Romesh Gunesekera
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@RomeshG
author of ten books including the Booker shortlisted 'Reef' and the 2020 Jhalak shortlisted 'Suncatcher'. Often at sea ...
🚨Just ONE WEEK LEFT to enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize! Open to entries in Poetry, Fiction, and Life Writing, including translated work, the prize is awarded to those who have not yet published a book-length work in English. buff.ly/XL9lvlZ
Explore the world of poetry and fiction with @RomeshG and @ceciliaknapp. You will gain ideas to tell stories, advice on how to shape your work, and a space to experiment with different forms. 🌟 Mon 24 June - Sat 29 June, The Hurst 🔗 arvon.org/writing-course…
harshaneeyam.in/2024/04/18/rom… This is the last Episode in the series of International Booker - 2024, we had over the last few weeks. Today We have Romesh Gunesekera discussing evaluating the International Booker Prize – 2024 and his journey as a reader and writer. @RomeshG was born in Colombo and lives in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is currently judging the 2024 International Booker Prize. He is internationally acclaimed for fiction that explores the key themes of our times — political, ecological, and economic — through novels and stories of wide appeal. His fiction over the years includes Reef, shortlisted for the Booker prize in 1994, The Match. and Noontide Toll. His most recent novel, Suncatcher, returns to an earlier era in Sri Lanka and is a story of divided loyalties and endangered friendships in the turbulent 1960s.He has chaired the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Gratiaen Prize in Sri Lanka. .He has taught creative writing and run workshops around the world. He is also the co-author of the Writers’ & Artists’ Companion to Novel Writing.
Our online celebration is named after Romesh Gunesekara’s beautiful submission: Anthem of Arrival. sadaa.co.uk/anthems-of-arr… We have paintings from Juginder Lamba and poems from Farrukh Dhondy. Rahila Gupta elegantly juxtaposes the contradictions of being black and British.
'A phenomenon' ICYMI, @BBCFreeThinking discusses '100th anniversary of birth of one of the most celebrated Indian writers in English', Kamala Markandaya (left), & new editions from @hoperoadpublish, with her daughter & literary executor @Kim_M_Oliver bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…
We are delighted to reveal the judging panel for the #InternationalBooker2024. Chair of judges @EleanorWachtel will be joined by @NatalieGDiaz, @RomeshG, William Kentridge and @augiewatts. Find out more about the judges and the prize: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024
Going to miss these mornings & afternoons with the @Lumb_Bank group. So wonderful last night as they shared their latest stories/poems. It’s been great joy & privilege to work with @RomeshG in this inspiring place. 🏡
