Rome residency

At the beginning of February I began my six month residency at the BR Whiting Library in Rome, Italy, granted by the Australia Council.

I will be writing a memoir.

"Neem Dreams" screenplay at Binger Film Lab

At the end of January, I completed five wonderful months at Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam.

As one of a group of 18 writers I wrote a screenplay adaptation of my novel Neem Dreams (developed to second draft).

See under "film-makers" at the Binger web site:

www.binger.nl

"Party Girl" in Wet Ink

My short story "Party Girl" was published in Wet Ink magazine in December 2007.

See

http://www.wetink.com.au/

"Your guru is your practice" in Iyengar The Yoga Master

My chapter "your guru is your practice" is included in the new volume "Iyengar the Yoga Master" edited by Kofi Busia (pub Shambhala) which was launched here at the Yogacharya Yoga Convention on July 13.
This piece is adapted from my book "sun square moon".

6 months in Rome in 2008!

I have been given a grant by the Literature Board of the Australia Council to spend six months in Rome at the BR Whiting Library in Trastevere, Rome.
I vowed to return to Rome as soon as i could when i visited there last year after half a lifetime since my first stay there.
The Rome residency begins the very day the semester at Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam ends.

Leaving the Gold Coast...

Am packing up as i leave the place where i have lived for over seven years ... and leave Australia for an indefinite time, first to the Yogacharya Yoga Convention (see earlier post "yoga and writing workshops in USA") then to my new home base in Miami Florida then Amsterdam for 5 months then Rome...

With The Tiger publication

The contracts have been signed... my next novel With The Tiger is coming out with HarperCollins India ... probably December 07

My commissioning editor is Saugata Mukherjee who was responsible for getting Neem Dreams published when he was with Rupa.

Writers Saloon at Swingin Safari 24 June

I'm reading and speaking at the Writers Saloon on Sunday June 24 - my last reading in Australia for who knows how long,

Writers Saloon is held on the last Sunday of every month and was set up my Michael Wilding, Tina Landeros and me.

Swingin Safari is a bar/restaurant/lounge / party venue in Surfers Paradise ... i had a book party there when Three Sydney Novels was published...

http://www.goldcoastaustralia.com/104390.php

Binger Film Lab, Amsterdam Sept 07

I have been accepted into the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam for their September 07 - February 08 semester where i will be working on a screenplay adaptation of one of my novels.

http://www.binger.nl/

Yoga and Writing" workshops USA July 2007

Yogacharya Yoga Convention July 14

This page will give details of my workshop and talks at the Convention in honour of BKS Iyengar in California July 9-15:

http://www.yogacharya.org/letters/InezBaranay.htm


"Unity Woods" Yoga Center, Washington DC , Sunday July 22

http://www.unitywoods.com/


"Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York" Saturday July 28

http://www.iyengarnyc.org/workshops.html


All inquiries to the host organisations please.

review of sun square moon by Norman Sjoman

A review of my book "sun square moon: writings on yoga and writing" has appeared on the Black Lotus Books site, written by Norman Sjoman, author of the enlightening "the Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace" and other scholarly books on yoga and art. He concludes

"This is one of the few books on yoga that is not trivia."

http://www.blacklotusbooks.com/links/gate.htm

Yogacharya Yoga convention

Here is the url for my page for the Yogacharya Yoga Convention July 9-15 in Santa Clara, California

http://www.yogacharya.org/letters/InezBaranay.htm

I'm giving a workshop (Yoga and Writing) and two talks (Yoga and Creativity; Yoga and Dreams)

new review of Neem Dreams in API

Have just been sent this review from API Review of Books

http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=812910217X


Citation
Ch A Rajendra Prasad. 'Review: Neem Dreams by Inez Baranay' [online]. API Review of Books (Perth, Australian Public Intellectual Network), June 2005. Availability: ISSN 1833-0932. [cited 02 March 2007].

testimonial for yoga and writing

I received this lovely testimonial from author and yoga devotee Sarah Armstrong as I prepare my latest Yoga and Writing workshop (see previous post):

Testimonial:

It's clear that Inez brings years of writing experience to her teaching - her observations of my manuscript were insightful and proved very useful in the re-writing process. It's rare to find a writing teacher who is also a dedicated yoga instructor - and what a potent combination yoga and writing is! I have found yoga very powerful in connecting me to my creativity.
Sarah Armstrong
- author, Salt Rain (Allen & Unwin) shortlisted for the 2005 Miles Franklin, Queensland Premiers and Dobbie Awards.

www.sarah-armstrong.com

new edition of Neem Dreams in USA

A new edition of my novel Neem Dreams is now available at Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Neem-Dreams-Inez-Baranay/dp/1419647121/sr=1-1/qid=1168744838/ref=sr_1_1/104-9750097-3228746?ie=UTF8&s=booksRead about Neem Dreams here:http://www.inezbaranay.com/books/neem_dreams.htm