In March of 2008 Almost Island had three days of writers dialogues and readings, Almost Island Dialogues:Two, at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The participating writers were the Italian writer Claudio Magris, the British poet George Szirtes, the Chinese poet in exile, Bei Dao, Indian writers Irwin Allan Sealy, Udayan Vajpeyi, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Vivek Narayanan and Sharmistha Mohanty.

The discussions centred around issues in poetry and prose, and included two exclusive sessions: one on the work of Bei Dao, the other on the work of Claudio Magris. The evening readings, held outdoors on the lawns bordering Lodi Gardens, were bilingual where so required.

The audience for the discussions came from a variety of backgrounds:students, musicians, literary theorists, filmmakers, and of course, writers. They had been given, a month prior, some books by the participating writers, so as to make the discussions more full and rigourous.