The Vanishing Act was released in March, earlier this year, and has received critical acclaim in write-ups in papers and online blogs. Barun Bajracharya was the speaker for the day and gave a 40-minute-long description of the writer and his collection of stories. He appreciated Adhikari's command over the English language and admitted to have liked the stories titled The Face of Carolyn Flint and The Condolence Picture best. For him, The Boy from Banauti and the title story, The Vanishing Act, were the weakest in the collection of nine stories.

Bajracharya then handed the microphone to Saguna Shah, an admin of Bookaholics, who started with a disclaimer that the book was not an easy read and she also hoped the author would make his future works simpler for the sake of the readers. She admired Adhikari's strength as a story teller, nevertheless.

During the discussion, Bibek Adhikari compared the writer to Samrat Upadhyaya, author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, and asked Adhikari whether The Face of Carolyn Flint was his own life story. The author jovially denied that it was, and thanked the speaker for his insights. Adhikari also went on to thank the Bookaholics team for the inception of the event.    

Tribhuvan University lecturer Prakash Subedi stated that Adhikari was one of the best Nepali writers writing in English and added that The Boy from Banauti was  his favourite. Subedi also  said that Nepali writers should deviate from autobiographical types of writing.

The end of the discussion was followed by a round of questions to the author by the audience. During the session Bajracharya also asked why death was prominent in most of the stories. Adhikari, in response, said, "It is easy to shock the reader that way."