In collaboration with Quixote’s Cove: the bookshop at Jhamsikhel, discussions, lectures and workshops are being organized with each of the visiting authors from April 27 to April 30.[break]
The four American writers are Bob Holman, Joshua Ferris, Nathalie Handal and Christopher Merrill. Writer Christopher Merrill is the director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Merrill has written four collections of poetry and four books of non-fiction.
On April 27 and 28, there will be programs, dealing with interactions and discussions. Workshops on Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction and Slam poetry will be held at Jatra Café, Thamel on April 29 and 30 at 9 am. Four simultaneous workshops, each of which will be held with a particular focus and with a specific visiting writer facilitating the same.
Poetry performance workshop, will be held by Bob Holman, Fiction writing workshop by Joshua Ferris, Poetry writing workshop by Nathalie Handal and Non-fiction writing workshop by Christopher Merrill.
“The program has been organized in order to have an inter cultural literary exchange with the American writers,” said Suvani Singh, co founder of Quixote’s Cove.
Singh further said that the Poetry Slam, organized by QC, had been successful and once this report went back to the US Embassy’s headquarters in Washington DC, they asked the embassy here if they could organize the writers program in Nepal as well.
“There is also a similar program being held in Pakistan so we took the opportunity to organize this program here as well,” she said.
“We have also invited 180 Nepali writers for discussions and interaction programs. Various students from different colleges and schools have been invited to take part in the workshop,” Singh further added.
Poet and Columbia University, Professor Bob Holman has published eight books and also performed on MTV’s Spoken Word Unplugged and HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.
Writer Joshua Ferris is the author of Then We Came to the End and The Unnamed and is one of New Yorker’s 20 best writers under 40.
Poet Nathalie Handal, whose most recent works include the Landmark Anthology, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond and the poetry collection: Love and Strange Horses.
Filmmaker Ram Devineni who directed the web series VERSE: A Murder Mystery, recently produced O Sonho Bollywoodiano, which premiered at the Sao Paulo and Pusan International Film Festival.
In order to take part in any of the workshops, email at events@qcbookshop.com. Or contact 5536-974.
Schedule for the program:
Wednesday, April 27
Discussion: Contemporary American literature and literary traditions in the United States.
Venue: Ramalaya, Panipokhari.
Time: 10:00 am
Wednesday, April 27
Discussion: Contemporary American literature and literary traditions in the United States.
Venue: Tribhuwan Univeristy
Time: 1:00
Thursday: April 28
Lecture: Contemporary American literature and the literary traditions in the United States.
Venue: Kathmandu University
Time: 1:00 pm
Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30
Workshops: Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction and Slam poetry Workshops
Venue: Jatra Café, Thamel
Time: 9: 00 am
Friday, April 29
Film Screening of VERSE: A Murder Mystery by Ram Devineni
Venue: Bakery Café Sundhara
Time: 2:00 pm
Friday, April 29
Word Mill: Readings and Poetic performances by American and Nepali writers
Venue: Jatra Café, Thamel
Time: 6:00 pm
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