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| First Name | Purabi |
| Last Name | Das |
| Member Since | September 25, 2018 |
| City | Pickering |
| State | Ontario |
| Branch Affiliation | Toronto |
| Website | purabisinhadas.com |
| @purabisinhadas | |
| www.facebook.com/purabisinhadas | |
| Goodreads | Yes |
| Bio | Purabi Sinha Das, originally from India now settled in Pickering, ON writes literary fiction, poetry, personal essays, and travelogues. What Will It Be This Time, a collection of personal essays, explores an immigrant’s life unfolding in a new country that can be daunting yet exhilarating. Her early nineteenth century set in India debut novel Moonlight-The Journey Begins shines a light on female bravery amidst heavy odds. Twenty Two For 22, a collection of stories, poetry, magical travel vignettes upholds hope through adversity. Purabi earned her Honours BA in English literature from Ranchi University, India. Purabi’s short story Child of Water won a scholarship from the Writer’s Community of Durham Region. Connect with Purabi https://www.purabisinhadas.comI have a B.A. with Honours in English literature from Ranchi University, India. I also earned a diploma in Business Administration from Centennial College, Scarborough. My love for the written word steered me to joining creative writing courses at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus. The other passions that rule my life are reading, volunteering, travelling and watching cultural shows that showcase diversity. Some of my short stories have been published on www.CommuterLit.com and www.StorieswithPictures.org, CrestMag, and I have written personal essays as a guest columnist for The South Asian News. My contributions of prayer have been included several times in Prayer for the City, an anthology of prayers published through the year by the Yonge Street Mission in Toronto (www.ysm.ca) I write literary fiction. I compose poetry as a means of expressing my innermost thoughts and this helps in the process of writing fiction. Inspiration comes from life around me in general, my childhood growing up in a sprawling house in a small town in Bihar, India, and spending summer vacations at my grandfather's house in Calcutta. A collection of shorts stories and poems is in the works with an expected launch date of late April-early May 2022 and I am working on my second novel. |
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| Other Memberships | WCDR - Writers' Community of Durham Region |
| Awards | WCDR writing grant in April 2018 |
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| Genres | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Travel |
| Services Offered | Book Reviews |