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(A writer and communications consultant based in Montreal, Veena Gokhale published her first fiction collection - Bombay Wali and other stories - with Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2013.)
 
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Veena Gokhale, an immigrant shape shifter, started her career as a journalist in Bombay. This “tough, tantalizing” city inspired Bombay Wali and other stories (Guernica Editions, 2013). Veena came to Canada for the first time on a journalism fellowship, returning to do a Masters. After immigrating here, she worked for non-profits. Her novel, Land for Fatimah (Guernica, 2018), is partly inspired by the two years she spent working in Tanzania. She received a grant from the Quebec Arts Council to write this novel. Veena has published in anthologies and literary magazines, read widely from her work and received other grants. She enjoys doing freelance journalism with a focus on the arts in Montreal. Veena also gives Indian, vegetarian, cooking classes on and off line.  
Veena Gokhale started her career as a print journalist in India. She came to Canada as Distinguished Visiting Journalist at the University of Western Ontario in 1992, returning two years later to do a Masters. She immigrated and worked in communications for non-profit organizations. Guernica Editions, Toronto, published her short story collection - Bombay Wali and other stories - in 2013. She has published fiction and poetry in anthologies and literary magazines and also read from her work. In 2011, she received a grant from Vivacité Montreal, Quebec Arts Council, to write her first novel. She is currently (February 2013) marketing that book. She is involved with Accès Asie and the Shambhala Buddhist Centre in Montreal. She went to Tanzania with CUSO International, an international development organization, and has also volunteered with them.
She is currently (2020) working on a manuscript entitled Annapurna's Bounty, Indian Food Legends and Recipes, funded by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and marketing a manuscript entitled The Artichoke, Sensuous Stories.

Latest revision as of 19:59, 21 July 2020

{{AAType |Image=Veena Gokhale author portrait.jpg |Home page=http://www.veenago.com/story |Location=Montreal |Type=Person Veena Gokhale, an immigrant shape shifter, started her career as a journalist in Bombay. This “tough, tantalizing” city inspired Bombay Wali and other stories (Guernica Editions, 2013). Veena came to Canada for the first time on a journalism fellowship, returning to do a Masters. After immigrating here, she worked for non-profits. Her novel, Land for Fatimah (Guernica, 2018), is partly inspired by the two years she spent working in Tanzania. She received a grant from the Quebec Arts Council to write this novel. Veena has published in anthologies and literary magazines, read widely from her work and received other grants. She enjoys doing freelance journalism with a focus on the arts in Montreal. Veena also gives Indian, vegetarian, cooking classes on and off line. She is currently (2020) working on a manuscript entitled Annapurna's Bounty, Indian Food Legends and Recipes, funded by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and marketing a manuscript entitled The Artichoke, Sensuous Stories.

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