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in 2008 lloyd went to india for the kolkata book fair.
it wasn’t until he arrived he found out a high court
ruling resulted in it being cancelled, for the
first time in its 33 year history. the official
reason was that there would be too much
environmental damage caused. cynics might
say a lot should be read into the fact that a
replacement book fair was immediately arranged
for a few months later, but that this replacement book
fair would only feature the big publishing houses, not the
small presses who have always relied on the fair for a huge
percentage of their annual sales. it’s not for us to comment....



lloyd presented the british council with a range
of titles from parthian’s library of wales series.
the books are available to indian readers who
use the british council’s library.



the us kolkata literary exchange (uskle)
very generously allowed lloyd to join
them for their reading programme at
venues around the city.



included in the uskle delegation were:

goutam datta
ram devineni
catherine fletcher
carolyn forche
sunil gangopadhyay
nathalie handal
joy harjo
bob holman
suji kwock kim
yusef komunyakaa
nupur gangopadhyay lahiri
christopher merrill
dante micheaux
idra novey
leo novik
ed pavlic
subodh sarkar
mallika sengupta
craig smith


catherine fletcher reads at the kolkata
international foundation for arts, literature
and culture


goutam datta launches his latest collection


bob holman enjoys the party


idling amongst the idols










goutam grins, suji looks on


santiniketan station


yusef escaping the crowd


yusef, craig and lloyd
© craig smith 2008


catherine and lloyd at the saturday club
© craig smith 2008


so many poets, and the mayor of kolkata.
back: ram, nathalie, yusef, suji, joy, carolyn, ed, bob, dante, the mayor, nupur
front: christopher, subodh, guttam, catherine, lloyd, sunil
© suji kwock kim 2008


some of the delegation at the home of tagore.
back: nathalie handal, ed pavlic
middle: craig smith, dante micheaux, yusef komunyakaa
subodh sarkar, catherine fletcher, lloyd robson
front: unknown hippie, carolyn forche, goutam datta
suji kwock kim, joy harjo.


more photos of the uskle in india here


all images © lloyd robson / catherine fletcher 2008
until stated otherwise





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