Asian Word
Sathnam Sanghera will be moderating a discussion on the theme of Migration and Displacement, with new writers Neel Mukherjee, Tishani Doshi (The Peacemakers), Nitasha Kaul (Residue) at the 2010 Asia House Festival of Asian Literature. Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 6:45pm, Fine Room 1 at Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP. Tickets go on sale in March. For more information contact Asia House, 020 7307 5454 or enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk
Cheltenham
Sathnam Sanghera will be a writer in residence at The Cheltenham Literary Festival 2009, and will be appearing at an event at midday on Sunday October 19th alongside writers Vesna Maric and Kapka Kassabova.
Words, Bromsgrove
Sathnam Sanghera will be giving readings from and answering questions about The Boy With The Topknot in the Midlands on September 11, at the Harris Brushworks, Stoke Prior, 8pm, £8. For tickets call the organisers 0121 445 5804.
London
Meet and eat with Sathnam Sanghera, who will be talking about his award winning book ‘The Boy with the Topknot’ on Wednesday July 8th 2009, 6.30pm, at Mango Leaf Restaurant, 249-251, Green Street, London, E7 8LJ. Tickets £15 includes two course buffet meal. Tickets available from Newham Bookshop 020 8552 9993.
Rubicon Book Club
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot at 7:30pm, Tuesday June 30, 2009, at Rubicon, 97 Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6 4AW. £4.
London
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot at Literary Salon event, Shoreditch House, 7pm, June 3rd 2009.
Essex
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot at Harold Wood Library, 7:30pm, Monday May 18th 2009. Arundel Road, Harold Wood, Essex, RM3 0RX
Black Country Big Book Fortnight
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot at Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZ. 7.30pm, Friday May 15th 2009. £3.00/ £1.50 for library members, and £5.00/ £2.50 for non-members. Info: 0121 569 4904
Birmingham
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot at 11am on Monday 11th May 2009, Northfield Library
Redbridge Book and Media Festival
Readings from and questions about The Boy With The Topknot in Gloucester Room in Ilford Central library, Clements Road, Ilford IG1 1EA on Wednesday April 22nd, 6:30pm – 8pm. Free.
Tongues on Fire Film Festival
Sathnam Sanghera in conversation with director Gurinder Chadha, Tongues on Fire Film Festival and Women in Film and Television. Friday March 13th, 6:30pm, Courthouse Kempinski Hotel in the cinema space.
Conference
Readings from and questions about If You Don’t Know Me By Now at the Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Conference, QE2 Conference Centre, London, SW1, Thursday March 12th
3.15pm.
Tongues on Fire
Tongues on Fire, the 11th annual Asian Film Festival, in association with The Royal College of Psychiatrists, presents an evening with Sathnam Sanghera, followed by reception. Tuesday, 9th December, 6:30pm, in the Auditorium at the Society of Chemical Industry, 14-15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS. Limited tickets, booking necessary, further information from info@tonguesonfire.com
South Yardley Library
Readings from and questions about If You Don’t Know Me By Now at South Yardley Library, Yardley Road, Birmingham, B25 8LT. 30 October 2008, 7.00pm, free entry.
Ilkley Literary Festival
Sathnam Sanghera in discussion with Yasmin
Hai, author of The Making of Mr Hai’s Daughter, Sunday 19th October, 5.30pm
Durham Literary Festival
Event with Yasmin Hai on Saturday 18th October
Gala Theatre, Millennium Place (studio 1), 2pm
Redbridge Book Festival
Event on Wednesday 15th October at Ilford library. 7:00 – 8:30pm, Gloucester Room, Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford, IG1 1EA. Info: 020 8708 2857. Free but booking necessary via email: arts&Events@redbridge.gov.uk
Cheltenham Literary Festival
Join Yasmin Hai, whose autobiography The Making of Mr Hai’s Daughter explores her father’s determination to assimilate into his British future after arriving from Pakistan, and Sathnam Sanghera, who journeys into his family’s unimaginable past in memoir If You Don’t Know Me by Now. They discuss their work, exploring identity, memory and the power of family memoir. Event on Monday October 13th, tickets £6, 7.30-8.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall
South Asian Literary Festival
Sathnam Sanghera in discussion with Nikita Lalwani, author of Gifted, Sunday 12th October, The Barber Room, The Sage, Gateshead, 2.30 – 4pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Sathnam Sanghera in discussion with Imran Ahmad, author of Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West, 14:30, August 9th 2008, in The Peppers Theatre.
Leytonstone Festival
Newham Books will present a discussion between Jacqueline Walker, author of Pilgrim State and Sathnam Sanghera in Leytonstone Library’s main hall at 18.30 on Sunday 6th July 2008. 6 Church Lane, Leytonstone, London, E11 1HG.
Wolverhampton Central Library
Readings from and questions about If You Don’t Know Me By Now at the Alan Garner Centre, Old Hall Street, next to the Central Library on Wednesday 21 May 2008, 7.30pm, Tickets £3/£2. For tickets and further information call 01902 552061
The Culture Show
The BBC TWO arts programme will be running a feature on If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Saturday 22 March 2008, 19:10