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‘The Square Root of a Sonnet’ at the Royal Institute of London

The Square Root of a Sonnet, written by Nilanjan Choudhury and published by Writers Workshop, was performed at the renowned Royal Institution of London on 19th and 20th July, 2024. It was produced by the Centre for Film & Drama, India and directed by Prakash Belawadi, under the patronage of the Murty Trust. “It has been a humbling, exhilarating and extraordinary experience to stage the play at the 200+ years old Royal Institution – in the same theatre where people […]

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‘The Violet Sun’ in Telegraph’s ‘T2’

The Violet Sun, edited by Inam Hussain Begg Mullick, and published by Writers Workshop, was launched at Alliance Francaise du Bengale on Thursday, 25th July. The event was covered in The Telegraph‘s T2. “Writers Workshop’s role in poetry publication in India is still going strong. What I especially liked about the project is that 23 poets who have contributed to the collection are all contemporary poets and an anthology like that is rare to find,” agreed Ananda Lal. Click on […]

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Renditions

Author: Subhakar Das Pages: 88 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹300 ISBN: 978-81-968192-0-0 (9788196819200) About the Author Subhakar Das has been published here and there between now and then. His first novel Where the Rain Falls was published by Roman books in 2012. Renditions is his first collection of poetry. He lives in Guwahati, Assam, the mighty Brahmaputra less than an arm’s length away. Teaser Solace It’s OK, my friend, they are going to use a gun, and it works […]

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The Violet Sun

Editor: Inam Hussain Begg Mullick Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-968192-6-2 (978-81-96819262) About the Editor Inam Hussain Begg Mullick is an award-winning poet, editor and polymath from Kolkata. His most recent publication is The Magical Life of Inamorato (Writers Workshop, India). An avant-gardist, he has authored three books of poems and coedited three anthologies of poetry. For many years, he wrote in The Statesman. He is the Director-Founder-Editor, The Kolkata Arts, and a strong supporter of […]

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Lola in Belfast

Author: Pallavi Padma-Uday Pages: 68 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: ₹300 / £10 ISBN: 978-81-968192-1-7 (9788196819217) About the Author Pallavi Padma-Uday is a writer and business historian based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her first poetry collection, Orisons in the Dark, was published by Writers Workshop in 2023. Her writing has appeared in various journals, anthologies and newspapers in India and the U.K. and has been supported by Irish Writers Centre, Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, John […]

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There Used to Be a Lake Here Once

Author: Sritama Sen Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-968192-9-3 (9788196819293) About the Author Sritama Sen (she/they) is a queer poet, essayist and writer. Growing up in West Bengal, she completed her BA and MA in English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and has had her poetry and stories published in various literary zines. Their work explores themes of girlhood, trans identity and queerness in a Bengali context, without being restricted by literary genre conventions. This is […]

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Cities of Being

Author: Harpreet Kathuria Pages: 88 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: Rs 400 ISBN: 978-81-968192-8-6 (9788196819286) About the Author Harpreet Kathuria is Assistant Professor of English in Government College for Girls, Patiala. She holds a B.A. in School Honours in English and was a university medallist for the M.A. in English. Her poems have appeared in national and international journals. She is pursuing doctoral research on urban human geography from the Department of English, Punjabi University, Patiala. Teaser Night Night whisks […]

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Hikayat Pandawa Lima

Translator: Harry Aveling Pages: 312 Year of Publication: 2024 Price: Rs 1200 / US$ 40 ISBN: 978-81-968192-5-5 (9788196819255) About the Translator Professor Harry Aveling (PhD, Malay Studies, National University of Singapore; Doctor of Creative Arts, University of Technology, Sydney) holds honorary appointments in Translation Studies, Monash University, and Asian Studies, La Trobe University, both in Melbourne, Australia. He has translated extensively from Indonesian and Malay, and co-translated from Hindi. In 1991 he received the Anugerah Pengembangan Sastera (Literary Development Award) […]