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ReneeSarojini Saklikar
BIO
Biography

Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s ground-breaking poetry book about the bombing of Air India Flight 182, children of air india, won the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Prize. Her book, Listening to the Bees, co-authored with Dr. Mark Winston, won the 2019 Gold Medal Independent Publishers Book Award, Environment/Ecology. Trained as a lawyer, Saklikar is an instructor for KPU, SFU and VCC. She was the first Poet Laureate for the City of Surrey, (2015-2018) and was the 2017 UBC Okanagan Writer in Residence. Curator of the poetry series Lunch Poems at SFU, and The Poetry Phone (1-833-POEMS-4-U), her work has been adapted for opera, visual art and dance. THOT J BAP is her epic fantasy in verse: Book One: Bramah and the Beggar Boy, (Nightwood Editions, 2021). Book Two, Bramah's Quest, forthcoming 2023. https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9780889714021

ADDRESS
City: Vancouver: traditional/unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, Essays, Creative Non Fiction, short stories
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Children of Air India, in/authorized exhibits and interjections (book length poem)
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2013
Title
The Revolving City: 51 Poems and The Stories Behind Them (anthology with Wayde Compton)
Publisher
SFU/Anvil Press
Year
2016
Title
Listening to the Bees (poetry book with essays by Dr. Mark Winston)
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2018
Title
Bramah and The Beggar Boy, book one of the THOTJBAP epic poetry series
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2021
Title
After the Battle of Kingsway, the bees (chapbook finalist for the bpNichol award)
Publisher
Above/ground press
Year
2016
Title
Man with Golden Helmet (short story mixing personal narrative with a ghost story)
Publisher
Pulp Lit Magazine
Year
2020
Title
The Book of Bramah (chapbook)
Publisher
Above/ground press
Year
2019
Title
THOTJBAP extracts (chapbook)
Publisher
Nomads Press
Year
2018
Title
THOTJBAP (chapbook)
Publisher
Nous Zot Press
Year
2016
Title
Bramah's Quest
Publisher
Nightwood Editions
Year
2023
Title
"Told Under the Linden Tree" (short story and lyric prose)
Publisher
Pulp Literature Magazine Issue 37, Pulp Literature Press
Year
2023
Title
"Textiles of the Real" (personal essay/literary creative non fiction)
Publisher
Sharp Notions Anthology, Arsenal Pulp Press (N.Lee/M.Dachsel, editors)
Year
2023
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Canadian Authors Award for Best Poetry Book
Publication
Children of Air India
Year
2014
Name
Gold Medal Independent Publishers Award/Environment/Ecology
Publication
Listening to the Bees
Year
2019
LINKS
Links
THOTJBAP: The Heart of This Journey Bears All Patterns, an epic form poem
Author’s Main Website: the Canada?project
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