LSE Literary Festival 2017 | Writing Short Stories and Poetry: From Laptop to Bookshop [Audio]
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Speaker(s): Reshma Ruia, Kavita Jindal, CG Menon | Are two heads better than one? Writing is by definition a solitary and insular occupation, but this creative writing session explores the benefits of a collaborative approach to writing. We will draw upon our own experience in writing our anthology, ‘Love across a Broken Map’ to provide an interactive session that examines the process of putting together an anthology, from the inception of an idea to workshopping stories, to choosing titles and cover designs and finally the challenges of marketing and publicity. <brThe Whole Kahani (or The Whole Story), is a collective of British fiction writers of South Asian origin. The group formed in 2011 and its aim is to give a new voice to old stories and provide a creative perspective that straddles cultures and boundaries both emotional and geographical. Together they have produced the anthology Love Across a Broken Map. <brKavita A Jindal (@writerkavita) is a prize-winning fiction writer, as well as a poet, essayist and reviewer. She is the author of Raincheck Renewed, published to critical acclaim by Chameleon Press. <brCG Menon's stories have previously been broadcast on radio and published in a number of anthologies, including the Willesden Herald anthology, two Words and Women collections, Siren Press’ Fugue II anthology and the Winchester Festival prize collection. <brReshma Ruia (@RESHMARUIA) is the author of Something Black in the Lentil Soup. Her second novel, A Mouthful of Silence, was shortlisted for the 2014 SI Leeds Literary Prize. <brWinnie M Li (@winniemli ) is a writer, activist, and PhD researcher at LSE. Her debut novel, Dark Chapter, will be published in the UK/Ireland in June and in the US/Canada in September, followed by Dutch and Swedish publications.