Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025So I went to India and this activity seems to be the highlight! 😂😂😂 490
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Yesterday Liz Amos & I ran a workshop on art and poetry featuring the African diaspora at @october.books The project #noplacelikehome❤️ is part of @writingourlegacy important work on sharing experiences and creative thinking from the global majority. 130
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Sunshine on a Sunday. Preparing for the book club chat across continents. A bit of Bombay street food that connects us all. Bombay Scottish classmates zooming in for a delicious discussion of Susannah Clarke’s Piranesi with a side of laughter, banter, heart-to-hearts and serious book discussions. 130
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Was so happy to be back at the @morrablibrary in Penzance. Was here ten years ago for the #penzancelitfest where David Bottomley interviewed me about my debut novel, The Normal State of Mind 100
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Flash inspired by Mughal miniature paintings on 31 July 7:30-9 pm by Susmita (me!) Links to book below. Do come along and explore new prompts and ideas! 052
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025It’s a year since the publication of Flash Fusion: An anthology of flash fiction & conversations on craft by South Asian writers, & we’re celebrating in style Workshops to be held via Zoom & recorded for participants. Discounts available. Details & booking info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flash-fusi... 185
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Last week I visited a school in Southampton with @johnhansardgallery to introduce Gond Art from India. I had the opportunity to blend my art background with poetry writing & create found poetry artwork. Here are a few examples of their work. The first photo is my own artwork I used as an example. 040
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Sharing a few photos taken at Winchester Poetry Festival's Poetry Hub as part of Bournemouth Writing Festival 2025. These were taken during my sessions, so they're mostly of me! But it was a weekend of many workshops and readings at the WPF Poetry Hub space. Photo credit: Solid Imagery 020
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The exhibition ‘Cornershop & Portals into Other Worlds’ is now on at the Westside Gallery foyer, Winchester School of Art. Also featuring my poem commissioned by @southamptonforward It’s on for the next couple of weeks. If you’re in Winchester, don’t miss it! 120
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Some photos from the #womeninscience show I curated for ArtfulScribe at Mayflower Mast Studios 🚀🧮🧬🔬🚜 030
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025It’s all happening this weekend! @artfulscribeuk LitFest at @mayflower.studios Am absolutely delighted to be curating the headline event Women in Science: Told through Poetry, Storytelling and Dance. Let’s celebrate these women in science from around the world and through the ages. 120
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025After watching Mrs, the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen, I’ve retired to a sunny spot in the company of my plants to contemplate on life, marriage, independence, companionship & the balance between all these things. If you have watched it, what did you think of the film? 120
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Such a lovely evening at @arcwinch listening to David Nicholls talk about his writing journey, his fascination with songs and music in his books, his writing process and his support for libraries at the Winchester Books Festival and I managed to get a signed copy of his latest book. 📚📖📚 070
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Every year the Public Lending Right (PLR) sends authors info about how many times their books have been borrowed in libraries, & pays authors 11.76 p/loan. I’d like to thank all my readers & hope that you keep borrowing books from libraries to keep them thriving and growing. 040
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Birthday sleepover - multiple teens in the house 🤣🤣🤣 020
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Last week at Poetry@JHG An evening spent listening to great poetry & reading my poem, based on post memory theory, about the Bengal Famine of 1943, a genocide of that time where more than 3 million people died during the British rule in India, & the current genocide in Palestine. 📷 Nosa Malcolm 040
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 11/01/2025First writing workshop of the year at God’s House Tower, Southampton today inspired by Jane Austen’s letters and @jocelynjmcg art installations exploring the Female Gothic. We were also inspired by @louisemangos flash fiction A Roadmap of Womanhood. Don’t miss the exhibition at @ght_soton. 020
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Our final in-person SO:Write Women’s writing group met yesterday. We wrote about gratitude & giving thanks, ended with chai latte & conversation. Thank you ArtfulScribe for a glorious 8 year run, I’m grateful to be a part of it as a participant & then as the facilitator for the past 2 years. ❤️✍🏽✍🏽❤️ 0100
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Inspiring Orwell Foundation lecture by Nazanin Zachary-Radcliffe last Thursday at Southbank Centre. Was so lucky to be able to accompany my daughter, an Orwell Youth Fellow. 020
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 04/12/2024A glimpse into last night’s exhibition launch of the project Just Popping In: Cornershop and portal into other worlds. I was commissioned to write a poem for this project. Students & staff of Solent University & Winchester School of Art worked with Southampton Forward to create fashion and design. 010
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Excited to be at Southampton Solent University for the launch of Southampton Forward’s Corner Shops: Portals into Other Worlds project. I was commissioned to write a poem to accompany the beautiful fashion creations by the students of Winchester School of Art and Solent University 140
Susmita Bhattacharya @susmitab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024My first post on Bluesky. Thank you for all the follows. Working my way through the app and following back. Looking forward to interacting with all things arty, literary and lots of creative content. Here’s my writing buddy, Timmy 🐾🐾🐾 070
