Confessional Poetry Writing Workshop with Shruti Sonal | Champaca, Indiranagar | 7 September, 11AM

Writing poetry can often feel like a solitary pursuit, tucked away in silence or late at night, as films would have us believe. But it doesn’t have to be. What if you could write in the company of others, bringing your words to life on a Sunday morning at Champaca?

Join us for an interactive two-hour confessional poetry workshop with Shruti Sonal, where we’ll explore the questions: how do we transform our memories, fears, grief and dreams into poems? How do we find lyricism in the everyday? And how do we dig deep into our selves, while writing something that resonates with others?

Through visual prompts and excerpts from poets such as Forugh Farrokhzad and Kamala Das, participants will be guided into shaping their own poems. At the end of the session, we’ll read aloud, share feedback, and reflect together.

Shruti will also be in conversation, sharing her own journey with poetry and reading from her debut collection In Which Language Do I Remember You?

About the Facilitator

Shruti Sonal is a Delhi-based writer, poet and journalist. Her debut poetry collection In Which Language Do I Remember You? was published by Writers Workshop in 2024. Her poetry has appeared in Penguin India’s Ninety-Seven Poems and HarperCollins’ The World That Belongs To Us. Her personal essays have been published in Columbia Journal, Bound Magazine and The Hindu Sunday Magazine. Her short story Snow was included in Kitaab’s Best Asian Fiction of 2023. She is currently working on her first non-fiction book on gender and cinema in India, supported by a Google Arts and Culture Lab and Film Companion Studios grant.

Event details

Date : 7 September, Sunday
Time : 11 AM – 1 PM
Venue : Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar
Tickets: INR 999 (includes a copy of In Which Language Do I Remember You?)