Wednesday June 12 2024
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Old Trafford Library, Limelight Pharmacy, 1 St Brides Way, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester M16 9NW
As part of Festival of Libraries, I will be hosting a free author talk and creative writing workshop at Old Trafford Library.
Come along and prepare to be inspired and let your creativity soar!
Register for your free spot.

Wednesday July 10, 2024
6:00 – 8:00 pm
The Portico Library, 57 Mosley Street. Manchester, M2 3HY
A summer’s evening celebrating the best of Manchester writing.
Award-winning writers Abi Hynes, Adam Farrar, David Hartley, Isabelle Kenyon, Jo Howard, Reshma Ruia, Sarah Schofield, Steve Smythe, Tania Hershman and Zena Barrie will be reading from their latest works. There will be books to buy and an opportunity to chat to the authors.
Join us for words and wine at the Portico Library.
Buy tickets here.

Wednesday 17 April 2024
Altrincham Library, 2 Pott St, Altrincham WA14 1AH
An evening of reading and creative writing at Altrincham Library.

A Comma Press Collaboration with Write Out Loud Tickets
Monday 15 Apr 2024 | 7:00pm
Waterside Arts Centre, 1 Waterside Sale M33 7ZF
Comma Press Writers’ evenings are perfect for beginner writers to experiment with new forms and meet new people!
The evening started with a creative writing workshop and was followed by a panel discussion about writing craft and cross-genre experimentation, from poetry to fiction.

Friday 8 March 2024 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Levenshulme Old Library, Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3QE
I talked about the weird and uncanny as part of International Women’s Day Celebrations alongside some fabulous writers.

Author Visit to St. George’s School, La Storta, Via Cassia, Rome, Italy
Friday 16 February 2024
Sometimes the past isn’t a foreign country. It was lovely to return to Rome and my old school St George’s as a visiting author and enthuse a new generation of literature lovers. In an age of digital overload and short attention spans, it was gratifying to see there is still a hunger for the written word inside the pages of a book.

For those of us who live across cultures and languages, separated by thousands of miles from places of our origin, home is always fluid and indefinable and yet returning to India for the Jaipur Literature Festival felt like a definite homecoming. It was a pleasure and a privilege to hear so many great minds and to have the opportunity to talk about my novel, Still Lives with Bee Rowlatt and have it ‘launched’ by none other than Amish Tripathi. Jaipur Literature Festival has an energy and a cerebral fizz that is unique. I was quite blown away by the enthusiastic crowds, the spirit of enquiry and the sheer love for books. In an uncertain world where the center seems to be collapsing, these few days in the pink city felt like a golden reprieve. Here are a few pics from my event:

Thursday 2 November 2023
Maggie’s Centre, The Robert Parfett Building The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 15 Kinnaird Rd, Manchester M20 4QL
It was a pleasure to be back at Maggie’s to run a creative writing workshop. The theme we chose was Peace. It felt pertinent to what is happening around us today. Set in a peaceful garden, the Centre provides emotional and practical support to those impacted by cancer.

Wednesday 25 October 2023
Waterstones, Piccadilly, 203-206 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1J 9HD

Sunday 8 October 2023
Gladstone’s Library, Church Lane, Hawarden, Flintshire CH5 3DF
I was at Gladstone’s Library in North Wales, talking about writing in an interactive afternoon session.

Wednesday 4 October 2023
Author talk at The Women’s Institute Urmston, Manchester.

Wednesday 20 September 2023
Chorlton Central Church, Barlow Moor Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 8BF
7:00 pm
An evening with author Reshma Ruia.

Thursday August 3 2023
7:00 – 8-30 pm
Crossrail Roof Place Gardens, Canary Wharf, E14 5 AB
I read from the anthology, Tongues & Bellies with The Whole Kahani Collective.

Wednesday June 21 2023
3:00 pm online
I read from and discussed Still Lives with the Words of Wisdom Book club which is a part of the global YPO organization.

Sunday June 11 2023
03:00 – 4:00 pm
This edition of JLF London at the British Library was a milestone, marking ten years of the festival in London, and brought together some of the world’s most renowned and relevant voices to speak on themes like the Urgency of Borrowed Time (Climate Change), Science and Technology, Shakespeare and PG Wodehouse, Food and Film, History and Diversity, Business and Art, among others. https://jlflitfest.org/london/speakers
I talked about my writing with Nikesh Shukla.