The Himalayan Writing Retreat

India's unique writing getaway. Writing Courses l The First Draft Club l Lit News l Book Club

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Nobody's watching whether you write today. First Draft Club is.

FDC #28 opens 6 Sept — daily sprints, Sunday live sessions (5pm IST), a shared tracker. ₹950 goes straight to Chirag School, not us.

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#FirstDraftClub #WriteEveryDay #writercommunity

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Harper's Bazaar's 2026 short story prize went to "Kavyata Kay" for "Back and Forth." The judging panel included Booker Prize–shortlisted novelist Ruth Ozeki. A reader flagged the story as https://t.co/kJWYCbIZ5w it yourself — could you tell? https://t.co/63EkZ9gSIZ

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History remembers events. Literature remembers people.

Six writers turned Partition into unforgettable fiction — Manto, Pritam, Singh, Hosain, Sahni, Sidhwa. Some took decades to write it.

Read one? Recommend one we missed.

#IndianLiterature #independenceday

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1 seat left in a 5-day Editing Masterclass with Alexandra Pringle — editor to Atwood, Gilbert, Hosseini, Saunders, Lahiri and more. Sept 1–6, at The Himalayan Writing Retreat, Satkhol. Link in bio to apply.

#EditingMasterclass #AlexandraPringle #WritingCommunity #Publishing

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Arundhati Roy: Booker Prize, 1997. Prosecuted under India's anti-terror law, 2024 — for one sentence from 2010. PEN America, the UN, and 200+ Indian academics have called for the case to be dropped.

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#WritingCommunity #FreeSpeech #PENAmerica

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Journalism teaches you facts. It doesn't teach you insight — that's a separate craft.

Rahul Pandita (5 books, ex-The Hindu, ex-Open Magazine) is teaching a 3-day non-fiction writing course at The Himalayan Writing Retreat. Sept 26–30, Max 10 seats.

#WritingCommunity #nonfiction

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Annie Zaidi won $100,000 for one essay about home — it became the memoir Bread, Cement, Cactus. This Sept, she teaches a 3-day Creative Non-Fiction Masterclass at Himalayan Writing Retreat. 4 seats left, early bird ends Aug 25. #WritingCommunity

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ONE SPOT LEFT!
Alexandra Pringle has edited Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Gilbert, Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colum McCann, Ann Patchett, George Saunders & Kamila Shamsie.

Teaching 5 days in India this September — her first time. Only 1 seat left. $1,200.

Apply: link in bio.

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Taslima Nasrin is back in Kolkata after 19 years — banned, exiled, once driven out by riots demanding her expulsion. Asked if the BJP deserves credit for her return, her answer: "a normal administrative duty," not a political favor. Full story below 🧵

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Alexandra Pringle has edited Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Gilbert, Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colum McCann, Ann Patchett, and George Saunders.

Teaching in India for the first time this September—for five days. Only 3 of 10 seats left. $1,200.

Apply: link in bio.

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Zero travel tension. No queues. No missing out on one session because of another.
June 7 to July 12, 2026.
Signed copies available online at Dragonfly Reads.
Details - https://t.co/QKQc7i0TZ7

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A Lit Fest from the comfort of your home!
Stay on your couch, surround yourself with signed copies of books by your favourite authors, and tune in to our Sunday sessions for the Laidback Lit Fest. 😍
Sign up here - https://t.co/s5wlEPIxtk

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Laid-back Lit Fest is back for a 2nd edition!
Every Sunday, at 5 PM, chat with the literary superstars of India.
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