Book launch in Berbice for WE MARK YOUR MEMORY
Category: Writing
On BBC Radio 4
On BBC Radio 4’s Open Book programme 
Review
A great review of “Common People” including my piece in the anthology!
Judge – Society of Authors Awards 2019
I’m a Judge for the Society of Authors Awards 2019, Paul Torday Memorial Prize
British Library event
Chairing a sold out event at the British Library with musicians and writers Tracey Thorn and Viv Albertine.
Photograph by George Torode.
Interview
Interview with Elizabeth McCracken.
Published in the Observer, March 2019
speaking & events 2019
Speaking & events calendar 2019
FEBRUARY
5th February – Diaries event at British Library, with Virginia Ironside, Simon Garfield, Dickon Edwards, chaired by Travis Elborough.
MARCH
16th March, Saturday, 3-4pm – In conversation with Andrew Miller
Wimbledon Book Festival
26th March, Tuesday, 7pm – In conversation with Viv Albertine and Tracey Thorn
British Library
29th March, Friday, 6.30pm – In conversation with Nikesh Shukla
Huddersfield Literary Festival
APRIL
9th April, Common People event with Kit de Waal: Reading from my new piece in this anthology.
Huddersfield Literary Festival
MAY
3th May, Friday, 7pm. Speaking at launch of Feminist Book Fortnight
Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham
16th May, Thursday, Speaking at WowFest Liverpool
Liverpool
23rd May, Thursday, Speaking at Diaries event, London
Speaking on Diaries panel at British Library in London, 5th February 2019 with Virginia Ironside, Simon Garfield, Dickon Edwards chaired by Travis Elborough, at which I read extracts from my teenage diaries. Looking forward to another Diaries event in May!
Guardian column
My column about the Pankhurst sisters and Manchester.
An audience with Viv Albertine
Greetings 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 life, death and everything in between and Viv shared many hilarious and heartbreaking anecdotes. I was lucky enough to interview Viv twice this year, including in front of an audience of 1000+ at the Green Man Festival in August where she was equally entertaining.
I am now en route to visit the Angel of the North sculpture before heading home…
Chairing event with Markus Zusak
In conversation with Markus Zusak at Waterstones Piccadilly, November 2nd 2018.
I had a fascinating time chairing a sold-out event with Markus Zusak who flew in from Sydney for his UK book tour for the brilliant BRIDGE OF CLAY (Transworld), his first novel in 12 years. His international bestselling novel THE BOOK THIEF is a must-read and was made into a film starring Emily Watson. We talked about a wide range of topics including building literal and metaphorical bridges, the painstaking process of crafting and constructing a novel, making mortality into a life-affirming theme, and how Markus first gained his passion for storytelling through listening to the stories his parents would tell him. Fans flocked from far and wide to Europe’s largest bookstore for the event, and were moved and entertained by Markus’s anecdotes. He was signing for over two hours afterwards, and then we continued the conversation over a hearty dinner at Brasserie Zédel, a grand Parisian brasserie adorned with art deco. All in all, an excellent evening.
Anita Sethi 