THE HOUSE NEXT TO THE FACTORY, a BBC Radio 4 'Book at Bedtime'. MA: @uealdc
Washington, DC
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I'm so honored and thrilled that #TheHouseNextToTheFactory is now a @BBCRadio4 'Book at Bedtime', read by the inimitable @MeeraSyal!
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I'm delighted to share the first news about my new novel 'In the Rains That Year': The novel is on the Craft First Chapters Longlist!
@CraftLiterary @kan_writersside
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''Fiction does something with contradictions that nonfiction is not as adept at, it asks questions rather than delivering answers.''
Author Anne Enright talks about the process of writing fiction and how elements of her life find their way into her work.
#WindhamCampbellPrizes2025
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Introducing the 2025 #WindhamCampbellPrizes Recipients 📣
- Sigrid Nunez (United States) – fiction
- Anne Enright (Ireland) – fiction
- Patricia J. Williams (United States) – nonfiction
- Rana Dasgupta (United Kingdom) – nonfiction
- Roy Williams (United Kingdom) – drama
- Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini (United Kingdom) – drama
- Anthony V. Capildeo (Scotland/Trinidad and Tobago) – poetry
- Tongo Eisen-Martin (United States) – poetry
''It was the late Donald Windham’s wish in establishing these prizes to call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with time, space and freedom. This mission remains at the heart of the Windham-Campbell Prizes, and in today’s world it is more vital than ever to recognize and support the crucial work and wisdom that writers share with us all'' - Michael Kelleher (@pblossomhwy ), Director of the Windham Campbell Prizes.
The Prizes are administered by @Yale University’s @BeineckeLibrary
Grateful to be in residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts to work on my book! Thank you @khncenter for the gift of time and space.
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pride and prejudice was published on this day in 1813. a novel that has inspired and been deeply loved for 212 years.
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Seeking submissions for The Bombay Literary Magazine. (Read past issues to get a sense of what works)
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Very happy to see JUNGLE HOUSE on the shortlist for @TheKitschies Red Tentacle (Novel) prize! 🐙🤖
This morning's happy, sad, and altogether tentacular news. The Kitschies' final shortlists have been announced!
Massive congratulations to the authors, artists and designers behind the work, and massive thank you to the judges behind the scenes. -- lnkd.in/ejPxbP6S
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I have a book event for my essay collection, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place, @autofocuslit happening a week from today @kramerbooks at 7p. If you're in the DC area, I'd love to see you at the event and meet and hang for a bit!
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Poetrywalas and friends please come out for this group reading- my first in many moons- Amanda Newell and Danny Lawless have new books -desert wine and Fab community! @Poetry_Daily @LitWatershed @cheusecenter @Plamenpress please tell your friends!
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"Life is what exists on the fringes of plot."
It was an honor to speak with @AmitChaudhuri about his rebellions against the realist novel and his "quixotic endeavor" to daydream and cheerfully fail in a literary world dominated by the market.
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The Ashoka University Eight-Day International Creative Writing Workshop in Creative Writing in Prose (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
The 13th international eight-day workshop will start from 29th May 2024.
Please visit the link to know more - ashoka.edu.in/event/the-asho…
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Join us this Thursday, April 25th, at 6pm CT for a reading and conversation with @AmitChaudhuri, "Afternoon Raag", "A Strange and Sublime Address", and "Freedom Song". He will be joined in conversation by Wendy Doniger.
RSVP here: ow.ly/R7xw50QL4Fs
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Busy Week for the @cheusecenter Come out on Tue after work for a beautiful moving program of poetry!
Excited to host one of Latin America's greatest living poets #RaúlZurita and his translator #AnnaDeeny in conversation with @naravive @GMU_English @mason__cw @GeorgeMasonU @GMULaps #MCL . Reception to follow @LeeyaMehta
Thank you @andrewbertaina for hosting a wonderful event!
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We are having another edition of the 804 lit salon on Saturday night at 7p. We will have readings from @sonalkoh , @which_is_to_say , @hamburger_aaron , Ife O Olatona, and @tjdelizza . As always, feel free to DM if you’d like more details.
Lovely book conversation yesterday to celebrate @WahhajGemini's debut novel #TheChildrenofThisMadness in D.C. at @PoliticsProse !
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Saturday, join @WahhajGemini to discuss THE CHILDREN OF THIS MADNESS - a complex tale of modern Bengalis that illuminates the recent histories of Bangladesh, America, and Iraq - with Javed Jahangir & @sonalkoh - 3PM @ P&P Union Market - bit.ly/48P1OCk
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@PoliticsProse March 16, 3 pm. Please join @WahhajGemini, Javed Jahangir and I, as we present our debut fiction exploring the intersection of private lives with historical events.
politics-prose.com/gemini-wa…
