About
Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the author of five books, including the award-winning Children of Air India and Listening to the Bees. Her poetry, essays and short fiction have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies, including Exile Editions, Chatelaine, The Capilano Review, and Pulp Literature.
Bramah’s Quest is the latest volume of her epic fantasy in verse, THOT J BAP, The Heart of This Journey Bears All Patterns. This speculative fiction/poetry series, known collectively as “The Bramah Books,” features a time-travelling locksmith named Bramah, “brown, brave and beautiful.” Renee Sarojini loves creating Young Adult speculative fiction, (Told Under the Linden Tree, Pulp Literature magazine, No 37, Winter 2023) and is working on a children’s book spin-off series from the Bramah books, Bramah and The Seed Jar (forthcoming Nightwood Editions) for which she received a Canada Council grant.
Renee Sarojini was poet laureate for the City of Surrey 2015–2018 and volunteers for EVENT magazine, Meet the Presses collective, Surrey International Writers Conference and Poetry in Canada. Renée Sarojini helps to host Lunch Poems at SFU.
Professional credentials
Certificate of creative writing, Simon Fraser University
Education and credentials
- JD, University of British Columbia
- BA, University of British Columbia