The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

Garfield Dsouza

Editor, India

Garfield Dsouza is a freelance writer/editor/teacher/podcaster. In a career spanning over 20 years, he has copyedited Digit, a technology magazine; designed blended elearning courses for Tata Interactive Systems, Tata Power, Capgemini, Lionbridge and Emeritus Institute of Management; and written technical documentation for IBM and Rolta. He has also conducted business-writing and analytical-thinking sessions at Larsen and Toubro and has taught the verbal section of the GMAT and SAT. He recently completed a season of ‘About What You Say’, a podcast about words. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai and the CertTESOL from Trinity College London.

sessions

What’s The Verse That Could Happen?

  • 12th November
  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Finding what to write a poem about
A workshop by Garfield Dsouza

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Garfield Dsouza

Language Is A Queer Thing

  • 13th November
  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A poetry recitation of brand new work
Amani Saeed, Anil Pradhan, Garfield Dsouza, Ifẹ Grillo, Megha Harish, Sanah Ahsan

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