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January Poetry Workshops

And for those who can’t make it in-person, on-ground for my workshop at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, there’s always the online workshop series with The Himalayan Writing Retreat.

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Meld words to create magic. Award-winning poet, Rochelle Potkar leads you through the wonderland of poetry.

Understand & appreciate poetry. Then write your own poems under her guidance.

Rochelle Potkar is –

Author of ‘Four Degrees of Separation and ‘Bombay Hangovers’Alumna of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2015)

When:
10 AM – 1 PM, 21st Jan, Saturday
9.30 AM – 1.30 PM, 22nd Jan, Sunday

Cost:
INR 4,800

Apply now. Only 4 seats left! Register at the link (clickable).

An in-person Haibun Workshop at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s festival / 27 Jan 2023.

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to present Jashn e Dastaan e Mumbai 2023. The theme this year is “On The Streets” celebrating the city’s vivid street life.

Haibun is a form of self-reflective prose-poetry invented by the 17th century Japanese monk-poet Matsuo Bashō. Since the late 19th century, it has been growing in popularity in the English-speaking world. In this workshop, poetess and writer Rochelle Potkar will walk you through the nuances of this form, as well getting you to write your own first haibun.

Rochelle Potkar’s first book, “The Arithmetic of Breasts and Other Stories” was shortlisted for The Digital Book of the Year Award 2014 by Publishing Next. Four Degrees of Separation (Paperwall, 2016) is her first book of poetry. She has represented India at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and was a writer-in-residence at the UNESCO city of literature – Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP), Fall Residency 2015. She was a Charles Wallace Writer’s fellow at the University of Stirling, Scotland, 2017. She is co-founder of the Arcs-of-a-Circle artists’ residency program, a project by US Consulate, Mumbai.

The charges include expert fees.

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to present Jashn e Dastaan e Mumbai 2023. The theme this year is “On The Streets” celebrating the city’s vivid street life.
Venue: Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Time: 2 to 5 pm
Date: 27th January 2023
Charges: ₹1000

This is an in-person workshop. Register here.

Writers INK Screenwriting Lab 2022-23

So gleefully glad to be one of the 30 scholars, selected to participate in the Writers INK Screenwriting Lab 2022-23 – an intensive fellowship.
For more details, click here.

December events!

In PosterSyndromes, waiting for these two events as I ant up preparations slowly but surely like the most lumbering ant with sugar and salt in her mouth.

Thank you, Michelle Phillip, for your continued trust in my teaching abilities.

Thank you, Gayatri Majumdar and Anju Makhija for your new and warm friendships.

APWT & me: Bangalore diaries, Nov 2022

APWT, Bangalore, November 2022 – just a gist.

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Frontlist interviews me. [podcast]

In Frontlist’s latest episode I discuss words and writing.
Listen in.
https://hubhopper.com/episode/episode-14-rochelle-potkar-bombay-hangovers-1669977509

My interview with Team Kunzum (Travel cafe)

My interview with Team Kumzum of Kunzum Travel Cafe just went up, where I talk candidly about my writing states and spaces.
I have marked Kunzum on my book-touring map for next year!
Check it out here.

Book Discussion: Bombay Hangovers@NCPA, Mumbai

A small audio-visual excerpt of the first brick-and-mortar book discussion of the short story collection Bombay Hangovers, that released in 2021.

At: NCPA’s Stuart Liff Collection Library, Fort Mumbai.

This book is available on Amazon.

A discussion of Bombay Hangovers at NCPA, Mumbai, 11 November 2022.

All the Bombaywallahs, Mumbaikars, and Bomaikars, you are invited to NCPA’s Stuart Liff Collection Library on 11 Nov, 4:30 pm for a book discussion of Bombay Hangovers, and for chai thereafter.

Will be in conversation with Uma Narain, Juilee Kamble, and Sujata Jadhav. You can choose to read your favorite story excerpts or ask questions or add comments.

Come, come, come.

My review of Mumbai Traps: Collected Plays in Rain Taxi

Rain Taxi holds my review of Mumbai Traps: Collected Plays by Anju Makhija. This comes in time like a box of Diwali sweets.

Click here to read.