An evening with upcoming poet and writer Nabin Chhetri

Join us for an evening with upcoming poet and writer Nabin Chhetri, who will be reading from his first poetry collection Bini – Memories of a Forgotten Country, and from his forthcoming collection, I, Father. With his first publication (Bini) Nabin won the Red Mountain Press Discovery Award. He has recently signed a book deal with Eyewear Publishing for his collection, I, Father.

Scottish-Nepalese poet and writer Nabin Chhetri will read from his poetry collections and prose in Stromness Town Hall on Tuesday 14 March at 7.30pm. Tickets and details are available via TicketSource. (https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society)

For their themes (memory, home country, family and separation), Nabin’s poems are bound to stir emotions and reflection, promising a highly inspiring and captivating event. Indeed,

In BINI, Nabin Chhetri has created a poetic world of singular originality where landscape and memory are invoked equally with exact, clear-sighted detail and a rare meditative kind of charge. His poetry speaks of endurance – of the imagination and of feeling – as they contemplate the most shocking of human experiences as well as the most beautiful, the separations of distance and the long-lived associations of home. Chhetri’s power lies in his painstaking and loving exactitude like the long afternoon spent ‘collecting one by one/all that was lost/in the name of home.’

– Jane Draycott, Senior Tutor, Master of Studies in Creative Writing, Oxford University

Born in Nepal, Nabin K Chhetri is based in Scotland. He graduated with an M.St. in Creative Writing from Oxford University and an M.Litt. from the University of Aberdeen. Nabin’s professional roles include tutoring in creative writing, conducting workshops and readings in various institutions, including Oxford and Robert Gordon University. In addition, he is the director of Mist and Mountain Residency. (www.mistandmountain.co.uk) Last year he was commissioned by Stanza, “Scotland’s International Poetry Festival.” He has been selected for various creative opportunities and has been a Writer/Poet in Residence in France, Spain, Italy and Scotland. His works have received awards from Canada, Australia, Italy, India, Nepal, the U.K., U.S. and Israel.