News and Events

Forthcoming

March 21, 2013
Keynote address
"Languages and Democracy" conference
University of Miami
March 20-22, 2013
University Miami
visit as Stanford Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
December 5-7, 2012
University of Michigan Visit
October 5, 2012
Kenote Speech
'Remapping Europe' Event
European Cultural Foundation
Amsterdam
October 2, 2012
Lecture on the occasion of the release of the Czech Edition of 'In An Antique Land'
Prague
Czech Republic
June 27, 2012
Read Global, Benefit Event,
Lake Tahoe, California
May 5, 2012
Guest Speaker
Fourth Anniversary Dinner to celebrate the 174th Year since Indians Arrived in British Guiana
Flushing
Queens
April 27, 2012
Keynote address:
'Novel Worlds'
4 p.m., Nasher Hall
Duke University
April 25, 2012
John Richards' Lecture in World History,
4 pm. Dick White Auditorium
Duke University
April 19, 2012
Public Lecture
Museum of British Art
Yale University
April 17, 2012
Schlesinger Program Reading
Yale University
April 3, 2012
Reading,
Memorial Chapel
Wesleyan University
Connecticut, USA
April 1, 2012
Public Lecture
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem
Massachusetts
March 19, 2012
Reading
University of Buffalo
March 17, 2012
Keynote Address
Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference
Toronto,
Canada
March 4-6, 2012
Fabula Festival
Ljubljana
Slovenia
March 2, 2012
'Storytelling and the Global Past: A Conversation with Natalie Zemon Davis and Amitav Ghosh'
Chair: Dr. John-Paul Ghobrial (Churchill College, Cambridge)
17:00 - 18:30
CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road
Cambridge, UK.
For further details, please go to:
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1899/
Feb 25, 2012
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
16.30 -17.30 Lecture Theatre
Amitav Ghosh will be interviewed by BBC journalist Razia Iqbal on his use of NMM records for imagining lives of unrecorded people, sailors and migrants whilst researching his novel “The Sea of Poppies”, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize 2008.

Concluded

Italian Release of 'River of Smoke' (Il fiume dell opio)
November 7-10, 2011.
Rome, Italy.

Presentation of 'Il Fiume del'Oppio' (River of Smoke) with Irene Bignardi and Goffredo Foffi.
Nov 9, 2011
6.30 pm
Casa delle Letterature
Piazza dell’Orologio, 3
Rome
ASIA SOCIETY
November 3, 2011
Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Jonathan Spence,
introduced by Orville Schell
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Contact: Michael Roberts
212-327-9238
mroberts@asiasociety.org
Massachusetts
November 1, 2011
4:30 p.m., Cole Assembly Room,
Converse Hall, Amherst College,
Massachusetts
New York City
GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE
7:30 PM, Thursday, October 27, 2011.
686 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Contact: Jessica Stockton Bagnulo
(718) 246-0200
jessica@greenlightbookstore.com
http://abookstoreinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/
New York City
MCNALLY JACKSON
7:00 PM, Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
Contact: Michele Filgate
212-274-1160
mfilgate@gmail.com
http://www.readingisbreathing.wordpress.com

CANADA
HARBOURFRONT FESTIVAL
Tuesday, October 25, 2011.
Toronto.
Canada
OTTAWA BOOK FESTIVAL
Monday, October 24, 2011.
Chicago
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
In Conversation with Victoria Lautman
4:00 PM, Sunday, October 23, 2011.
University of Chicago
Mandel Hall
Contact: Corrina Lesser
312.661.1028 ext. 12
corrinal@chfestival.org
www.chicagohumanities.org
Austin
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 22, 2011.
610 Brazos
Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
Contact: Clay Smith
(512) 472-3808
Clay@texasbookfestival.org
San Francisco

KEPLER'S BOOKS
7:00 PM, Thursday, October 20, 2011.
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Contact: Pam Grange
650 856 0978
pam@keplers.com
San Francisco
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY
6:00 PM , Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
57 Post Street
Suite 407
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact: Laura Shepard
415-393-0114
events@milibrary.org
www.milibrary.com
Seattle
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY
Co-sponsored by Seattle Arts & Lectures
7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue
Seattle, WA
Contact: Rick Simonson
206-624-6640
rsimonson@elliottbaybook.com
Seattle
SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES
7:30 PM, Monday, October 17, 2011.
Kirkland Performing Arts Center
350 Kirkland Avenue
Kirkland, WA
Contact: Linda Bowers
206-621-2230 x 15
linda@lectures.org
Seattle
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Monday, October 17 , 2011.
University of Washington
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall
NE 41st Street and 15th Avenue
Seattle, WA
Contact: Bharti Kirchner
206-547-8027
bhartik@aol.com
Introduction by Dr. Priti Ramamurthy
Reading followed by an in-conversation with Bharti
Western Massachusetts
ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP
7:00 PM, Saturday, October 8, 2011.
9 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01705
Contact: Sydney Towne
413-534-7307
odysseynews@aol.com
New York City
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
In conversation with Leonard Lopate
4:00 PM, Saturday, October 1, 2011.
Central Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Meredith Walters
718-369-9385 ext 158
M.Walters@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Baltimore
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
Sheridan Libraries
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Contact: Brian Shields
410-516-8337 office
bshields@jhu.edu
Washington DC
POLITICS & PROSE
7:00 PM , Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Contact: Mike Giarratano
202-363-7663
events@politics-prose.com
New York
RUSSIAN SAMOVAR
7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 20, 2011.
FSG Reading Series
256 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Brooklyn
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Borough Hall
Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Tom McGinn bookfestival@visitbrooklyn.org
São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo,
September 11-12, 2011.
Salvador, Brazil, Federal University of Bahia,
September 6, 2011.
Rio de Janeiro International Book Fair,
September 1 -4, 2011.
Release of 'River of Smoke' in India,

Hyderabad :
26th July 7 pm, Park Hotel, Hyderabad.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Delhi :
1st July launch at the Aman, New Delhi at 7 pm.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Chennai :
30th June launch at Taj Coromandel, Chennai at 7 pm.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Bangalore :
27th launch at Taj West End, Bangalore at 7 pm
28th bookstore signings:
4.30 pm Pageturners (the Penguin bookstore on MG Road)
6.30 pm Reliance.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Cochin:
23rd launch at Taj Malabar at 7 pm.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Mumbai:
21st June launch at Trident Mumbai at 7 pm
22nd event at Crossword Kemps Corner at 7 pm.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com

Calcutta:
18th June launch at Taj Bengal at 7 pm
20th - Bookstore visits (signings):
Oxford 5.00 - 5.40pm
Crossword 6.00 - 6.40 pm
Starmark 7.00 - 7.45 pm.
For invitations please write to publicity@in.penguingroup.com
UK release, River of Smoke:

Monday 6th June
19:00 Royal Society of Literature
Interviewer: Linda Grant
Chair: Colin Thubron
At Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House

Tuesday, 7th June
20:00 Reading at:
Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath - event
Address: The Paragon, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5LS
Contact: Saber Khan, 01225 428111

Wednesday 8th June:
18:45 Asia House

Contact: Adrienne Loftus Parkins, 07718 319226
Moderator: Razia Iqbal, BBC
Followed by reception and book-signing
Keynote address, 'India's World' Conference, at
the New School for Social Research, New York
May 10, 2011, 6 pm
(for details please go to: http://www.newschool.edu/india or
http://www.newschool.edu/cps/indias-world/).
Blue Metropolis Festival
April 27 - May 1, 2011, Montreal.
28th April 2011.
Amitav Ghosh receives the Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix 2011.
Given by the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Montreal, Canada, the Blue Metropolis Grand Prix is awarded each year to a world-renowned author in recognition of a lifetime of literary achievement. Previous recipients include: A.S.Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Carlos Fuentes, Paul Auster and Norman Mailer.
Release of "Cozinha de Goa:history and tradition of Goan food" by Fatima Gracias, Sunaparanta, Panjim, Goa - India 5:45 pm. March 29, 2011.
Conference on “Amitav Ghosh: Writer Extraordinary”
Tarakeshwar College, West Bengal, India 25-26 March 2011.
'Abstracts'
Release of Inside/Outside, a collection of writing from the Goa Writer's Group.
March 23, 2011, 6 pm, Literati, Candolim, Goa, India.
Hong Kong International Literary Festival,
March 2011.