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An audience with Viv Albertine
Read more: An audience with Viv AlbertineGreetings from Gateshead where I had an fascinating time last night in conversation with musician and author Viv Albertine about her excellent new book To Throw Away Unopened which has recently been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards of which I was a Judge. In an hour we managed to slot in a conversation about…
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NEW WRITING
Read more: NEW WRITINGI have a new short story published in a brand new anthology: Seaside Special: Postcards from the Edge will be available from May 2018! I’ll also be participating in the launch event at the Wordpool Festival in May, along with fellow contributors Andrew Michael Hurley, Lucy Wilkinson Yates and editor Jenn Ashworth. Come along! …
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EVENT
Read more: EVENTI’ll be interviewing Women’s Prize longlisted author Jesmyn Ward at the beautiful Central Library, Manchester on 27th April, 2018 as part of the Manchester Literature Festival. More details here. Join us!
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Speaking at Battle of Ideas 2012
Read more: Speaking at Battle of Ideas 2012Speaking at Battle of Ideas 2012: Fifty Shades of Grey, Feminist Crisis
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Chairing Southbank Centre Book Club
Read more: Chairing Southbank Centre Book ClubCHAIRING: SOUTHBANK CENTRE BOOK CLUB I’m looking forward to chairing the Southbank Centre Book Club on 23rd November 2011 about The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund du Waal. It’s a fantastic book so if you haven’t read it yet, I’d recommend doing so and coming along to the Sunley Pavilion at 6:30pm in a…
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Chairing event at Manchester Literature Festival
Read more: Chairing event at Manchester Literature FestivalI’m delighted to be returning to my hometown to chair an event at the wonderful Manchester Literature Festival with Kishwar Desai and Moni Mohsin on Sunday 16th October, 2:30pm, Manchester Town Hall. Hope to see some of you there!
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Appearances: DSC South Asian Literature Festival
Read more: Appearances: DSC South Asian Literature FestivalEVENTS: DSC SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE FESTIVAL I’m looking forward to appearing at the following events: ‘Travelling Tales: Looking Out, Looking In’ 15th October, 4.00pm, Free Word Centre, Farringdon and ‘The Dancing Girls of Bombay: What price for women’s rights?’ 19th October, 6.30pm, The Women’s Library, Aldgate Appearing at ‘Tagore: Lost (and Found) in Translation’ 20th…