Everything happening in Tamil letters
Readings and workshops, launch evenings and new books, all in one place. Filter by country, language, genre or what kind of evening it is.
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Publisher pitch window opens for 2027
Three Tamil-diaspora publishers will read unagented manuscripts over February. How to prepare your submission.
Manuscript clinic: first chapters
Bring the first ten pages of your manuscript for a group read and a one-page editorial note from the panel.
Translation lab: Tamil poetry into English
A working session with translator Aravind Selvam on carrying metre, silence and slant rhyme across languages.
Tamil literary festival — Chennai
Two days of readings, translations and publisher conversations at the Anna Centenary Library.
Writing the diaspora novel
A two-hour workshop on structuring a novel across two countries, with exercises on time, distance and inherited memory.
Ammai launch: reading and conversation
Lakshmi Vaidyanathan reads from her new collection and speaks with translator Aravind Selvam.
Ammai by Lakshmi Vaidyanathan arrives in November
The Chennai poet’s new collection traces three generations of women across one house and two countries.
First Pages: a reading evening
Six Tamil writers read new work for the first time in public. Hosted by the London Tamil writers’ circle, with an open mic after the interval.
Short story workshop with Vaishali Ramesh
Four Saturdays on structure, voice and the Tamil short story. Twelve places; applications close 12 November.
First-time authors: a reading list for the diaspora shelf
Twelve debut books from Tamil writers published outside South Asia in the last three years.