, specialising in marketing strategies for top brands such as Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Engro. Offering PR services to authors has been a passion that grew more so after learning about the ever evolving publishing industry, what its like in Pakistan compared to other countries, and the continued success of her own book.
Taha Kehar is a journalist, literary critic and novelist. A law graduate from SOAS, London, Kehar is the author of two novels, Typically Tanya (HarperCollins India, 2018) and Of Rift and Rivalry (Palimpsest Publishers, 2014). He has served as the head of The Express Tribune’s Peshawar city pages and bi-monthly books page, and worked as an assistant editor on the op-ed desk at The News. Kehar’s essays, reviews and commentaries have been published in The News on Sunday, Hindustan Times Brunch, Herald, The Hindu and South Asia magazine and his short fiction has appeared in the Delhi-based quarterly The Equator Line, the biannual journal Pakistani Literature and the OUP anthology I’ll Find My Way. Two of his short stories will appear in a forthcoming anthology titled The Banyan and Her Roots, which has been edited by the British writer Jad Adams. In 2016, he guest-edited an issue of The Equator Line, titled ‘Pakistan: After The Stereotypes’, that focused on new writing from Pakistan. Kehar is the co-editor of The Stained-Glass Window (Liberty Publishing, 2020), a collection of short stories on the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan. Based in Karachi, he teaches undergraduate media courses and has just completed a post-modern detective novel.
Erum Sultan is the co-founder of My Bookshelf, an online library that delivers and picks up books to and from members nationwide.
She is also an editor, proofreader and copywriter. Erum is an avid reader and enjoys writing book reviews, some of which have been published in Dawn newspaper.
She holds a Master’s in Business Management from Northeastern University and has worked in the corporate and nonprofit sector.
Avid reader, writer, and editor with a Masters in English Literary Studies from the University of Exeter and a BA (Honours) in English from LUMS.
Professional experience in the publishing industry and the content department in the IT sector.
Maheen is the author of ‘The Mercurial Mr Bhutto and Other Stories’. A trained editor and award winning journalist who has worked for both print and electronic media,
Maheen has covered subjects ranging from human smuggling, girls’ education in Swat, trials of refugees, brick kilns, ideology of thought control, rehabilitation of earthquake survivors, counter terrorism, climate change, educating the slums, video games, sports, travel, culture and music. She has also researched and helmed documentaries on topics such as Fall of Dhaka and whether Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s hanging was a judicial murder.
Maheen has worked at the Dr Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre as a research analyst and media advisor and was a core member of the team for the Human Development in South Asia Report.
Born and raised in Karachi (Pakistan), Independent freelance documentary photographer, photojournalist and filmmaker, Khaula Jamil, is an avid traveler working for local and International Development organisations, foundations and businesses. She covers diverse subjects ranging from climate change and health to agriculture and human rights all over Pakistan. Khaula’s forte lies in creating emotive, visually impactful human-centric stories. Her clients include Oxfam Novib/Australia/America, Medecin Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), USAID, Rotary International, ICRC (Red Cross), IFC (World Bank), Coca Cola amongst others.
When she isn’t on assignment, Khaula works on personal passion projects that include making short documentaries highlighting positive movements in negatively stereotyped and marginalised communities in her hometown to help change the narrative that surrounds them.
Sana Nasir is an international award winning Illustrator and Graphic Designer. She graduated from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture where as a student, she founded a design activism group called Designers United for a Cause, Karachi! (D.U.C.K!) and has since been pursuing her illustration and design practice in the realms of music visualization, design education, publishing, community engagement and activism and also spearheads an ongoing series of talks, Freelance Ain’t Free.
Nasir’s talk Design in the Name of Love was featured at the National Digital Design Conference (ND2C) in September 2018. (View Promo)
Nasir’s talk, Culture Alt Delete is featured as a PechaKucha 20×20 talk in 2019 (View Video)
Sana talks about her inspiration and challenges of carving out a niche for illustrators in Pakistan in her Womanistan interview (View Video)
Currently Nasir resides in Karachi under her artist name,‘Koi Nahi’ and is Art Director for Oscillations and Lahore Music Meet.
Sarmad Hashmi is a Visual Artist, who specializes in art direction and typography. He loves to play around with colors and experiment in different digital media of art. His love for Urdu typography is what makes his work notable, where he dabbles in creating unique styles of art based in Urdu.
Hailing from Lahore, he has the aesthetic sense of a nostalgic desi with a touch of minimalistic modernism.
Annum Salman is the debut Author of her poetry book, Sense Me, which revolves around the theme of identity; encompassing topics such as gender inequality, mental health, race, culture, and love. Born and bred in Pakistan, Annum completed her MA in creative writing from The University of Surrey. Along with being a popular spoken word poet in Pakistan as well as in the UK, she has also served as Creative Head at a PR firm for years, specialising in marketing strategies for top brands such as Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Engro. Offering PR services to authors has been a passion that grew more so after learning about the ever evolving publishing industry, what its like in Pakistan compared to other countries, and the continued success of her own book.
Taha Kehar is a journalist, literary critic and novelist. A law graduate from SOAS, London, Kehar is the author of two novels, Typically Tanya (HarperCollins India, 2018) and Of Rift and Rivalry (Palimpsest Publishers, 2014). He has served as the head of The Express Tribune’s Peshawar city pages and bi-monthly books page, and worked as an assistant editor on the op-ed desk at The News. Kehar’s essays, reviews and commentaries have been published in The News on Sunday, Hindustan Times Brunch, Herald, The Hindu and South Asia magazine and his short fiction has appeared in the Delhi-based quarterly The Equator Line, the biannual journal Pakistani Literature and the OUP anthology I’ll Find My Way. Two of his short stories will appear in a forthcoming anthology titled The Banyan and Her Roots, which has been edited by the British writer Jad Adams. In 2016, he guest-edited an issue of The Equator Line, titled ‘Pakistan: After The Stereotypes’, that focused on new writing from Pakistan. Kehar is the co-editor of The Stained-Glass Window (Liberty Publishing, 2020), a collection of short stories on the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan. Based in Karachi, he teaches undergraduate media courses and has just completed a post-modern detective novel.
Erum Sultan is the co-founder of My Bookshelf, an online library that delivers and picks up books to and from members nationwide.
She is also an editor, proofreader and copywriter. Erum is an avid reader and enjoys writing book reviews, some of which have been published in Dawn newspaper.
She holds a Master’s in Business Management from Northeastern University and has worked in the corporate and nonprofit sector.
Avid reader, writer, and editor with a Masters in English Literary Studies from the University of Exeter and a BA (Honours) in English from LUMS.
Professional experience in the publishing industry and the content department in the IT sector.
Maheen is the author of ‘The Mercurial Mr Bhutto and Other Stories’. A trained editor and award winning journalist who has worked for both print and electronic media,
Maheen has covered subjects ranging from human smuggling, girls’ education in Swat, trials of refugees, brick kilns, ideology of thought control, rehabilitation of earthquake survivors, counter terrorism, climate change, educating the slums, video games, sports, travel, culture and music. She has also researched and helmed documentaries on topics such as Fall of Dhaka and whether Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s hanging was a judicial murder.
Maheen has worked at the Dr Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre as a research analyst and media advisor and was a core member of the team for the Human Development in South Asia Report.
Born and raised in Karachi (Pakistan), Independent freelance documentary photographer, photojournalist and filmmaker, Khaula Jamil, is an avid traveler working for local and International Development organisations, foundations and businesses. She covers diverse subjects ranging from climate change and health to agriculture and human rights all over Pakistan. Khaula’s forte lies in creating emotive, visually impactful human-centric stories. Her clients include Oxfam Novib/Australia/America, Medecin Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), USAID, Rotary International, ICRC (Red Cross), IFC (World Bank), Coca Cola amongst others.
When she isn’t on assignment, Khaula works on personal passion projects that include making short documentaries highlighting positive movements in negatively stereotyped and marginalised communities in her hometown to help change the narrative that surrounds them.
Sana Nasir is an international award winning Illustrator and Graphic Designer. She graduated from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture where as a student, she founded a design activism group called Designers United for a Cause, Karachi! (D.U.C.K!) and has since been pursuing her illustration and design practice in the realms of music visualization, design education, publishing, community engagement and activism and also spearheads an ongoing series of talks, Freelance Ain’t Free.
Nasir’s talk Design in the Name of Love was featured at the National Digital Design Conference (ND2C) in September 2018. (View Promo)
Nasir’s talk, Culture Alt Delete is featured as a PechaKucha 20×20 talk in 2019 (View Video)
Sana talks about her inspiration and challenges of carving out a niche for illustrators in Pakistan in her Womanistan interview (View Video)
Currently Nasir resides in Karachi under her artist name,‘Koi Nahi’ and is Art Director for Oscillations and Lahore Music Meet.
Sarmad Hashmi is a Visual Artist, who specializes in art direction and typography. He loves to play around with colors and experiment in different digital media of art. His love for Urdu typography is what makes his work notable, where he dabbles in creating unique styles of art based in Urdu.
Hailing from Lahore, he has the aesthetic sense of a nostalgic desi with a touch of minimalistic modernism.