SUPARNA GHOSH Suparnaghosh.com suparna@rogers.com Suparna Ghosh is a poet and painter based in Toronto, Canada. Her words and visuals are collaged to create narratives and yarns, myths and mysteries. She has published and exhibited her works in galleries in Toronto, New York and major cities in India, and lately in juried shows at the Arts and Letters Club. She has recited her poems at several venues to the accompaniment of musical instruments, particularly the sitar. Publications and readings Prior to immigrating to Canada, she published poems in literary magazines, e.g. Thought, in India; she was profiled as a poet and painter in Youth India, a national magazine focusing on the youth.
In Toronto, Suparna Ghosh was one of the founding members of the Art Bar, initiated by poet Allan Sutterfield in a basement, and further nurtured by Allen Briesemaster. The Art Bar has now been the longest running poetry-only weekly reading series in Canada. She reads her poetry regularly at the Art Bar, the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, and other venues, often to the accompaniment of the sitar. Suparna Ghosh has published poems in Delhi London Poetry Quarterly, a journal published in the U.K., Verse Afire, a publication of Ontario Poetry Society; Laurel Leaves, a publication of United Poets Laureate International, PoetCrit, a literary quarterly journal published in India, featuring international writers; Bridge-in-Making, a literary international magazine published in India; Bristol Banner Books Anthologies. She often incorporates her poems into her paintings. A collection of poems and sketches, Sandalwood Thoughts, was published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box in 2004. Her latest book, Dots and Crosses by the same publisher, a long prose poem with sketches, and a musical CD based on the same book, were launched at the Arts and Letters Club in November 2006 and January 2009 respectively. Membership Suparna is a member of the League of Canadian Poets; Ontario Poetry Society; International Writers Association; United Poets Laureate International; the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Art Exhibitions Suparna has held solo and group exhibition of paintings, first in cities in India, later in Toronto, New York, Seoul.
