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Tag: Shamini Sriskandarajah

The Dinner Party Reloaded 5: The Memoirists & Fiction Writers

24th November 202227th November 2022  Susanna Crossman

For her fifth dinner party, author and host Susanna Crossman talks to writers Elizabeth Chakrabarty, Lily Dunn and Shamini Sriskandarajah about eliding the barriers between fiction and non-fiction, the ethics of (memoir) writing, diverse ways of reading via Lydia Davis and whether to “glam up” or dress down when sitting down to write.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Alan Bennett, Bending genre, cartharsis, creative non-fiction, David Shields, Elizabeth Chakrabarty, Fiction, Lily Dunn, Lydia Davis, Margot Slinger, Nicole Walker, non-fiction, Polari First Book Prize, Reading, Shamini Sriskandarajah, Susanna Crossman, The Dinner Party, The Dinner Party Reloaded

From Bed to Shed: Writing Through the Pandemic

31st March 2022  Lucy Writers

Two years after the first UK lockdown, writers Shamini Sriskandarajah and Elodie Barnes reflect on how the restrictions (and opportunities) of Covid-19 have altered and shaped their creative practices.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, InterviewsTagged: Covid-19, Elodie Rose Barnes, Lockdown Living, lockdown writing, Pandemic, recovery, Shamini Sriskandarajah, writing

Lucy Writers Announces Our New Arts Council England Funded Project, What the Water Gave Us

24th February 202224th February 2022  Lucy Writers

Lucy Writers is proud to announce its new Arts Council England funded mentoring project, What the Water Gave Us, for emerging women writers.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, Lucy Features, My Cambridge, Non-FictionTagged: Arts Council England, Arts Council England National Lottery Grant, Brexit Britain, Burley Fisher, Claire Hynes, Elodie Rose Barnes, Emma Claire Sweeney, Emma Hanson, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Immigration, Irenosen Okojie, Jenny Chamarette, Lucy Cavendish College, migrant writers, Migration, Pandemic, Rojbîn Arjen Yigit, Selin Genc, Shamini Sriskandarajah, Shirley Ahura, So Mayer, Susan Barker, Takeaway Press, The Ruppin Agency, water, What the Water Gave Us, Yen Ooi, Yvonne Battle-Felton

Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race by Pragya Agarwal

28th April 202128th April 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

Packed with fascinating stories, thorough research and helpful definitions, Dr Pragya Agarwal’s book, Wish We Knew What to Say, is essential reading for all educators, parents and care-givers when it comes to talking with children about race.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: anti-racism, Books, Child development, Childhood, children, Dialogue Books, non-fiction, Pragya Agarwal, Race, Racism, Shamini Sriskandarajah, Wish We Knew What to Say, Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race

‘Cypress’ by Shamini Sriskandarajah

27th June 202027th June 2020  Shamini Sriskandarajah

In Shamini Sriskandarajah’s short and beautiful poem, ‘Cypress’, two people sit under the quiet warmth of a leylandii tree reflecting on past moments of togetherness.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Cypress, Flora & Fauna of Foreign Places, Flora and Fauna, Poetry, Shamini Sriskandarajah, Trees, Usha Akella
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