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Pritish Nandy (15 January 1951 – 8 January 2025)

Writers Workshop remembers and celebrates Pritish Nandy as the 16-year-old poet who came to Professor P. Lal with his first manuscript of poetry, Of Gods and Olives (which we published in 1967). He wrote about his experience with P. Lal, who gave him the “confidence no one else was willing to offer” in his homage, “To Sir With Love“. Of Gods and Olives went on to become “A huge hit and was widely acclaimed” as Pritish Nandy described later in an interview. His […]

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The Coppiced House

Author: Jyotish Gopinathan Pages: 84 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-979136-8-6 (9788197913686) About the Author Jyotish Gopinathan is a nephrologist, clinician-educator, postgraduate teacher and researcher. Currently residing in Kozhikode, Kerala, he has lived and trained in medicine in Mumbai and Toronto. He has been a passionate advocate of medical ethics, especially in the context of organ transplantation as well as gender equality, in addition to patient-centred care, particularly for older individuals. A photography enthusiast, he is a relative […]

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Our Poets Mentioned in ‘Literature, Critique, and Empire Today’

Some of our books published recently have been featured in ‘Literature, Critique, and Empire Today’. Here is what the prestigious journal had to say: “Purabi Bhattacharya’s Even Birds Go Home brings together her experience of being an outsider in her birthplace, Shillong.” “Abdul Jamil Urfi, Professor at the University of Delhi, has brought out Shouting at the Dead. The poems reflect a gentle humour and wit that is endearing. The essay, “My Journey in Poetry Appreciation” (included in the […]

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Pūntānam’s Jnānappānā (The Song of Wisdom)

Translator: Gopikrishnan Kottoor Pages: 34 Year of Publication: 2024 (Revised edition) Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-81-979136-7-9 (9788197913679) About the Translator An established voice in Indian poetry in English, Gopikrishnan Kottoor has won major national and international prizes such as the All India Poetry Prize, Wingword Poetry Award and Chandigarh Literary Festival Prize, and has appeared in leading poetry journals in India and abroad, among them Contemporary Indian Poetry (Bloodaxe), Talk of the Town (Penguin), Lie of the Land (Sahitya Akademi), […]

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Folktales from Sikkim

Editors: Rosy Chamling and Abrona Lee Pandi Aden Pages: 132 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: Rs 600 ISBN: 978-81-979136-4-8 (9788197913648) About the Editors Professor Rosy Chamling is Dean, School of Languages and Literature, Sikkim University. Dr. Abrona Lee Pandi Aden is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sikkim University. About the Book In her introduction to the book, Professor Rosy Chamling writes: “The present volume is a collection of twenty-eight tales translated by scholars who had participated in a five-day National […]

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The Patchwork Quilt

Author: Sunaina Jain Pages: 104 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹400 ISBN: 978-81-979136-2-4 (9788197913624) About the Author An Assistant Professor of English at Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College, Chandigarh, Sunaina Jain holds a doctorate in English from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Besides conducting various workshops on creative writing, and language and communication skills, she has published many research papers in national and international journals. Her poems have featured in a number of literary journals like Muse India, South Asian Ensemble, Nuances […]

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William Radice (1951-2024)

Writers Workshop mourns the passing of William Radice (1951-2024), British poet, scholar and translator. He taught Bengali at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Radice translated celebrated Bengali works such as Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry and stories, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s The Poem of the Killing of Meghnad. He edited Myths and Legends of India, a collection of 112 of his own retellings, including selections from our publication, P. Lal’s transcreation of The Mahabharata of Vyasa. A dear friend, Dr Radice published four volumes of poetry with Writers Workshop: Selected Poems, 1970–81 (1987), Before and After (1995), This Theatre Royal (2004) and Beauty, Be My […]

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Juvenilia

Author: Siddharth Achaya Pages: 86 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-979136-9-3 (9788197913693) About the Author Siddharth Achaya spent his early years growing up in Bombay (now Mumbai), Delhi, and Bangalore (now Bengaluru). Trained as an architect, he continues to work in the field, with a focus on sustainable (now ecological) architecture. His interest in shortform storytelling has previously been expressed through blogs, comics (now graphic narrative) and film. His “Design Thinking” pieces for the architectural publication Biome Diaries […]

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Mind Game

Author: Shyam Krishna Pages: 52 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹200 ISBN: 978-81-979136-0-0 (9788197913600) About the Author Shyam Krishna is a poet, playwright and novelist from Kerala. His major works include an English play, Death of a South Paw, published in 2007, and a Malayalam novel, Mamma, published in 2022. Mind Game is his first collection of poetry. He scripted and directed the award-winning five-part documentary The Percussion Instruments of Kerala for Doordarshan. He was the recipient of Kerala State […]

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Delphic Diatribes

Author: Vyshnavee Diwakar Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-979136-6-2 (9788197913662) About the Author Delphic Diatribes is Vyshnavee Diwakar’s second book of poetry. A pedant to her core, she bides by poetic rules like a bore, until her affinity for her alliterations makes her go rogue. Her dream is to be heard when she pelts her versified arguments regarding the emotional turmoil that resides within every being. Vyshnavee is a stay-at-home mother, trying to make use of […]

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