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January 2011 Events in Bangalore

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Sharanya Manivannan

I have two events in Bangalore this weekend.

I’ll read briefly at the Toto Awards on Saturday the 8th, as I am shortlisted again this year. I have “always the bridesmaid” syndrome when it comes to this sort of thing, but we shall see… :)

And on Sunday the 9th, I will read at Poetry Across Borders at Jaaga. Please do come.

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John P. Matthew on January 7, 2011 at 2:28 pm said:

Hi, all the very best for both functions.
Debashrita on January 8, 2011 at 8:50 am said:

Hi Sharanya Mam!
I’m a great fan of your writings on your blog as well as in the saturday edition of Indian Express. Best of luck for your functions!

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Sharanya Manivannan

I’m the author of five books: a novel, The Queen of Jasmine Country (HarperCollins India, 2018), a short story collection, The High Priestess Never Marries (HarperCollins India, 2016), two books of poetry, Witchcraft (Bullfighter Books, 2008) and The Altar of the Only World (HarperCollins India, 2017); and a picture book for children, The Ammuchi Puchi (Lantana Publishing, 2016 & Puffin India, 2018).

My column, “The Venus Flytrap”, appears in The New Indian Express. I was specially commissioned to write and perform an original poem at the Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminister Abbey in 2015. I’m currently working on a novel, Constellation of Scars, among other poetry, fiction and illustration projects. I was born in India in 1985, and grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia; I have been living in Chennai since 2007.

On this blog you’ll find links to my writing, unedited versions of my work that appears in newspapers and magazines… and nowhere near as much chaos, miscellany and whimsy as life actually contains. :) You can find some of that, though, on my Instagram. I’m also on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

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