Sharanya Manivannan
@sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social
❁ Writer and illustrator. Ilankai Tamil, Malaysia-raised, India-based
❁ My books include "Incantations Over Water", "The High Priestess Never Marries" and "The Queen of Jasmine Country"
❁ IG/Threads: sharanya_manivannan
❁ www.sharanyamanivannan.in
❁ My books include "Incantations Over Water", "The High Priestess Never Marries" and "The Queen of Jasmine Country"
❁ IG/Threads: sharanya_manivannan
❁ www.sharanyamanivannan.in
Bangalore-bound this week for the alèy litfest at MAHE:
September 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Bangalore-bound this week for the alèy litfest at MAHE:
On ebbs, flows and making space for the mysterious: www.instagram.com/p/DM-gkdTSlo...
#cambodia #writersandartists #mermaids
#cambodia #writersandartists #mermaids
August 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On ebbs, flows and making space for the mysterious: www.instagram.com/p/DM-gkdTSlo...
#cambodia #writersandartists #mermaids
#cambodia #writersandartists #mermaids
Spotted in Siem Reap: Sovann Macha, one of my favourite mermaids and a star of my graphic novel #IncantationsOverWater, along with her lover Hanuman!
August 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Spotted in Siem Reap: Sovann Macha, one of my favourite mermaids and a star of my graphic novel #IncantationsOverWater, along with her lover Hanuman!
I recall being floored by a prose poem called "Husband" many years ago, and I want to read it again. It was by an Asian-American writer, possibly queer. Can you help me find it, please?
June 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I recall being floored by a prose poem called "Husband" many years ago, and I want to read it again. It was by an Asian-American writer, possibly queer. Can you help me find it, please?
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"Benediction for the Feast" by @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social appears in a Feast-themed portfolio in our latest issue, which celebrates our digital Fusion series.
Get the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...
Get the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...
June 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Benediction for the Feast" by @sharanyamanivannan.bsky.social appears in a Feast-themed portfolio in our latest issue, which celebrates our digital Fusion series.
Get the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...
Get the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...
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Aiiiiii look at this beauty!!! 📚💙
ANNOUNCEMENT!: I've been waiting over 3 years to be able to tell you that #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, the little book I drew and wrote and published in the first year of the pandemic is now back in print. This piece of my💙 has had a tumultuous journey, as have I. I'm grateful she's back.
May 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Aiiiiii look at this beauty!!! 📚💙
ANNOUNCEMENT!: I've been waiting over 3 years to be able to tell you that #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, the little book I drew and wrote and published in the first year of the pandemic is now back in print. This piece of my💙 has had a tumultuous journey, as have I. I'm grateful she's back.
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT!: I've been waiting over 3 years to be able to tell you that #MermaidsInTheMoonlight, the little book I drew and wrote and published in the first year of the pandemic is now back in print. This piece of my💙 has had a tumultuous journey, as have I. I'm grateful she's back.
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Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑
NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...
May 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑
Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑
NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...
May 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Full moon tonight. As good a time as any to read this, if you'd like to and haven't already. 🎑
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A lovely and visceral lunar exploration by Sharanya Manivannan.
NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...
May 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A lovely and visceral lunar exploration by Sharanya Manivannan.
NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...
May 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
NEW WORK: A personal essay and artwork on the subject of moonlight. Out now in Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/per...
I really wish the Indian government would make the burning of rubbish punishable by law.
April 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I really wish the Indian government would make the burning of rubbish punishable by law.
Eid Mubarak. May Palestine be free. 🍉
March 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Eid Mubarak. May Palestine be free. 🍉
Good morning to all who giggled at today's Wordle.
March 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Good morning to all who giggled at today's Wordle.
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A gentle note that before you roll your eyes at posts on how it will soon be 5 years since the pandemic began in India (and elsewhere), some of our lives altered irrevocably from 2020 on, some of us have yet to recover, if we ever can. It is not just the years we are counting.
March 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A gentle note that before you roll your eyes at posts on how it will soon be 5 years since the pandemic began in India (and elsewhere), some of our lives altered irrevocably from 2020 on, some of us have yet to recover, if we ever can. It is not just the years we are counting.
A gentle note that before you roll your eyes at posts on how it will soon be 5 years since the pandemic began in India (and elsewhere), some of our lives altered irrevocably from 2020 on, some of us have yet to recover, if we ever can. It is not just the years we are counting.
March 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A gentle note that before you roll your eyes at posts on how it will soon be 5 years since the pandemic began in India (and elsewhere), some of our lives altered irrevocably from 2020 on, some of us have yet to recover, if we ever can. It is not just the years we are counting.
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I did a live radio interview on Yes 101 in Sri Lanka last week, and here's a snippet that involved a provocative question! 😜 www.instagram.com/reel/DGDNvtd...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I did a live radio interview on Yes 101 in Sri Lanka last week, and here's a snippet that involved a provocative question! 😜 www.instagram.com/reel/DGDNvtd...
From my trip to the island earlier this month: Seeds of Solidarity is a Sri Lankan organization that raises funds and awareness for and about Palestine. www.instagram.com/p/DGLB7cXy5V...
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From my trip to the island earlier this month: Seeds of Solidarity is a Sri Lankan organization that raises funds and awareness for and about Palestine. www.instagram.com/p/DGLB7cXy5V...
I had the privilege (and pleasure) of reading and blurbing Jayasree Kalathil's English translation of Jissa Jose's Malayalam novel "Mudritha" last year. Out now from HarperCollins India.
#books #translation
#books #translation
February 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I had the privilege (and pleasure) of reading and blurbing Jayasree Kalathil's English translation of Jissa Jose's Malayalam novel "Mudritha" last year. Out now from HarperCollins India.
#books #translation
#books #translation
I did a live radio interview on Yes 101 in Sri Lanka last week, and here's a snippet that involved a provocative question! 😜 www.instagram.com/reel/DGDNvtd...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I did a live radio interview on Yes 101 in Sri Lanka last week, and here's a snippet that involved a provocative question! 😜 www.instagram.com/reel/DGDNvtd...
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What. A. Moment! This gifted reader had hand-embroidered my illustration of Ila the mermaid within the island of Ilankai, which is on the cover of my graphic novel "Incantations Over Water". I gasped! What an incredible encounter at the Galle Literary Festival, and so very moving. 🥹💖
February 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What. A. Moment! This gifted reader had hand-embroidered my illustration of Ila the mermaid within the island of Ilankai, which is on the cover of my graphic novel "Incantations Over Water". I gasped! What an incredible encounter at the Galle Literary Festival, and so very moving. 🥹💖
What. A. Moment! This gifted reader had hand-embroidered my illustration of Ila the mermaid within the island of Ilankai, which is on the cover of my graphic novel "Incantations Over Water". I gasped! What an incredible encounter at the Galle Literary Festival, and so very moving. 🥹💖
February 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What. A. Moment! This gifted reader had hand-embroidered my illustration of Ila the mermaid within the island of Ilankai, which is on the cover of my graphic novel "Incantations Over Water". I gasped! What an incredible encounter at the Galle Literary Festival, and so very moving. 🥹💖
It's good to be in Galle (and back on the island ❤️)! I'm excited about participating in the 2025 Galle Literary Festival, where I will be on three panels about diversity, lyricism and working across genres and mediums.
February 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's good to be in Galle (and back on the island ❤️)! I'm excited about participating in the 2025 Galle Literary Festival, where I will be on three panels about diversity, lyricism and working across genres and mediums.
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I loved season 1 of "Mo" by Mohammed Amer, but watching season 2 now - considering the events since Oct 2023 - was another level of poignant. I wept. I laughed out loud. If you also have the privilege of a Netflix account, please watch it.
May Palestine and Palestinians be free.
May Palestine and Palestinians be free.
February 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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