Anurag Basnet

Editor, translator. Worked with Penguin, Rupa and Speaking Tiger 2006-19. Tr.: This Place of Mud and Bone, Fruits of the Barren Tree, The Free Voice.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Over the last week we launched my translation of Sanjay Bista's This Place of Mud and Bone with @mona_chettri and @Lekhchhetri93 at @rachnabooks and in Kalimpong. Both events were brilliantly moderated, and had much learnings and inspiration for me.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Happy to share that Fruits of the Barren Tree has been shortlisted for the Crossword Book Jury Award hosted by @Crossword. This is great encouragement , and stokes our hope that this novel will reach many more readers.
@PenguinIndia @kan_writersside
https://t.co/DyL3a7pvFf...

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Looking forward to interacting with and learning from seasoned practitioners in the field. This will be a good one. Please drop in if you're in town.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

I enjoyed speaking to a focused, keen group about the intricacies of writing and publishing. Looking forward to many more such interesting interactions.

[The Pomelo @thepomelo_]

Great session today led by @AnuragBasnet82 on writing & publishing! 📝 We deep-dived into writing as a skills & craft, identifying gaps, and post-writing process.

Participants asked Qs about the poetry market, AI for writing, relatability, & process. Thank u all for joining!

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

I am thrilled to share that 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰, my translation of @NayanRajPandey's moving novel 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐫, will be published later this year by @AjitBaral at @fineprintbooks, Nepal.

[The Pomelo @thepomelo_]

Are you an emerging writer wanting to get published but unsure where to start? Have you found yourself wondering what lies beyond the act of writing itself?

Join us for an interactive session led by @AnuragBasnet82 on May 19. Registration link and other information in the bio 💌

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

@theunrealbenz @PenguinIndia @SangrilaBooks @MadanPuraskar Thank you.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Happy to announce the acceptance of This Place of Mud and Bone, my translation of Sanjay Bista’s stunningly original novel, माटाको घर, by @PenguinIndia.
Published in Nepali by @SangrilaBooks, and shortlisted for the @MadanPuraskar in 2023, this novel traces (1/3)

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

how a village learns to absorb and live with violence, and how a man with his mind made up can be the strongest force on earth. My gratitude to @eliofkottayam for believing in the book, and to @kan_writersside for seeing it through.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

the intersecting fates of a diverse set of characters, the good people of Labda village in Darjeeling, over three decades from 1986 to 2017. The struggle for Gorkhaland runs through this capacious novel with a steady thrum as it describes, with wit and compassion, (2/3)

[Rachna Books® @rachnabooks]

If small town bookshops could attract from publishers a fraction of interest that they have for those 5 bkstores in Delhi, readers & authors would’ve a wide space across the country to meet/engage.
But all we get is a stocklist of books with some 35K titles to choose from daily.

[Penguin India @PenguinIndia]

Did you think we were done? There are so many more author sessions to attend at @TWO_Nagaland!
@nanditabasu2 @mansig84 @AnuragBasnet82 @maitreya_yogesh @MmhonlumoKikon @sangbarooahpish @karthik_venk

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

This child, 9 years old, is from Sindebong village in Kalimpong. He has been struck down with Guillame-Barre Syndrome. His ability to breathe on his own is severely compromised and he's on ventilator support. Please come forward and contribute. Every little bit will help.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

https://t.co/3YVglrYoTM

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

📢FRESH!

Home-grown authors have shattered the fearful silence surrounding the 1986 movement for a separate Gorkha state in India.

@NuraRadha on a wave of bold new books on the Gorkhaland agitation:
https://t.co/OnEquQbYFI

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

“Literary fiction.” [...] I mean fiction that privileges art over entertainment. I did not know until recently that literary fiction ... grew up with me. We’re about the same age. And while I hope I’m only midway through my life, literary fiction might be dead.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

We have a fresh hell.

[SIKKIM EXPRESS @SikkimExpress]

Explosives and ammunition washed away from Army camps in Sikkim might be washed ashore along the Teesta Banks. People are advised to stay away and inform the administration in case of any sighting of such materials.

Relief Commissioner cum Secretary, LR & Disaster Management, issued an advisory for the same on October 5.

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Horrific sights all along the Tista and the Rangeet. Something very similar happened last October with the retreating monsoon.

[The Darjeeling Chronicle @TheDarjChron]

National Highway 10 washed away at Melli

#Teesta #Sikkim #DamBurst

[Chittajit | চিত্তজিৎ | चित्तजीत @cjmitra]

Happy International Translation Day!!

• Please pay translators a decent amount.
• Please put their name on the cover of the book (even if it is translated by the author themself).
• Please stop crying about what's supposedly 'lost' in translation.
• Please buy such books♥️

[Anurag Basnet @AnuragBasnet82]

Excellent work on #InternationalTranslationDay2023

[Harshaneeyam Podcast @harshaneeyam]

https://t.co/sAEWsN4vTz

Today, on the eve of International Translation Day, We have @willevans with us on Harshaneeyam. He Started Deep Vellum Publishing and set up a book house in Dallas, Texas, in 2013.

Today, after Ten years, Deep Vellum has published over 1,000 books in 70 languages by authors from 100 countries and every continent except Antarctica.