Toronto based Punjabi writer Rupi Kaur, writer, artist and spoken word performer, is on her way to Sydney as a guest of the Sydney Writer’s Festival being held from today May 22 – May 28, 2017. Rupi writes simple yet poignant poems and shares her work on instapoet with a following of close to a […]
Saroo and Sue Brierley Sydney Writers’ Festival will be held from 22-28 May 2017. Comprising of more than 300 events SWF is a literature rich festival in the month of May as winter sets in. It is accessible to a wide range of audiences with an objective that presents many events for free and some […]
Kushwant Singh (2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian columnist, novelist, writer and a journalist. Excerpts from Kushwant Singh’s book: ‘The Low-down on life, death & most things in-between.” Penguin Death is rarely spoken about in our homes. I wonder why. Especially when each of us knows that death has to come, […]
By Anu Jose Beating Sydney to hold the inaugural Jaipur Literature Festival (JPL) was a treat for Melbournites as they soaked up two days of debate, discussion and entertainment from some of India and Australia’s best writers, artists and thought leaders. The migrant experience, women’s writing, state of India, the colonisation experience, transgender issues were […]
Reviewed by Kersi Meher-Homji A Turn of Events By Avijit Sarkar Ginninderra Press, $22.50. Can be purchased on Amazon. Avijit Sarkar is the most versatile person I know. A man of many talents, he is a musician, artist, puppeteer, poet, IT specialist, and publisher of e-magazine The Mind Creative. Now he is an author with […]
Hema Malini with Dharmendra and Amitabh Hema Malini: beyond the dream girl By Ram Kamal Mukherjee To be released in October 2017 14 February 2017, New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India has acquired the world rights for Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s authorized biography of Hema Malini, titled Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl. For those who […]
BOOK REVIEW By Kersi Meher-Homji Test of Character ”“ Confessions of Cricket Legends by Jeremy Wilshire, Echo Publishing, Australia, $34.95, 384 pages. Many books on cricket are written these days, mostly by retired Test greats ”“ often ghosted. But Test of Character is different. Honestly written, evocative and at times controversial, this book takes readers […]
FRAGILE NATION VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE AND VICTIMHOOD Tanveer Ahmed ____________________________________ Paperback, 220 pages ISBN: 9781925501346 Retail Price: $24.95 PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2016 ____________________________________ A glimpse into the inner lives of psychiatrist Dr Ahmed’s patients in the melting pot of outer Sydney. The stories vary from closet gay Muslims, to health food fundamentalists. It is an account of […]
Book Review by Kersi Meher-Homji Many cricket books are recently written in Australia as we approach Christmas. For instance autobiographies by retired Test cricketers Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin … reminiscing about their playing days and their love-hate relations with team mates and selectors. But Cricket’s Greatest Test Teams A-Z by John Mason […]
Young voices of India, Deepti Kapoor, Samanth Subramanian and Ira Trivedi From 16th May, Monday to 22nd May, Sunday, Sydney Writers Festival, with an array of distinguished writers from all corners of the world merging down under, promises to give Sydneysiders a close encounter of the book kind. Jemma Birrell, Artistic Director of […]