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WRITERS WORKSHOP is an independent publishing house that was founded in 1958 by Professor P. Lal. Lal’s Mahabharata and Maitreyi Devi’s 'It Does Not Die'.

WRITERS WORKSHOP was founded in 1958, consisting of a group of writers headed by Professor P. Lal who agreed in principle that English had proved its ability, as a language, to play a creative role in Indian literature, through original writing and translation. Its task was of defining and substantiating the role by discussion and diffusion of creative writing and transcreation from India and other English-using countries. Discussions were held on Sunday mornings at 162/92 Lake Gardens, Kolkata 700045, and diffusion done through books issued under the WRITERS WORKSHOP imprint and a periodical, The Miscellany. Since 1970 the WORKSHOP laid increasing emphasis on its publishing programme, and has over 2500 titles to its credit, including the early works of many now-established authors of Indian writing in English, like Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das, Ruskin Bond, Asif Currimbhoy, A K Ramanujan, G V Desani, K R Srinivasa Iyengar, Shiv Kumar, Adil Jussawalla, Keki Daruwalla, Jayanta Mahapatra, Pritish Nandy, Shashi Deshpande, Meena Alexander, Lakshmi Kannan, Agha Shahid Ali, Mamang Dai, Temsula Ao, Maggi Lidchi-Grassi, Hoshang Merchant, Jug Suraiya, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Chitra Divakaruni and Vikram Seth. The WORKSHOP also pioneered the systematic publication of such classic translations from Indian regional languages into English as P. It gives preference to experimental work by young and unpublished writers, its two chief criteria for selection being high imaginative awareness and mature technique. It is non-profit and non-political. For further details, contact us at [email protected].

06/10/2026

Excited to feature a new revised and annotated edition of one of our classics.

Title: Amar Jiban (My Life)
Author: Rassundari Devi
Translator: Enakshi Chatterjee
Pages: 122
Year of Publication: First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint 2016, Corrected edition 2020, Corrected and expanded 3rd edition 2022, Revised and annotated 4th edition 2026
Price: ₹500
ISBN:
978-81-995932-9-9 (9788199593299)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/amar-jiban-my-life-4/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/amar-jiban-my-life

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Publishing, Translations, Memoir, Feminism in India, Feminist Histories, Gender in India, Personal Histories, The National through the Personal]

09/09/2026

Lately we have been receiving messages on our Instagram from children with accounts unsupervised by parents or adult caregivers and emails that aren’t copied to parents or guardians either in spite of a section about child safety in our FAQ. Requesting all children and parents of children who follow us with the intention of publishing their writing to go through this carefully.

[Child Safety, Children on Instagram, Instagram Accounts for Children]

03/09/2026

There is special joy in sharing details of Michael Chacko Daniels' new publication -- it's his thirteenth book with us! What a privilege to have been chosen by him as the publishing home for all his books.

Title: Falling & Rising In San Francisco & Berkeley & Getting Handcuffed
Author: Michael Chacko Daniels
Pages: 134
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹500 / $25 (USD)
ISBN:
978-81-995932-8-2 (9788199593282)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry' feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/falling-rising-in-san-francisco-berkeley-getting-handcuffed/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/falling-and-rising-in-san-francisco

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Poetry Publishing, Publishing, New Writing, Poetry, New Poetry, Michael Chacko Daniels]

20/08/2026

Such an honour to have been entrusted with publishing the third book in Professor Aveling's meticulous translations of the Malay versions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Title: Hikayat Maharaja Rawana
Translator: Harry Aveling
Pages: 102
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹500 / $16 (USD)
ISBN: 978-81-995932-0-6 (9788199593206)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/hikayat-maharaja-rawana/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/hikayat-maharaja-rawana

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Publishing, Translations, The Ramayana, The Malay Ramayana, Harry Aveling]

14/08/2026

Our first release this month.

Title: Suddenly the Moon
Author: Anirudh Acharya
Pages: 146
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹350
ISBN:
978-81-995932-2-0 (9788199593220)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/suddenly-the-moon/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/suddenly-the-moon

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Poetry Publishing, Publishing, New Writing, Poetry, New Poetry]

14/07/2026

We wish we could hear this talk by our brilliant author, Chandana Dey. In case any of you following our books and writers happen to be at Heidelberg, do go for it!

04/07/2026

Such a privilege to have published this first volume of poetry by Lawrence Fray.

Title: Labyrinth
Author: Lawrence Fray
Pages: 134
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹500
ISBN:
978-81-995932-1-3 (9788199593213)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/labyrinth/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/labyrinth

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Poetry Publishing, Publishing, New Writing, Poetry, New Poetry]

04/06/2026

It's been a while since we've had a play among our new releases so we're all the more excited to share this book with our readers.

Title: Labor Day Reunion
Author: Ahon Gooptu
Pages: 66
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹300 / $12 (USD)
ISBN:
978-81-995932-7-5 (9788199593275)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/labor-day-reunion/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/labor-day-reunion

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Publishing, New Writing, Plays, New Plays, Indian Playwriting in English]

Creatives designed by Niharika Rajsaha

16/04/2026

Baisakhi, Bohag Bihu, Nabobarsho, Pana Sankranti greetings to all our readers who celebrate. We usher in the new year with a new book for our readers.

Title: Sigma
Author: Shirley Lalrinfeli
Pages: 86
Year of Publication: 2026
Price: ₹350
ISBN:
978-81-995932-4-4 (9788199593244)

To place your order:

→ Email us at [email protected]

OR

→ Send us a message using the ‘Book Buying Enquiry‘ feature on our website: https://www.writersworkshopindia.com/books/sigma/

OR

→ Order online from Monograph: https://www.monographmag.com/product-page/sigma

[Writers Workshop India, Independent Publishing, Poetry Publishing, Publishing, New Writing, Poetry, New Poetry]

02/04/2026

A Writers Workshop publication has been featured in ‘Notes on Book Design’, published by niggli, co-authored by Amanda-Li Kollberg and Siri Lee Lindskrog, who run the Berlin-based design studio, Formal Settings. Kollberg and Lindskrog over the course of conversations with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder-proprietor of the independent bookstore, Hopskotch Reading Room in Berlin, came up with the idea of featuring 50 books that have found their way to the bookstore. ‘Notes on Book Design’ describes Hopskotch as “dedicated to non-western and diasporic perspectives” and our publication, ‘Dear Father and Other Poems’ by Balesh Jindal (1994) found pride of place inside it and, now, within the pages of this beautifully designed book.

The first edition of ‘Notes on Book Design’ appeared in 2023 and this updated edition with niggli in 2026.

[Amanda-Li Kollberg, Siri Lee Lindskrog, Siddhartha Lokanandi, Balesh Jindal]

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