Get your book done.

India's highest peaks bless your writing during this inspiring retreat. If seven days fall short, stay for 10. Amazing food. Fireside chats. Long walks. Lots of free writing time, published authors and Himalayan peaks for inspiration.

Hosts: Chetan, Vandita. Co-host : Manu Joseph

A writers workshop for beginners, this four-day boot camp will give you all the tools you need to get your book done. Published authors guide you as you stay at the gorgeous Binsar Forest Retreat surrounded by nature and inspiration.

Hosts: Chetan, Vandita.

Manu Joseph is a novelist and a journalist. His widely acclaimed novels, 'Serious Men' and 'The Illicit Happiness of Other People' have been translated into many languages. He is the winner of The Hindu Literature Prize and The American Pen Book Award among other honors. He is a former columnist for The International New York Times and is presently a columnist for The Mint. He also co-wrote the Hindi film, 'Love Kichdi'. Manu lives in the Delhi NCR and will co-host the October Writing Retreat.

Novelist, playwright and children’s writer Mariam Karim was educated at JNU, New Delhi, and the Sorbonne in Paris. Some of her works are:

• My Little Boat (Novel, Penguin India 2003) (Vitasta 2009) (nominated for the IMPAC international Literary Award 2005)
• The Street of Mists (Novel, Vitasta 2009). (Longlist Man Asian 2009
• The Betrayal of Selvamary (play, shortlist Hindu Metroplus Playwrights Award 2010)
• The Undoing (play, longlist Hindu Metroplus Playwrights Award 2011)
• A Bagful of Dreams (play)

Mariam's many children's books include Tales Old and New, Putul and the Dolphins, The King and the Kiang, Gulla and the Hangul and the latest children's fable The house of a hundred stories.

Chetan is a full-time author, writing coach and Himalayan resident. He hosted a writing workshop at the Noir Literature festival earlier this year. Penguin published his first book "The Bad Boys of Bokaro Jail" in 2014. He is working on his next book and also blogs at https://uncityblog.wordpress.com/. You can learn more about him at http://www.chetanmahajan.com/ . He was educated at Panjab University, India and at Northwestern University, USA.

Author Vandita Dubey was educated at TISS, Mumbai and also at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. A US-licensed clinical psychologist and author of "Parenting in the age of sexpusure", Dr. Dubey brings a deep understanding of writing and the human mind to our retreats. She also speaks often at various institutions such as the british school You can learn more about her at http://vanditadubey.com/about-me/

Renu was the former head of English content, pedagogy and training team for North and North-east India at Pratham, probably India’s most respected Education NGO. She has been working on various projects and research initiatives in rural India and has developed a plethora of contextual content and interactive methodologies to enrich the language experience of children and young adults. Renu earned her Masters in Education from Melbourne and has taught in public schools in the state of Victoria, Australia. She started her career as a sub-editor for Macmillian India Ltd. Renu lives in the Kumaon Himalayas and will co-host the kids writing workshop as part of the Himalayan Fun Family Retreat.

The Himalayan Blogging and Podcasting Retreat is co-hosted by Kiruba Shankar. Kiruba is a Social Media entrepreneur, Professor of Digital Marketing, author of 5 books, Podcaster and an organic farmer. You can learn more about him at http://www.kiruba.com/ .

An Adman, his 16 years of writing advertisements have won him much recognition including 12 Abbys, 2 Effies and a reputation for ‘longhand’. Chiselling and crafting the language to say something persuasive and engaging – that too with the sword of a deadline hanging on his head -is the fine art he thrives on. Roy lives in Mumbai and on occasion flies in to aid in HWR events.