Dehra Dun, Delhi

April 16, 2009

I stayed on in Rajpur near Dehra Dun to do a second three week yoga course at the Yog-Gangga Centre for Yoga Studies (March 28-April 15).

Now in Delhi again for a few days.

On to Belgium on the 20th; more on that soon.

launch of Fiction as Window by V Padma

February 22, 2009

On 18 February I spoke a the launch of V Padma’s brilliant book Fiction as Window: critiquing the Indian literary cultural ethos since the 1980s (Orient Black Swan) held in Chennai and hosted by the Centre for Australian Studies of the University of Madras. The book was launched by Paul Sharrad of the University of Wollongong in Australia.

Sangam House reading in Chennai, January 29

January 31, 2009

On Thursday (Jan 29) I was invited to join the international writers group from nearby Sangam House to read at the new Taj Mount Road hotel in Chennai. Here’s the link to see what a range of writers there are, and to learn about Sangam House:

http://www.sangamhouse.org/press.htm

Australian Studies conference Sri Lanka Dec 2- 5

November 23, 2008

I will be a guest at this conference in Sri Lanka for the Association for the Study of Australasia in Asia (ASAA) from December 2 – 5. I’ll be giving a reading there as well as attending other papers and readings.

See:   http://www.asianaustralianstudies.org/ASAA_2008_conf-flyer.pdf

Readings at Ledig House

September 28, 2008

I’ve been at Ledig House for a week, am here til the end of October. This evening there’ll be public Readings at the Visitors Centre, where I’ll be reading along with the current other residents. To find out more, click on ‘ledig house’ on this link:

http://www.artomi.org/

click also on ‘sculpture park’ to see the surroundings