Pratik A Magazine of Contemporary Writing

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Life is slowly finding its pace again. Soon, a new Prime Minister will be announced—possibly Nepal’s first woman leader,...
12/09/2025

Life is slowly finding its pace again. Soon, a new Prime Minister will be announced—possibly Nepal’s first woman leader, if the news is to be believed. Hope it brings a quiet sense of hope, change, and renewal for the country.

Great News!We are delighted to announce that Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times since 2007 and former Editor ...
05/09/2025

Great News!
We are delighted to announce that Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times since 2007 and former Editor of The Irish Post, will be joining the Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop.

Martin has also worked for The Times in London. He is the author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Own Place (Merrion Press, 2023), which was shortlisted for Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year. His forthcoming book, provisionally titled Irish Writers in Conversation, 1991–2025 (Lilliput Press, 2026), is eagerly awaited.

His essays appear in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices (ed. Paul McVeigh, Unbound, 2021) and A Handbook of the Northern Ireland Troubles and Peace Process (eds. Laura McAtackney and Máirtín Ó Catháin, Routledge, 2023). Earlier, he edited A History of The Irish Post (2000), published to mark the newspaper’s 30th anniversary.

A Treasure Trove : Thrilled to receive photos from the recent SAAN event at Nepal Army Headquarters, where I had the gre...
03/09/2025

A Treasure Trove : Thrilled to receive photos from the recent SAAN event at Nepal Army Headquarters, where I had the great honor of being recognized by none other than the Honorable Nepalese Army Commander-in-Chief, Ashok Raj Sigdel—my former student at Suping Campus. What a rare joy to witness how the seeds sown in the classroom can blossom into such inspiring leadership and service to the nation.

My heartfelt thanks also to the distinguished historian and professor Kamal Raj Singh Rathaur, whose presence and scholarship continue to enrich our cultural and historical understanding, and to Brigadier General Sudarshan Bikram Rana (Retd.) for his gracious support and friendship.

Truly, these moments are a treasure trove of memories—reminders of the enduring bonds between teacher and student, history and service, memory and gratitude.

We are thrilled to welcome the current Poet Laureate of both Beacon and Dutchess County, NYU Emeritus Professor, writer,...
02/09/2025

We are thrilled to welcome the current Poet Laureate of both Beacon and Dutchess County, NYU Emeritus Professor, writer, teacher, and curator Ruth Danon to the Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers Workshop in Kathmandu.

She is the author of four acclaimed poetry collections—Turn Up The Heat and Word Has It (both published by Nirala Series), Limitless Tiny Boat, and Triangulation From A Known Point—as well as a chapbook, Living with the Fireman, and a work of literary criticism, Work in the English Novel. Her memoir, Long Ago in the Twentieth Century, is forthcoming from Grid Books.

Her poems have recently appeared in The Beltway Quarterly, On the Seawall, The Nu Review, Pratik, Salon Zine, and Noon: The Journal of the Short Poem, among others. She has performed her work widely across the United States and internationally.

For over two decades, she taught in and directed the creative and expository writing programs at the School of Professional Studies, New York University. She was also the founding director of NYU’s Summer Intensive Creative Writing Workshop, which she led from 1999 to 2016.

She is the founder of LIVE WRITING: A Project for the Reading, Writing, and Performance of Poetry, active since 2018. Before the pandemic, she curated the Spring Street Reading Series at Atlas Studios in Newburgh, New York, and in 2023 became one of the founding curators of the BeaconLitFest at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, New York.

Currently based in Beacon, NY, she continues to teach through LIVE WRITING and the New York Writers Workshop.
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We are delighted to welcome Inderjeet Mani to the 2026 Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers WorkshopAn Indian-born fo...
31/08/2025

We are delighted to welcome Inderjeet Mani to the 2026 Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers Workshop
An Indian-born former U.S. professor and scientist, Mani has held research roles at Cambridge, MIT, and the Indian Institute of Science, and served as Associate Professor at Georgetown University as well as Senior Director at Yahoo.
He is the award-winning author of two novels and nearly fifty shorter literary works published in leading U.S. and British magazines. His acclaimed thriller Toxic Spirits, inspired by his time teaching in Thailand’s Golden Triangle, was praised by Frederick Barthelme as “a complex and enthralling international intrigue” and by Kirkus Reviews for its “taut, highly descriptive prose.” His second novel, The Conquest of Kailash, exploring Buddhism and the search for meaning, has been translated into French and released as an audiobook.
Among his many literary honors are Author of the Year (Kolkata Literary Festival), Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Award, and the Million Writers Award Notable Stories.
We look forward to his presence and insights at the festival!
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We are delighted to announce that American poet Lara Gularte, Poet Laureate Emeritus of El Dorado County, California, wi...
28/08/2025

We are delighted to announce that American poet Lara Gularte, Poet Laureate Emeritus of El Dorado County, California, will be joining us at the Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop.

Lara Gularte is the author of several acclaimed collections of poetry, including Fourth World Woman (Finishing Line Press) and Kissing the Bee (The Bitter Oleander Press), a powerful exploration of her California Portuguese pioneer ancestors and their migration from the Azores to Northern California in the late 1800s. Vamberto Freitas of the University of the Azores has praised the book as “poetry testifying to our perpetual search for self.”

Her work—nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes—appears in national and international journals and anthologies. She is affiliated with the Ci****os Colloquium: Azorean Diaspora Writers at the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (California State University, Fresno).

A passionate educator, Gularte is a teaching artist of creative writing at Mule Creek State Prison and co-hosts poetry and writers’ workshops at libraries across her region. She is also widely known for her Ekphrastic writing workshops in art galleries and cultural venues. In addition, she curates and hosts the much-loved monthly reading series Poetry of the Sierra Foothills at Chateau Davell Winery in Camino, California.

We warmly welcome Lara Gularte to our festival community and look forward to her words, wisdom, and presence in Kathmandu.
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We are thrilled to welcome internationally award-winning poet and writer Anne Casey to the Himalayan Literature Festival...
27/08/2025

We are thrilled to welcome internationally award-winning poet and writer Anne Casey to the Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers’ Workshop!
Author of six acclaimed poetry collections, Anne’s writing has reached global audiences, frequently ranking among The Irish Times’ Most-Read. She is the recipient of numerous prestigious honors, including the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies Poetry Prize, the American Writers Review Prize, the Henry Lawson Poetry Prize, and the iWoman Global Award for Literature.
Originally from the west of Ireland and now based in Australia, Anne brings with her a wealth of experience and insight. She holds a PhD in archival poetry and the poetics of resistance from the University of Technology Sydney, where she also teaches creative writing.
Join us in celebrating her remarkable voice and contributions to contemporary literature!
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Great News : Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, internationally bestselling Vietnamese novelist and poet, and author of the acclaimed ...
25/08/2025

Great News : Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, internationally bestselling Vietnamese novelist and poet, and author of the acclaimed novels The Mountains Sing and Dust Child will be joining us at Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop.
Winner of multiple international awards — including the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award and the Lannan Literary Award Fellowship — Quế Mai’s work has been translated into twenty languages and featured in The New York Times. Her most recent novel, Dust Child, was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Reader’s Digest, Cosmopolitan, Los Angeles Times, and many others, and was voted an Indie Next Great Read across the U.S.
Named one of Forbes Vietnam’s 20 most inspiring women of 2021, Quế Mai is also a tireless advocate for disadvantaged communities in Việt Nam.

We are delighted to welcome Stephanie Green—Australian poet, essayist, biographer, and short story writer—to the Himalay...
24/08/2025

We are delighted to welcome Stephanie Green—Australian poet, essayist, biographer, and short story writer—to the Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop.
Stephanie’s work is widely published in leading Australian and international journals, including Meniscus, StylusLit, Axon, TEXT, and Live Encounters. Her writing also appears in anthologies, most recently Pratik: Fire and Rain (APWT/Nirala, 2023).
Her latest poetry collection, Seams of Repair (Calanthe Press, November 2023), has been praised for its lyrical precision and its meditative explorations of memory, history, and belonging.
In addition to her creative work, Stephanie has had a distinguished academic career. She is currently an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, where she lectured for more than 15 years, contributing to the fields of creative writing, literature, and cultural studies.
Her presence at the festival promises to offer a rich engagement with both the craft of writing and the possibilities of cross-cultural literary dialogue.

We are delighted to welcome Australian poet, critic, and editor Jennifer Mackenzie to the 2026 Himalayan Literature Fest...
23/08/2025

We are delighted to welcome Australian poet, critic, and editor Jennifer Mackenzie to the 2026 Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop in Kathmandu. A distinguished voice in contemporary poetry and criticism, Mackenzie is widely recognized for her sustained engagement with literature from and about Asia. Her incisive reviews and essays have made her a leading commentator on the region’s literary landscapes.
She has presented her work at numerous international conferences and literary festivals, most recently at the Mathrubhumi Festival of Literary Arts in Trivandrum and the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) in Bali.
Mackenzie first came to wide attention with her acclaimed long poem Borobudur (Transit Lounge, 2009), a meditation on the great Buddhist monument, which was later republished by the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta (2012). Since then, her work has deepened its dialogue with Indonesia and its writers. Her collection Navigable Ink (Transit Lounge, 2020), written as an homage to the legendary Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, received high praise for its lyrical power and historical resonance. Most recently, she has released The Wallace Line: A Poem (Transit Lounge, 2024), a compelling new work that continues her exploration of the intersections of geography, culture, and history in Southeast Asia.
Jennifer Mackenzie’s presence at the festival promises to enrich conversations on poetry, criticism, and the transnational currents shaping contemporary literature.

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