Education

2022 – 2025

Honours Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto

Specialist: English Literature, Minor: Creative Writing

Creative Writing Workshops

Member, Literary Journalism with Jessica Johnson, 2025.

Member, “The Novel and Long Prose Writing” with David Chariandy, 2024.

Member, Short Fiction Workshop with Noor Naga, 2024.

Member, Literary Journalism with Simon Lewsen, 2024.

Academic Interests

Contemporary South Asian Writing, Ecological Fiction, The Novel, Contemporary American Fiction, Contemporary British Fiction and Non-Fiction, Literary Journalism, Creative Writing

Thesis Projects

A Mother Knows: A Critical Examination of Ammu and Cultural Theory in The God of Small Things with Doctor Rijuta Mehta, 2025.

I Can’t Believe You Lied To Me: Autofiction, Verisimilitude and Relatability in Elif Batuman’s Works with Doctor Adam Hammond, 2025.

This Is Not Natural: Nature And Ruin In Omar El Akkad’s American War with Zak Jones, 2024.

Research Projects

Broken Petals: Roses, The Rose Playhouse and Performance In A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Doctor Matthew Sergi, April 2024.

  • Selected for the University of Toronto ASSU Undergraduate Research Conference, February 2025

Appearances/Features

Research Presenter: University of Toronto ASSU Undergraduate Research Conference – February 28, 2025

“Devarya Singhania, a student of English and Creative Writing, will be presenting on the economics and politics of playhouses in 16th- and 17th-century England, with a specific emphasis on the duality of “roses” in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His research draws on archival materials from the Records of Early English Drama.”

Panelist: “Everything You Need To Know” University of Toronto, Department of English – February 25, 2025

“Professors Noor Naga, James Hansen, Adam Hammond and Andrea Walkden, alongside Nghi, Devarya and Emma offered their insights about the literary and academic communities at the University of Toronto.”

University of Toronto, Department of English: Devarya Singhania, Creative Writer Showcase – November 19, 2024

“No. 3 in the Creative Writing Showcase series is someone who is everywhere, all the time, all at once: Devarya Singhania. With extensive involvement in campus publications, both as a contributor and team member, Devarya is an exemplar of a literary citizen.“

Panel Member: “So You Want to Be an English Major” University of Toronto, Department of English – February, 2024

“Professors Robert McGill, Misha Teramura, Nick Mount and Alex Hernandez, alongside two representatives from the English Students’ Union offered their insights about what it’s like to specialise, major or minor in English at the University of Toronto.“

Prose

  • Adelaide Literary Magazine (Creative Non Fiction)

  • Trinity Times (Creative Non Fiction) - Runner Up of the Trinity Times Prize

Poetry

  • The Spectatorial (Poem)

    • Title: On Mudcourts During July (*link not made public yet)

    • Publication Year: 2023

  • Cyril and Methodius Review (Poem)

  • LiveWire India (Poem)

  • LiveWire India (Poem)

  • LiveWire India (Poem)

  • LiveWire India (Poem)