Tata Literature Live 2016! will host a series of workshops for adults and children. The workshops feature International and Indian writers, poets and journalists. Limited seats for each, so don’t miss out on the opportunity.

How to register :

  • Email us at registrations@litlive.in
  • Call us on 07045539105 between 10am and 6pm.

1. Writing Biographies: Turn Inspiring Lives Into Books

Dead or alive? Obscure or famous? People who have shaped history or those that history has shaped?

Master this exciting genre of literary non-fiction with John Zubrzycki.

Workshop Profile:

  • Why write biographies?
  • Who makes a good subject?
  • What are the elements that go into turning a person’s life into print?
  • Learn about the process of researching, writing and publishing a person’s life story.

Day and Date: Thursday, 17th November, 2016

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: John Zubrzycki

John Zubrzycki is a Sydney-based author, journalist and researcher. He has a degree in South Asian history and Hindi from the Australian National University and has worked in India as a foreign correspondent, diplomat, consultant and tour guide. He is the author of The Last Nizam: The Rise and Fall of India’s Greatest Princely State, and The Mysterious Mr Jacob: Diamond Merchant, Magician and Spy, which was named one of the best books on India in 2012 by The Wall Street Journal.

He is currently writing a history of Indian stage magic as part of a doctoral thesis at the University of New South Wales.

2.Double Act: Where the Poet Meets the Publisher

Interact with poets and be part of their journey through poetry, finding their voice in translations and getting published. A workshop for all budding poets writing in several languages and a map of an insider’s view of how to get published.

Workshop profile:

  • What  makes poets don the publishing hat?
  • How do independent presses and literary magazines revitalise the poetry scene?
  • A unique interactive session with  Brane Mozetič and  Hemant Divate
  • Get inspired to write and share your poetry at the workshop

Day and Date: Friday, 18th November, 2016

Time: 11 am – 1 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitators: Brane Mozetič and Hemant Divate

Slovenian poet, writer, translator, publisher, activist Brane Mozetič  is the editor of the book series Aleph and Lambda, as well as several anthologies and publications for the promotion of Slovenian literature abroad;  our very own Marathi poet Hemant Divate whose publishing house, Paperwall Media & Publishing, has published (under its Poetrywala imprint) more than 90 poetry titles in Indian and European languages

3. The Theatre Laboratory: Staging Literature

Learn the tools of theatre-making and artistic research.

Workshop profile:

  • Introduction to the techniques of the “theatre laboratory”.
  • Explore ways to bring new life to literature through performance.
  • Experiment with using embodiment and theatre techniques.
  • Participant information: No prior experience of either performance or writing is required; all materials will be provided.
  • Participants will do only group activities and will not be required to perform anything individually.
  • Comfortable clothing is suggested.

Day and date: Friday, 18th November, 2016

Time: 2 pm – 4 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Nicholas Johnson

The facilitator is Dr Nicholas Johnson, co-founder of the Samuel Beckett Laboratory at Trinity College Dublin, where the techniques of the theatre laboratory are used to produce cutting-edge research and practice of Beckett in performance. A director, adaptor, and literary translator, Johnson has used the techniques explored in this workshop for projects including The David Fragments after Bertolt Brecht, Enemy of the Stars after Wyndham Lewis, The Machinewreckers and Masse Mensch after Ernst Toller, The Brothers Karamazov after Fyodor Dostoevsky, Howl after Allen Ginsberg, Three Dialogues after George Berkeley, K. (based on the short prose of Franz Kafka), and The Way of the Language (based on a large archive of non-fiction materials relating to Guantánamo Bay and post-9/11 America).

4. Tales of Horror: Writing Spine-chilling Stories

Feel the thrill and chill of the tantalising world and nuances of classic horror fiction.

Workshop Profile:

  • Listen to extracts from this genre.
  • Ethical concerns while writing horror.
  • Understand its audience psyche.
  • The impact on the reader and supernatural beliefs.

Day and Date: Friday, 18th November, 2016

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. He is author or editor of 12 books, including most recently editions of the Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James, the Gothic Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle, and Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson, all published by Oxford University Press. He is currently working on H. G. Wells, and writing a monograph on horror fiction and film.

5. Drama, For Your Ears Only: Writing Drama for Radio

The art of scripting effective radio plays: learn it and create it.

Workshop Profile:

  • Who is listening? The rising impact of radio shows globally.
  • Lend your ears to what makes good radio writing.
  • Learn the main tools of writing for radio.
  • Create your story line which leads to writing the opening few minutes of a radio play.

Day and Date: Saturday, 19th November, 2016

Time: 2 pm – 4 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Sue Roberts

Facilitator Profile: BBC Editor Audio Drama and The Verb R3 Salford

6. Poesia: Poetry from Brazil

Explore Brazilian poetry and write poems of your own.

Workshop Profile:

  • Introduction to poetry in Brazil.
  • How do the cultural, political and the poet engage in unison?
  • Know the poet as a reader and as the receiver.
  • Understanding the responsibility of the poet and the translator.
  • Listen to Ana Martins Marques, Marilia Garcia, Bruna Beber, Ana Guadalupe.
  • Attempt writing a poem from a different cultural site.

Day and Date: Saturday, 19th November, 2016

Time: 2 pm – 4 pm

Venue: Easel Art Hub, near Prithvi Theatre

Facilitator: Angelica Freitas

Angélica Freitas (Brazil, 1973) is a poet and translator. She is the author of “Rilke Shake” (Phoneme Media, 2015, winner of the Best Translated Book Award, 2016) and “Um útero é do tamanho de um punho” (“A uterus is the size of a fist”, 2012), as well as a graphic novel, “Guadalupe” (2012). Her poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Granta and The White Review.

7. Lens to Lens: Perspectives of a Photojournalist

The journey of a photograph from the lens of a photographer to the eyes of a viewer.

Workshop Profile:

  • Understanding photojournalism in conflict zones.
  • Interface of a photographer and a journalist.
  • Engaging with intent, ethics and censorship of photographs.
  • Special focus on war photography and reporting.

Day and Date: Saturday, 19th November, 2016

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Sandor Jaszberenyi

Sándor Jászberényi is a Hungarian writer and Middle East correspondent who has covered the Darfur crisis, the revolutions in Egypt and Libya, the Gaza War, and the Huthi uprising in Yemen, and has interviewed several armed Islamist groups. His stories have been published in all the major Hungarian literary magazines and in English in the Brooklyn Rail, Pilvax, and BODY Literature. His work represents a uniquely Hungarian twist on the tradition of the late, great Ryszard Kapuscinski, while also evoking the work of writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene.

8. Travel Memoirs: Spinning Tales from the Road for Profit and Pleasure

Hone the craft of travel writing with Perry Garfinkel as he shares illustrative anecdotes and examples from his own 30 years on the road around the world and in dealing with editors at the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and others.

Workshop Profile:

  • Basic elements of great travel prose.
  • Quick in-class writing drills.
  • Leverage your personal area of expertise into travel pieces.
  • Learn about clear paths to publishing.
  • Ways to improve one’s voice for blogs or personal travel journals.
  • How to create a sense of place.

Day and Date: Saturday, 19th November, 2016

Time: 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm

Venue: Easel Art Hub, near Prithvi Theatre

Facilitator: Perry Garfinkel

Perry Garfinkel has been a longtime contributor to the New York Times. He’s also written for National Geographic Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post and many other publications. He is the author of “Buddha or Bust” (US National Bestseller) and “Travel Writing for Profit and Pleasure”, has written for The “Travel Channel” and was launch editor-in- chief of Eco Traveler Magazine.

9. The Drawing Board: Writing Stories, Illustrating Characters

Bring to life the world of your stories through the techniques of illustrating children’s books.

Workshop Profile:

  • Understanding parodies and their appeal.
  • Writing engaging stories for young ones.
  • The fun of drawing visuals for your words.

Day and date: Sunday, 20th November, 2016

Time: 11 am – 1 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Gillian Johnson

Gillian Johnson has written and illustrated over 35 books for children and adults. Originally from Canada, she lives in South West England with her husband and two teenaged boys.

10. MURDER ON THE RADIO!

Explore an existing murder case as a potential audio play.

Workshop Profile

  • Introduction to facts of the murder
  • Role playing (characters)
  • Communicate to build the story
  • Write as an audio play

Day and date: Sunday, 20th November, 2016

Time: 2 pm – 6:30 pm

Venue: Easel Art Hub, near Prithvi Theatre

Facilitator: Monica Cantieni

Monica Cantieni, born 1965, lives in the german speaking part of Switzerland. With her debut novel Grunschnabel she was the finalist for the Swiss Book Awards 2011. The translation of the same, The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons, published by Seagull Books, was nominated for the First Book Award at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. The novel is translated in 7 languages. Amongst her other published works is Hieronymus’ Kinder as well as a large number of short stories in anthologies for which she has received various literary awards and grants.

11. Story Design: Create Your Own Tales

(Courtesy of Tall Tales, India’s longest-running live storytelling series)

Learn several invaluable tools to help you on your way as a story designer. Your writing will never be the same again.

Workshop profile:

  • What is a story? (Spoiler alert: It’s not as simple as you think!)
  • What are the essential elements of any great story?
  • How do you start a story that your readers will never forget?
  • Shape it into a compelling narrative

Day and Date: Sunday, 20th November, 2016

Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Venue: Sea View Room, NCPA

Facilitator: Michael Burns

Michael Burns is a university teacher, writing coach, actor, editor, and storyteller. He has a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.S. from UMass Amherst, and holds a Ph.D. in documentary film history from the University of Birmingham in the UK. He has directed five films for international television and his work has been seen in over twenty countries. He is also the founder, director, and curator of Tall Tales, India’s longest-running, live storytelling event series that features live performances and writing workshops of all kinds.