editions

2019 | Dec. 6–8 | BIC, Bangalore

with Zoë Wicomb, Togara Muzanenhamo, I. Allan Sealy, Michael Kelleher, Jayant Kaikini, Joy Goswami, Vivek Shanbhag, Sharmistha Mohanty

2018 | Dec. 22–23 | IIC, Delhi

With Ari Sitas, Mani Rao, Subhro Bandhopadhyay, Rahul Soni, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2017 | Dec. 16–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Bei Dao, Mohammed Bennis, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Manglesh Dabral, Sergio Chejfec, I. Allan Sealy, Joy Goswami, Emily Sun, Jared Stark, Magaret Carson, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2015 | Feb. 13–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Raul Zurita, Joy Goswami, Kutti Revathy, K. Satchidanandan, Anna Deeny Morales, Bahauddin Dagar, Parvathy Baul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2013 | Dec. 19–22 | IIC, Delhi

with​ Xi Chuan, Bahauddin Dagar, Renee Gladman, László Krasznahorkai, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ashis Nandy,​ Sharmistha Mohanty, Rahul Soni

2011 India-China | Dec. 19–21 | Jnanapravaha, Mumbai

with Bei Dao, Adil Jussawalla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Han Shaogong, K. Satchidanandan, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Ge Fei, Ashis Nandy, Li Tuo, Lydia Liu, Yourou Zhong, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2011 | Mar. 11–13 | IIC, Delhi

with Forrest Gander, Vahni Capildeo, George Szirtes, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rahul Soni, Giriraj Kiradoo, the Cybermohalla Collective, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2010 | Mar. 18–21 | IIC, Delhi

with Tomasz Salamun, Vahni Capildeo, Eliot Weinberger, Joy Goswami, Xu Xi, Anita Agnihotri, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2009 | Feb. 12–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Ashis Nandy, Kunwar Narain, Bei Dao, Joy Goswami, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Ge Fei, Zhai Yongming, K. Satchidanandan, Li Tuo, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2008 | Mar. 6–9 | IIC, Delhi

with Claudio Magris, Bei Dao, George Szirtes, Udayan Vajpeyi, Irwin Allan Sealy, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Mani Kaul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2006 | Dec. 15–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Irwin Allan Sealy, George Szirtes, Mani Kaul, Mariko Nagai, K. Satchidanandan, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Arvind Mehrotra, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2006 dialogues

Almost Island Inaugural Dialogues

December 15–17, India International Centre, New Delhi

evening readings

6.30 pm on the IIC Fountain Lawn

Friday, Dec. 15

Allan Sealy, Mariko Nagai, K. Satchidanandan

Saturday, Dec. 16

Sharmistha Mohanty, Vivek Narayanan, Vinod Kumar Shukla

Sunday, Dec. 17

Arvind Mehrotra, George Szirtes,

Performance of Dastangoi, a lost art of storytelling
by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain

discussions

On the Fountain Lawn, India International Centre

Friday, Dec. 15
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Expanding the possibilities of the novel by receiving from the ways of poetry
A discussion on poetry and the novel

Sharmistha Mohanty, George Szirtes, Allan Sealy, Mariko Nagai

2:30 – 5:00 pm

Beyond the Lyric

The properties, the depths, the persistence—and also the possible inadequacies—of the personal lyric in poetry, in a continued conversation with various other modes

Vivek Narayanan, K. Satchidandan, George Szirtes, Arvind Mehrotra

Saturday, Dec. 16

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Do things still converge?

A discussion on narrative and the idea of perspective

Mani Kaul, Allan Sealy, Sharmistha Mohanty

2:30 – 5:00 pm

Where the impulses for prose and those for poetry collide

A discussion on the prose poem

Arvind Mehrotra, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Vivek Narayanan, George Szirtes

Sunday, Dec. 17

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Lines of Influence

Each writer speaks of and reads from texts that have had a profound impact on their work

Allan Sealy, Mariko Nagai, K. Satchidanandan, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Arvind Mehrotra, George Szirtes, Vivek Narayanan and Sharmistha Mohanty

2:30 – 5:00 pm

Open session

Questions, remainders, continuations