Poetry: Books

Shanta Acharya’s poems were published initially in major Indian journals during the 1970s. In the mid-1990s, her first two collections appeared – Not This, Not That in India in 1994 and Numbering Our Days’ Illusions in the UK in 1995. Her third and fourth collections, Looking In, Looking Out and Shringara, were published in the UK in 2005 and 2006. In 2010, Arc Publications, UK, brought out her fifth book of poetry, Dreams That Spell The Light. In 2017, HarperCollins, India, published her sixth poetry collection, Imagine: New and Selected Poems. What Survives Is The Singing, her seventh, was published by Indigo Dreams Publishing (UK) in 2020. Her latest, Dear Life, was published by LWL Books (USA) in 2025.

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Dear Life
Publisher
LWL Books, USA; 2025
ISBN Number
ISBN: 9798218465247 (hc); 9798218465292 (sc); 9798218465261 (ebook)
Price
£8.95 (Paper back)
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What Survives Is The Singing
Publisher
Indigo Dreams Publishing, UK; 2020
ISBN Number
978-1-912876-21-1 (Paper Back)
Price
£9.99 (Paper back)
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Imagine: New and Selected Poems
Publisher
HarperCollins, India; 2017
ISBN Number
978-935264-165-9 (Paper Back)
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Dreams That Spell The Light
Publisher
Arc Publications, UK; 2010
ISBN Number
978-1906570-05-7 (Hard Back) / 978-1904614-61-6 (Paper Back)
Price
£9.99 (Hard back) / £7.99 (Paper back)
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Shringara
Publisher
Shoestring Press, UK; 2006
ISBN Number
978-1-904886-23-5 / 1-904886-23-X
Price
£9.99
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Looking In, Looking Out
Publisher
Headland Publications, UK; 2005
ISBN Number
1-902096-89-4
Price
£8.99
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Numbering Our Days' Illusions
Publisher
Rockingham Press, UK; 1995
ISBN Number
1-873468-34-2
Price
£7.99
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Not This, Not That
Publisher
Rupa & Co., India; 1994
ISBN Number
81-7167-152-7
Price
£7.99