A sample cover of the book: ochre coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.

Sigma

Author: Shirley Lalrinfeli Pages: 86 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-995932-4-4 (9788199593244) About the Author Shirley Lalrinfeli has an MA in English from the University of Hyderabad. Her poetry has appeared in several e-zines such as The Little Journal of Northeast India, The Alipore Post and Spark, the Magazine. Her poems have also been published in the journal of the Mizoram English Literary Society, better known as MIELS. She has won several awards for her writing, including third […]

A sample cover of the book: red handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.

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Pressed Flower

Author: Arshi Mortuza Pages: 98 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹400 / $15 (USD) ISBN: 978-81-995932-3-7 (9788199593237) About the Author Born in 1997, Arshi Mortuza is a Bangladeshi poet living somewhere between countries and selves, carried by a childhood spent following her mother’s diplomatic trail. She writes from the edges — womanhood tangled with otherness, mental noise, and the ache of not quite belonging. Her poems dig into myth and memory with a voice that’s both sharp and soft, honest […]

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Mamta Kalia receives Sahitya Akademi award

We congratulate our author Prof. Mamta Kalia on her richly-deserved Sahitya Akademi award. Fifty years ago, she published two books of poems with us: Tribute to Papa and Other Poems and Poems ’78, that have become classics of Indian writing in English. Her photo alongside comes from that time, printed in our authoritative anthology, Modern Indian Poetry in English.

A scan of the pages in the book that feature our publication, 'Dear Father and Other Poems'. The cover appears on the left (bound in a navy blue sari) and the title page on the right.

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One of our publications featured in ‘Notes on Book Design’ curated by Formal Settings, published by niggli

A Writers Workshop publication has been featured in Notes on Book Design, published by niggli, co-authored by Amanda-Li Kollberg and Siri Lee Lindskrog, who run the Berlin-based design studio, Formal Settings. Kollberg and Lindskrog over the course of conversations with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder-proprietor of the independent bookstore, Hopskotch Reading Room in Berlin, came up with the idea of featuring 50 books that have found their way through its doors. Notes on Book Design describes the store as “dedicated to non-western […]

A sample cover of the book: teal handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.

Books, Poetry, Redbird

Yet Without a Refrain

Author: Saikat Sur Pages: 58 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹250 ISBN: 978-81-995932-5-1 (9788199593251) About the Author Saikat Sur was born in Kolkata in 1991. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. In addition to his research as a physicist, he enjoys writing in both English and his mother tongue, Bengali. Teaser To Baba When you left, you could’ve taken a part of my heart with you — The […]

Photo of Jyotish Gopinathan holding the framed award citation with plants behind him.

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Jyotish Gopinathan Receives Kala Pratibha at the Kala Literature Awards 2026

Jyotish Gopinathan has been awarded the Kala Pratibha in the Poetry category of the Kala Literature Awards for his book, The Coppiced House, published by us. Congratulations, Jyotish!

Photos of the three books placed in a bouquet formation against a black granite background. The covers are black, teal and purple handloom saris with gold embossed nameplates and lettering for the titles and author's names. The borders of the saris line the right hand margin of each cover.

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Three of our publications longlisted for the Kala Literature Awards 2026

Kala – Krazy about Literature and Arts – have announced their awards longlists and two of our books feature in their Debut Author (English) category, The Coppiced House and The Patchwork Quilt, while both titles along with Delphic Diatribes have been longlisted for their Poetry (English) awards category. Congratulations to our poets, Jyotish Gopinathan, Sunaina Jain and Vyshnavee Diwakar! The Kala Literature Awards 2026 will be presented in February as part of the Kala Literature Festival.