Category: Writing

I was the victim of hate crime – but I can’t stay silent.

By Anita Sethi

Column in The Guardian

Monday 24th June 2019.

 

A great review of “Common People” including my piece in the anthology!

I’m a Judge for the Society of Authors Awards 2019, Paul Torday Memorial Prize

Chairing a sold out event at the British Library with musicians and writers Tracey Thorn and Viv Albertine.

Photograph by George Torode.

Interview with Elizabeth McCracken.

Published in the Observer, March 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

26^th March, Tuesday, 7pm – In conversation with Viv Albertine and Tracey Thorn

British Library

29^th March, Friday, 6.30pm – In conversation with Nikesh Shukla

Huddersfield Literary Festival

 

APRIL

9^th 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

16^th May, Thursday, Speaking at WowFest Liverpool

Liverpool

 

23^rd 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!

My column about the Pankhurst sisters and Manchester.