Events
2020
Oct 22 What It Means to be Unmarriageable, a conversation with Devoney Looser at Brazos Bookstore
Oct 17 Atlanta Authors Series, a talk on Publishing and Writing
Oct 15 A Measure of Belonging Anthology Talk on what it means to be Southern, a conversation with editor Cinelle Barnes, Devi Laskar and Natalia Sylvester
Oct 13 Ageism In Publishing, a conversation with Jenny Bhatt, Sejal Shah, Devi Laskar and Anjali Enjeti, Community Bookstore
Oct 11 Jane Austen AGM Plenary Panel, a conversation with Juliette Wells, Robert Rodi and Alice Villasenor
Oct 3rd Writing Strong Women, Sexy Women, a conversation with Alka Joshi Read It Again Bookstore
Sept 26 Against the Grain, a conversation with Donna Miscolta and Lily Hoang
Sept 24 Controversial film ‘Cuties’, a discussion with Sumana Syed and Farheen Raza on the podcast Authentic and Unfiltered
Sept 12 The Jane Austen Panel, a conversation with Natalie Jenner and Drew Arms. Read It Again Bookstore
July 11 All Things Jane Austen Panel, conversation with Deborah Yaffe and Anne Bogel at Jane Austen Festival
July 10 Keynote Address. Jane Austen Festival. JASNA Louisville, Kentucky
June 10th Food and a Place at the Table, in conversation with Roselle Lim on Books Connect Us podcast
June 4 Food, Family and Identity, a conversation with Sonali Dev hosted by the Jane Austen Summer Program
May 6 Unmarriageable Book Club. Bookmiser Bookstore East Cobb, Georgia
May 3 Bookbound Writers Festival in conversation with Romesh Gunesekera and Jenny Wong
April 25 Unmarriageable Event Presentation and Q and A. Read It Again Bookstore Suwanee, Georgia
April 23 Award Ceremony Townsend Prize Dekalb Historic Center Decatur, Georgia
April 15 Unmarriageable Presentation and Q and A. Furman University. Greenville, South Carolina
April 13 ‘Choice Words Anthology’ In conversation with editor Annie Finch. Charis Books. Decatur, Georgia
March 8 Unmarriageable Presentation and Q and A. Lark and Owl Book Store. Georgetown, Texas (Austin)
March 5 AWP Conference. Panelist ‘South Asian Writing in the American South’. San Antonio, Texas
March 5 AWP Conference. Panelist. MFA vs NYC Writers Culture. San Antonio, Texas
March 2 Unmarriageable Presentation and Q and A. Intrabang Book. Dallas, Texas
February 29 Highlands Writers Conference. Georgia Highlands College. Cartersville, Georgia
February 27 Authors in the Spotlight. SEL. Roswell, Georgia
February 20 Unmarriageable Presentation and Q and A. Polo Club. Cummings, Georgia
February 7th -Unmarriageable PAPERBACK BOOK LAUNCH Charis Books 7:30 pm
2019
August 9th Guest Speaker Citizenship Ceremony Oath. WATCH Here. READ here. Atlanta.
December 7th JASNA Northern California Guest Speaker and Toast Jane Austen Birthday Gala WATCH TOAST
December 8th Books Inc Palto Alto. Reading and Interview.
November 9th Keynote Address Red Clay Writers Conference. “Immigrant Southern in the New South’ Kennesaw Ga.
October 15th ‘What God is Honored Here’ Anthology Appearance the Loft Minneapolis
October 5th British Council Unmarriageable Launch Event Lahore Pakistan
October 2nd Beaconhouse University- Talk. Lahore Pakistan
October 1st American Embassy Appearance WATCH Mini Video Lahore Pakistan
Sept 27-29 Islamabad Literature Festival. WATCH Interview Islamabad Pakistan
Sept 21-22 Broadleaf Writers Conference Panelist
Sept 12 Women Alone Together- talk
Sept 1st Decatur Book Festival Panelist
Aug 14 Johns Creek Book Talk- Southern Discomfort
Aug 4th Waller Cafe Appearance- Watch Tribute on Gun Violence
June 20-23 Jane Austen Summer Program– Key Note Speaker Carraboro, North Carolina
June 15th Book Fest Gwinnet. Atlanta Writers Club Festival Interview Gwinett Ga
May 17-19 Greensboro Literature Festival Greensboro, North Carolina
May 2nd Liberty Books Lawrencville Ga
April 30th Johns Creeks Books and Gifts 7:00 pm Johns Creek Ga
April 11th Visiting Writers Series University of West Georgia
April 7th Mr. Darsee Tea Adventure Adventures By the Book Event San Diego Ca
April 5th Book Passage Ferry Ca
April 3 Elliott Bay Book Store Reading Seattle
March 28-30 AWP Portland Event at Five Points Journal Booth
March 27th Kepler’s Books Menlo Park CA
March 23rd JASNA Unmarriageable Book Club Toco Hills Library Decatur Free 2:00 pm
March 14 GSU Alumni Reading with fellow author Christopher Swann Open to All 4:30-5:30 GSU English Dept
Feb 15-17 Savannah Literary Festival Author Appearance
Feb 9th Talk on Rejection and Success Northeast-Spruill Oaks Library
Feb 5th Avid Bookstore, Prince Avenue Athen GA, not Greece!
January 28th Georgia Center for the Book
Jan 26th Authors Guild on Publishing Decatur Public Library
Jan 23rd Great Thoughts, Great Writers
Jan 22nd 2019, Tuesday FoxTale Book Shoppe with Anjali Enjeti
Jan 19 Atlanta Writers Club- Talk on How to Write a Literary Classic Retelling/Continuation
Jan 17 BOOK LAUNCH: Unmarriageable at Writers at the Wrecking Bar2018
100 Thousand Poets for Change. 29th September. 11:30-2:00 Agnes Scott College
Panelist ‘Over There, Over Here: Women Writing War‘. 21st September. War, Literature & the Arts Conference at USAFA.
Panelist: Past, Present, Future of Journalism. 28th July. Chai and Chat Series.
Little Women Book Club. Host. April 21st 2-3 pm Northeast/Spruill Oaks Library
2017
200 Anniversary Jane Austen Book Club. Host for all six novels. Feb- Dec 2017
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, a play. Panelist, Downtown Dialogue Dec 9 (cancelled)
Broadleaf Writers Festival. Panelist. Decatur, GA. 23-24 September.
Guest Author Lecture Series. The Chattahoochee Review. 22nd Sept. Clarkston Campus 1-2 pm
Creating Jane Austen and Austen’s Creations. WATCH ON YOUTUBE. Decatur Book Festival. Panelist.
Learning About Spirituality and Writing. Panelist. Reinhardt University.
Listen To Your Mother. Featured Performer. ‘Mothering Me’. 29th April.
TEDx On Regrets and Second Chances WATCH ON YOUTUBE Featured Speaker. 14th April 1-6
Featured Poet. Clarkston Community Celebration/Refuge Coffee 25 March 5-9 Clarkston Ga , One Square Mile
Panelist: Portrayals in South Asia of Contemporary American Literature (with Marina Budhos, Hena Khan) Friday 10th Feb 5-7 pm. Muse District at GW School of Media and Public Affairs
NEA Panelist: National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads Program Wednesday January 25th 7:00 – 9:00 pm
AWP Panelist: Ethnicity and Craft (Adam Stumacher. Anjali Mitter Duva. Nomi Eve. Jennifer De Leon) February 10
Tantrum, a show about raising kids. May 13th.
2016
MJCCA Book Festival: Interviewing authors Ellen Feldman and Jennifer S. Brown – November 11th
Panelist: Writing Seminar at Oglethorpe University (Jessica Handler, Collin Kelley, Zachary Steele, Kate Sweeney, Alison Law and Rachael Maddux) October 29th
Celebrate New Writing with Soniah Kamal, Randa Jarrar and Vanessa Huang, October 18 2016
Panelist: Diversity in Literary Criticism (Anjali Enjeti, Valerie Boyd, Kate Tuttle, Suzanne Van Atten) Decatur Book Festival 2016
Townsend Prize for Fiction Award Ceremony
AWP Panelist: New Directions in Postcolonial Writings- A Passage Through South Asia
AWP Panelist: Diversity Integrated- The Literary Art of Inclusion
2015
Lahore Literature Festival Debut Writers Panel Lahore Pakistan
Lahore Grammar School Defense Branch Featured Author on The Writing Life
Radio interview on North Avenue Lounge with Shannon Turner and Jessica Handler
Moderator for Panel on Daring Female Photographers of WWII Decatur Book Festival
South Asian Writers Read Georgia Center for the Book, Khabaar Magazine, Special Collections at Georgia State Univesrity
Atlanta Writers Club Featured Speaker on Rejection and Triumph Georgia
2014
An Isolated Incident Book Launch: Islamabad
An Isolated Incident Book Launch: Karachi
An Isolated Incident Book Launch: Lahore
Kriti Book Festival Panelist and Reader Chicago
IAAC Literary Festival Panelist and Reader New York
Panelist on Literary Fiction: Pakistan, India and Diaspora Decatur Book Festival
Moderator for Panel: Everybody’s Talking About It: Diversity in Children’s and YA Books Decatur Book Festival
Featured Reader: “Prose is Architecture”- 3 flash fiction pieces National Graduate Creative Writing Conference. University of West Georgia in Carrolton, Georgia
Panelist: “Weighing the Race Card: Writing About Race in Fiction and Poetry” National Graduate Creative Writing Conference.
Featured Reader: ‘Face This Face’ a poem New Voices Graduate Student Voices Conference Georgia State University
2013
Radio Interview for Madonna Week on WNYC Soundcheck New York
Lost in Letters
Lost in the Letters Festival: Featured Reader Georgia
Panel Introduction: ‘When Good Girls Go Bad’ Decatur Book Festival, Decatur Georgia
The Nuts and Bolts of Flash Fiction. Spruill Oaks Library. Georgia
Fiction Workshop. Scene/Plot/Character/Style: The Elements of Fiction. Dunwoody Library. Georgia
‘The Life of a Sari’: International Festival. Spruill Oaks Library. Johns Creek Ga
2012
Featured Speaker: ‘Through the Wilderness’: On Growing up with Madonna Decatur Book Festival