Sunday December 20 | 6:00pm
As we bid adieu to what could only be described as a challenging, painful year, we looked ahead to a better, brighter future. We carried with us the hope, the love, the tenderness and also the pain we experienced since the Pandemic brutally altered our landscape. These variables are our wealth, a harvest that we will use to sow again a better tomorrow. We pondered over the meaning of wealth. What does wealth signify to us – is it a monetary or an emotional or experiential term? How do we receive it, how do we distribute it? We had an interactive session where I provided some writing prompts to help us create our own unique form of wealth. I also read from my poetry collection, A Dinner Party in the Home Counties and explored how different poems define wealth.
Books take you on amazing journeys and my novel, #TheInheritance, has me headed to NewYork’s legendary @IrishArtsCenter on April 16th to chat with @mnutty of @irishstewcast fame! Do join if you are in the #BigApple🍎🇮🇪🙋🏽♀️
A golden day in Ambleside - perfect for reflecting on poetic responses to this ‘Cultural Landscape’ on the part of those poets who have been inspired to write about this place via writing residency experiences, including Fleur Adcock and the wonderful @ReshmaRuia 📚🍃
On loss of languages @NamitaGokhale_ “What I truly wish is for India to regain its bilingual & trilingual character. It alarms me that the norm of speaking multiple languages is fading, with many losing their mother tongues in favour of English.”