Gaysi Zine Vol. 2 : Call For Submission *Wake Up*
You may have seen the tweets online but we’re now making it official. We are publishing the Gaysi Zine vol. 2 this August.
Archive for the tag Books
Out! : Launch Party by Queer Ink in collaboration with Visual Disobedience
India’s most awaited LGBT anthology, after 2009 Delhi High Court Ruling on section 377, Out! Stories from the New Queer India, published by Queer Ink and edited by Ms. Minal Hajratwala, is finally here.
Book Review : Turbulence by Samit Basu
I once dreamed that I rode a wave to Sri Lanka. If I were a character in Samit Basu’s Turbulence, I wonder what my superpower would be.
Queer Ink Book Club : Meet Author Amruta Patil
This Sunday, we will resume the book club with a chat. We’ll talk about the growth of queer literature in India, and why it’s of so much significance.
Book Reading & Discussion : Minal Hajratwala
Come and read between the lines at the Godrej Book Club! It’s time for you to get hooked, cooked and of course, booked, with the brilliant minds, finger-licking food and stimulating discussion.
The Mumbai Lit Festival : Panel Discussion with Benjamin Law & Minal Hajratwala
Tata Literature Fest! The Mumbai Lit Festival presents to you Panel Discussion with Benjamin Law and Minal Hajratwala facilitated by Parmesh Shahani.
Queer Ink Presents Book Reading & Discussion of ‘My Magical Palace’, a Novel by Kunal Mukherjee
American Library in collaboration with Queer Ink presents Book Reading and discussion of ‘My Magical Palace’, a novel by Kunal Mukherjee.
Book Review : “Quarantine” by Rahul Mehta
Quarantine, the short story after which the novel is named, features a man who is still bitter towards his grandfather for being ungrateful and insensitive to his mother, the only person in the family who takes care of him.
Queer Ink : Writers Workshop
Queer Ink is organizing Writers Workshop (group and online) in India.
Book Review : “The Artist of Disappearance” by Anita Desai
It’s possible, even as readers, to get formulaic. Given the length and breadth of popular contemporary literature, we expect our books to give us what movies these days do.
Meet Authors Ruth Vanita & Saleem Kidwai
Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai have graciously agreed to make time for us in their very busy Mumbai schedule.
Mumbai Book Launch : Close, Too Close
Celebrate the genres of contemporary queer literature and erotica with readings from the book followed by a panel discussion featuring Meenu & Shruti, editors, Close , Too Close in conversation with Kaizaad Kotwal – writer, designer and director of award winning play “Vagina Monologues” & Roy Wadia- Executive Director, “Heroes Project”.
Launch of Scripts (14th Issue)
LABIA, in collaboration with RCWS, invites you to a scrumptious evening for the release of the 14th issue of SCRIPTS
Book Launch : Close, Too Close
We are pleased to announce the book launch of Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica. The book has been co-edited by Meenu Pandey, Program Coordinator, Knowledge and Scholarship, CREA.
QI Book Club : Kari
Kari is a graphic novel by Amruta Patil about an eponymous character, who is very easy to fall in love with for a somewhat femme, mostly chapstick-lesbian.
QI Book Club: Poetry with Arundhathi Subramaniam
We have invited poet Arundhathi Subramaniam to hold a poetry session with the Queer Ink book club.
Interview : Editors of Soon To Be Launched Book “Close, Too Close”
Queer lives are becoming increasingly visible in writings and art, in demanding for rights, in challenging the law, in voicing protests, in starting organisations, in making an online presence; robust, vibrant and diverse voices are being heard in India and South Asia. This book is an attempt to add to those voices.
Book Launch : ‘Travails of Entrapment’ by Himadri Roy @ Crossword
Meet Onir ( Director of National Award Winning film ‘I Am’) and Sridhar Rangayan (Flim Maker & Founder, The Humsafar Trust) at the launch.
Cultures Of Peace : Writing the Feminist Future
A wonderful line up and it promises to be one of the most interesting discussions on Women’s Writing and the Women’s Movement (s) ever…
Queer Ink Book Club
The second meet is already upon us, and it’s exactly what any reader would dream to do – hold a discussion with the author about the story they’ve written, right after they’ve read it.
