Maithreyi Karnoor
@maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social
Also credited as Maithreyi Hughes. I write fiction and poetry in English and translate from Kannada. I live in Wales.
Celebrating my first phishing email!
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Celebrating my first phishing email!
My poem in Poetry London this day last year.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My poem in Poetry London this day last year.
Waterstones has a pre-order link to my poetry collection!
#SkinnyDippingInTigerCountry
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#SkinnyDippingInTigerCountry
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Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes | Waterstones
Buy Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country by Maithreyi Hughes from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Waterstones has a pre-order link to my poetry collection!
#SkinnyDippingInTigerCountry
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#SkinnyDippingInTigerCountry
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I don't come from the literary power centres of India viz. Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras. If it's a disadvantage, I looked past it. But my moment of redemption has arrived in the form of my current home becoming Wales's first UNESCO City of Literature! <3
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Home — Aberystwyth Ceredigion Dinas Llên City of Literature
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I don't come from the literary power centres of India viz. Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras. If it's a disadvantage, I looked past it. But my moment of redemption has arrived in the form of my current home becoming Wales's first UNESCO City of Literature! <3
cityofliterature.wales/home?brid=0t...
cityofliterature.wales/home?brid=0t...
Chuffed to announce my debut poetry collection 'Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country'. It can be pre-ordered here:
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Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country
Pre-order now: for delivery April 2026 ~ Across the nine interlinked sections of her debut collection, Maithreyi Hughes explores what it means to be vulnerable and curious in the wilderness of civilis...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Chuffed to announce my debut poetry collection 'Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country'. It can be pre-ordered here:
valleypressuk.com/products/ski...
valleypressuk.com/products/ski...
Hettavara Neralu is part of book bundle on sale for Kannada Rajyotsava!
Tell your Kannada friends.
#KannadaLiterature #KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting #KannadaRajyotsava
Tell your Kannada friends.
#KannadaLiterature #KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting #KannadaRajyotsava
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hettavara Neralu is part of book bundle on sale for Kannada Rajyotsava!
Tell your Kannada friends.
#KannadaLiterature #KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting #KannadaRajyotsava
Tell your Kannada friends.
#KannadaLiterature #KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting #KannadaRajyotsava
I was sent this short animation of the cover of my new book. Gave me goosebumps! :)
#KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting
#KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting
October 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I was sent this short animation of the cover of my new book. Gave me goosebumps! :)
#KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting
#KannadaNovel #HettavaraNeralu #WomenWriting
Excited to announce that my first Kannada novel Hettavara Neralu is now in the final stages of production. The pre-order link is up.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excited to announce that my first Kannada novel Hettavara Neralu is now in the final stages of production. The pre-order link is up.
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Rhys Hughes' plays are being performed at the Volcano Theatre in Swansea today!
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Rhys Hughes' plays are being performed at the Volcano Theatre in Swansea today!
Looks like not giving Rushdie the Nobel is a Scandinavian tradition.
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Looks like not giving Rushdie the Nobel is a Scandinavian tradition.
Not only was she not offended by this, Jane Goodall wrote a foreword to Gary Larson's book following this cartoon.
A healthy sense of humour is a sign of great intelligence. That, empathy, and kindness to animals. The planet needs Jane Goodalls now more than ever.
#GoodbyeJaneGoodall
A healthy sense of humour is a sign of great intelligence. That, empathy, and kindness to animals. The planet needs Jane Goodalls now more than ever.
#GoodbyeJaneGoodall
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Not only was she not offended by this, Jane Goodall wrote a foreword to Gary Larson's book following this cartoon.
A healthy sense of humour is a sign of great intelligence. That, empathy, and kindness to animals. The planet needs Jane Goodalls now more than ever.
#GoodbyeJaneGoodall
A healthy sense of humour is a sign of great intelligence. That, empathy, and kindness to animals. The planet needs Jane Goodalls now more than ever.
#GoodbyeJaneGoodall
An old video of Rhys speaking at a literary convention in Portugal many moons ago. The video is grainy and the audio isn't very sharp. But it's good enough for me to see how handsome and poised and erudite my then yet-to-be husband was.
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Forum Fantástico 2014 dia 2 - Rhys Hughes
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September 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
An old video of Rhys speaking at a literary convention in Portugal many moons ago. The video is grainy and the audio isn't very sharp. But it's good enough for me to see how handsome and poised and erudite my then yet-to-be husband was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIV...
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Two plays by Rhys Hughes will be performed at the Volcano Theatre in Swansea in October. Come if you are around.
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TWO SHORT PLAYS by Rhys Hughes (BSL & Loop) -
A world première of two short plays (As a Man Grows Colder and The Modesty Men) by Welsh writer Rhys Hughes, directed by Volcano and performed by two talented actors from Wales. Rhys Hughes is ...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Two plays by Rhys Hughes will be performed at the Volcano Theatre in Swansea in October. Come if you are around.
www.visitswanseabay.com/event/two-sh...
www.visitswanseabay.com/event/two-sh...
Please watch this video on AI slop. It's John Oliver. It's as entertaining as it's informational.
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August 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Please watch this video on AI slop. It's John Oliver. It's as entertaining as it's informational.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...
Rhys Hughes' two new books look like the works of art they are :)
My two new books.
I wasn't expecting them to be published together, let alone with covers that can be joined together into one artwork, but you always get something pleasingly original with Eibonvale Press @eibonvale.bsky.social
(1) ROBOTS IN LOVE.
(2) THAT OTHER EGYPT.
#booksky
I wasn't expecting them to be published together, let alone with covers that can be joined together into one artwork, but you always get something pleasingly original with Eibonvale Press @eibonvale.bsky.social
(1) ROBOTS IN LOVE.
(2) THAT OTHER EGYPT.
#booksky
August 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Rhys Hughes' two new books look like the works of art they are :)
I'm surprised that Wiktionary quotes from Rhys' book 'Nowhere Near Milkwood' to demonstrate the usage of toasted cheese. I always thought he'd be quoted on aardvarks.
@rhysaurus.bsky.social
@rhysaurus.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'm surprised that Wiktionary quotes from Rhys' book 'Nowhere Near Milkwood' to demonstrate the usage of toasted cheese. I always thought he'd be quoted on aardvarks.
@rhysaurus.bsky.social
@rhysaurus.bsky.social
The title of my forthcoming Kannada novel 'Hettavara Neralu' roughly translates as 'In the Shadow of the Birth-givers'. It is entirely fiction but my mum has been suffering from a guilty conscience for reasons best known to herself. And this has been her attitude ever since I announced it 😃
July 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The title of my forthcoming Kannada novel 'Hettavara Neralu' roughly translates as 'In the Shadow of the Birth-givers'. It is entirely fiction but my mum has been suffering from a guilty conscience for reasons best known to herself. And this has been her attitude ever since I announced it 😃
And an Asian or African writer has to dish out 'fashionable' oppression stories with a dash of scatological references to cater to the West's trauma-porn appetite, which it then condescends to champion with prizes and awards.
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I’m a writer from the Balkans. Why do people assume I only know about war and tragedy? | Ana Schnabl
Readers lose out when English-speaking gatekeepers decide what books are sold and whose stories get told, says Slovenian novelist Ana Schnabl
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July 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
And an Asian or African writer has to dish out 'fashionable' oppression stories with a dash of scatological references to cater to the West's trauma-porn appetite, which it then condescends to champion with prizes and awards.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Cover reveal of my Kannada novel 'Hettavara Neralu'! Grateful to Kiran Madalu who visualised my 420-page work of magic realist fiction with quirky subplots, strange dreamscapes, an undercurrent of humour where language is as much the message as the medium into this stunning image!
#ಹೆತ್ತವರನೆರಳು
#ಹೆತ್ತವರನೆರಳು
July 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Cover reveal of my Kannada novel 'Hettavara Neralu'! Grateful to Kiran Madalu who visualised my 420-page work of magic realist fiction with quirky subplots, strange dreamscapes, an undercurrent of humour where language is as much the message as the medium into this stunning image!
#ಹೆತ್ತವರನೆರಳು
#ಹೆತ್ತವರನೆರಳು
Reposted by Maithreyi Karnoor
Exactly eight years ago my novel CLOUD FARMING IN WALES was published. it's a philosophical comedy about life in Wales and it's also a tribute to the writer Richard Brautigan, who taught me some new things about metafictional techniques. Published by @snugglybooks.bsky.social in the USA ☺️ #booksky
July 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Exactly eight years ago my novel CLOUD FARMING IN WALES was published. it's a philosophical comedy about life in Wales and it's also a tribute to the writer Richard Brautigan, who taught me some new things about metafictional techniques. Published by @snugglybooks.bsky.social in the USA ☺️ #booksky
Anti-ageing treatments actually work. They k*ll you young so you never age.
July 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Anti-ageing treatments actually work. They k*ll you young so you never age.