Roots began as with Friends of the Earth’s Climate Youth Society, and has since been expanded to various talks and workshops (read more inBeginning Branches). Developed through a writing residency at environmental charity Green & Away, more ideas on ecopoetics within South Asian thought emerged…

Anisha Jaya Minocha is a Manchester-based writer, studying at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. She co-edits SINK magazine for Northern writers and facilitates workshops. She has been involved in Scotland's largest poetry festival, StAnza and has performed at the Peace Symposium London (as a finalist with The Poetry Society), Royal Exchange, Byre Theatre and the Elgar Concert Hall (as a UniSlam semi-finalist). She has been published multiple times by The Poetry Society, and also features in Third Space Stories, Propel and Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Her project, "Roots," explores the intersections between Indian philosophies and ecology. It was initiated with Friends of the Earth, hosted in Manchester Museum and continued during her writing residency with environmental charity, Green and Away. She is currently part of the Javaad Alipoor arts and democracy project, and is part of The Young Critics Scheme with The Poetry Society and TS Eliot prize.

Instagram: @roots.foe.

Twitter: https://x.com/Anisha_Jaya

Published Works:

Renard Press: poem

Propel Magazine: poem

Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine: article

The Poetry Society: For You: poem

Doubt Wisely Anthology: poems

Words from the Water Anthology: short fiction

The Stand: articles

Hearing Aid Magazine: articles

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Anisha Jaya Minocha is based in Manchester and St Andrews. She co-edits SINK magazine for Northern writers. She has performed at Scotland's largest poetry festival, StAnza, the Peace Symposium London and as a UniSlam semi-finalist. She has been published by The Poetry Society, Third Space Stories, Propel and Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Her project, "Roots," explores the intersections between Indian philosophies and ecology. It was initiated by Friends of the Earth and continued during her writing residency with the environmental charity Green and Away. She is currently part of the TS Eliot Prize Young Critics Scheme.