Speakers - Himalayan Literature Festival

Speakers 2024

Yuyutsu Sharma

Yuyutsu Sharma is one of the few poets in the world who make their living with poetry. Named as “The

Yubaraj Ghimire

Yubaraj Ghimire is currently the editor of Deshsanchar, a journalistic multimedia venture in Nepal. Previously, he worked as a journalist in prestigious Indian

Tony Barnstone

TONY BARNSTONE teaches at Whittier College and is the author of 22 books and a music CD, including Pulp Sonnets; Beast in the

Tom Lutz

Tom Lutz is the author of books of fiction, nonfiction, photography, history, and philosophy. He lives in southwestern France. He

Tim Tomlinson

Tim Tomlinson is the author of the chapbook Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse, the poetry collection, Requiem for the Tree Fort

Ruth Danon

Distinguished American poet Ruth Danon’s fourth collection of poetry, Turn Up the Heat, was published by Nirala Series in 2023.

Rukmini-Bhaya-Nair

Rukmini Bhaya Nair is a Delhi-based poet and professor of linguistics and English at the Indian Institute of Technology. Described by

Rob Fenn

Ravi Shankar

RAVI SHANKAR Pushcart-prize winning poet, author, editor, translator, and professor, Ravi Shankar is the author and editor of over fifteen books and chapbooks

Pankaj-Bisht

Narayan Wagle

Narayan Wagle was a Nepali-language journalist for almost three decades, covering the eventful periodof Nepal's recent history extensively and edited

Karna Shakya

K Satchinandan

K Satchidanandan (b.1946) is a pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual critic, playwright, editor, fiction writer, translator and

Julie Williams-Krishnan

Julie Williams-Krishnan is a fine art and freelance photographer, artist, and educator who teaches photography and leads workshops at university and

Jami Proctor Xu

Jami Proctor Xu is an award-winning bilingual poet and translator who writes in Chinese and English. Her poems and translations have been

Felicity Volk

Australian Ambassador to Nepal, Felicity Volk has published two novels, Lightning (Picador Australia) and Desire Lines, (Hachette Australia). She studied