REWIND, RECAPTURE & REWRITE: A Writing Workshop

27-29 JUNE 2013 | BIRGUNJ

Old photographs remember for us much of what has been forgotten otherwise. The places have changed, the faces have aged, but the stories are as fresh in collective memory as on the day when they were created. In old photos we find new ways to look at the past, and thereby find new ways to understand the world around us, to understand ourselves.

Nepal Picture Library, a photo.circle initiative, and Sanskriti are bringing this writing workshop to your city, Birgunj. From 27-29 June, we will get together to discover and explore the rich photographic history of Birgunj, and learn how to write about them. Bhushan Shilpakar will guide you on how to find and collect old photographs in the family and elsewhere, and Prawin Adhikari will guide you on writing out memory – your own, and that of others.

THE HUNT: Find old family photographs!

THE TASK: Bring the photographs to the workshop and write the stories behind them!

THE RESULT: Document and share your family history! Contribute to documenting the history of your town Birgunj!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (subject to change):
Thursday, June 27th 4-6pm
Friday, June 28th 4-6pm
Saturday, June 29th 11am-6pm

HOW MUCH: Rs. 500

LANGUAGE: Participants can choose to write in Nepali or English.

TO PARTICIPATE: Fill in a quick application form [www.photocircle.com.np/download/rewindrecapturerewrite_application.doc] and send to: learning@photocircle.com.np

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5 PM, June 25th, 2013

ACCEPTING 8-10 WRITERS ONLY!

APPLY ASAP!

FOR DETAILS: Manish 9845092943 | Bhushan 9801065064 | www.nepalpicturelibrary.org

ABOUT PRAWIN ADHIKARI
Prawin Adhikari writes and translates fiction, creative non-fiction, and writes screenplays for the mainstream Nepali film industry. He is an assistant editor at www.lalitmag.com. He has been published in a couple of anthologies, translated two books, and has a few movies in preproduction. His collection of short stories is scheduled to be published in October, 2013.