Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

I’m a disabled writer based in London.

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About Me

I’m interested in how language shapes belonging, how accessibility shapes language & how we might use these 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 Poetry Archive Now Prize and the Royal Society of Literature: Literature Matters Award. My play Period Parrrty opened at Soho Theatre in 2025. My novel-in-verse, Bad Queer, is out with Faber.

Contact

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