Tuesday April 26
Join me on RadioAlty where I’ll be talking about writing and my new Manchester novel Still Lives published by Renard Press. Look forward to your questions.

SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Tomorrow – Tue 26th April I’ll be chatting to the craic’n Author @RESHMARUIA LIVE 10am – 12 midday on @RadioAlty If you have a question comment below Listen Live : https://t.co/CmY6XNDOn1 #altricham #booklover #wtcwithmarcella #whatsthecraic pic.twitter.com/P11EMfQiUM

— What’s the Craic? with Marcella Radio Show (@wtcwithmarcella) April 25, 2022

Saturday April 23 | 7:00-9:00pm | Into the Wild, Bollin Wood, Woodland Lodge, Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Storytelling event hosted by me! Free entry.
If you’ve not been to Into the Wild before – it’s a beautiful small wood on the Hale / Ashley border. Just on the edge of Hale village. Really easy to get to. It really is a magical space.
https://www.intothewildbushcraft.co.uk/

Here are some pics of a truly enchanting evening of words and wine with fellow writers and such an attentive and appreciative audience.

Saturday 9 April 11:00am London | 6:00pm Singapore/Malaysia
Online Instagram Live chat with Elaine Chiew of BooksBualBual about writing Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness and my new novel, Still Lives, out in June.

Friday 25 March 7:30pm | Kings Arms, Salford
An evening of spoken word raising funds for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. I read along with a host of other Manchester writers.

Thursday 10 March 2022
Thrilled to have headlined Verbose Manchester at Ducie Street Warehouse.

Full House with a great audience and writers. Adam and Amy were the brilliant organisers of this Spoken Word event.

Friday 4 February 2022 8:00 pm. Online.
Talking about Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness with the wonderful Manchester Library Trail.

Tuesday 14 December 7:30-8:30pm
The Whole Kahani and Lynn Michell of Linen Press had a fabulous evening, discussing their latest anthology, Tongues and Bellies.

Wednesday 17 November | Blackwell’s Manchester

Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Andrew McMillan & Reshma Ruia.
1-14 November
What does Oxford Road mean to you? For Hafsah Aneela Bashir it’s attending university and growing into her own skin. For Andrew McMillan it’s a geographical portal into the past and memories of love. For Reshma Ruia it’s the rich tapestry of people and buildings from The Whitworth to The Refuge hotel. MLF and the Manchester Poetry Library have co-commissioned these three fantastic poets to create new micro-commissions for the first Corridor of Light Festival. Watch film footage of them performing their poems on location and discussing their work, imagination and Manchester.
You can see the full MLF LIVE and MLF DIGITAL programme here: https://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events.

See Reshma’s film here:

Reshma Ruia: Postcards from Oxford Road from Manchester Literature Festival on Vimeo.

Sunday 31 October 5:00-6:00pm
Join us to celebrate the SI Leeds Literary Prize, which reaches its tenth year in 2022.

Tuesday 12 October 7:30-8:30pm
The launch of my debut short story collection, Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness.

Thursday 7 October 5:30pm – readings from 6:00pm
An evening of wine and words on water.

Saturday 25 September | 10.30am-6.30 pm
In this session I talked about the craft of short story writing and the process of putting together my collection, Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness, which will be published by Dahlia Books in October.

June-August ’21
Write a Poem From Scratch
with Reshma Ruia
Tuesday 20 July | 7:00 pm BST / 2:00 pm ET
In this interactive session, Reshma Ruia went beyond the technicalities of structure and syntax and talked about the joy one can find in using everyday language to create a poem and provide tips on writing, editing and performing poetry. The session included writing exercises and links for further reading.

Multiculturalism and the South Asian Writer
Are South Asian writers defined by their heritage?
Tuesday 20 July | 5.00-6.00 pm