Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

I’m a writer, facilitator & producer based in London.

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Upcoming in 2025

About Me

I’m interested in how language shapes belonging & how we might use it to build freer futures.

I tell stories that ask: Whose imagination are we living in? How do we feel belonging? When do we get to practise freedom?

I've performed with the Roundhouse, DAYTIMERS & the Southbank Centre. I’m a recipient of the Disabled Poets Prize, the Faber & Andlyn Publisher's Prize and the Royal Society of Literature: Literature Matters Award. My play Period Parrrty opened at Soho Theatre in October 2025. My novel-in-verse, Bad Queer, is forthcoming with Faber.

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I'm available for writing commissions, performances, workshops & mentoring.