Aug
30
to 1 Sept
Aug
16
4:00 pm16:00
International Booker Prize 2024: The Act of Translation
Panel discussion with Michael Hofmann and Fiammetta Rocco.
Jun
24
to 29 Jun
Arvon Writing Course: The Hurst
Telling Stories in Poetry and Prose: residential course with Romesh Gunesekera and Cecilia Knapp. Guest writer: Jane Sanderson
May
25
7:00 pm19:00
Hay Festival
International Booker Prize Winner
the Winner and the Translator AND ROMESH GUNESEKERA talk to Gaby Wood
Jan
25
to 28 Jan
Jun
26
to 1 Jul
Arvon Course: Fanning the Flame
One week residential course in Yorkshire on writing with Romesh Gunesekera and Jennifer Wong. Guest writer Jo Clement.
Apr
11
to 16 Apr
Arvon Course: Fanning the Flame
A one week residential course in Devon on writing fiction. Tutors: Romesh Gunesekera and Caroline Brothers.
Mar
29
4:00 pm16:00
Oxford Literary Festival
Romesh Gunesekera interviewing Alastair Niven on a Life in Arts and Education
Feb
3
10:10 am10:10
Dec
11
10:30 am10:30
Ecoimaginings 2021
Romesh Gunesekera will be doing a reading for this conference on zoom.
May
27
7:30 pm19:30
Brighton Festival
Travelling Traditions with Olivia Sudjic, Preti Taneja and George Szirtes.
Jan
13
5:00 pm17:00
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre
Romesh will be talking with Shiromi Pinto about Suncatcher and Plastic Emotions, together with Erica Wagner.
Jan
7
11:45 am11:45
Dec
23
1:00 pm13:00
Nov
8
4:00 pm16:00
Oct
10
10:00 am10:00
Liverpool Literary Festival
Journey from the Centre of the Universe with Romesh Gunesekera.
The Influence of Liverpool on Romesh Gunesekera’s writing.
Oct
4
2:00 pm14:00
Brooklyn Book Festival
‘Coming of Age in Challenging Times’ a digital panel discussion with Suneeta Peres da Costa and Ivan Vladislavić, chaired by Eric Banks. Time is EST.
Oct
3
6:00 pm18:00
BIC Streams: Suncatcher
A conversation with Salil Tripathi about Suncatcher for the Bangalore Literature Festival. Start time as in India.
Aug
20
7:00 pm19:00
Author Talk
Author talk and Q&A hosted by the wonderful North Harrow Community Library on-line.
Jul
26
2:00 pm14:00
Jun
5
3:00 pm15:00
May
26
10:00 pm22:00
BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking
A conversation between Romesh and Children’s Laureate Anne Fine on writing. Available as a BBC podcast
May
22
1:30 pm13:30
Bloomsbury Book Club on-line
Book club hosted by Bloomsbury India. q & a on Suncatcher.
May
3
3:30 pm15:30
BookBound 2020
On-line festival where Romesh chairs a conversation with poet Jennifer Wong and novelist Soniah Kamal.
Mar
23
to 31 May
Cancellations due to Corona Virus
Sadly, due to the current situation with Covid-19 a number of events at Brighton, Geneva, Cardiff and Norwich between now and end of May 2020 have had to be cancelled. Please check here again for later dates.
Mar
13
to 15 Mar
King's Lynn Festival of Fiction
Romesh will be talking to Professor Christopher Bigsby about Suncatcher.
Feb
21
to 23 Feb
Jan
30
to 2 Feb
Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters
Romesh will talking about Suncatcher and also appearing on a panel on Sri Lankan writing.
Jan
28
6:30 pm18:30
Colombo Launch of Suncatcher
Romesh will be talking about Suncatcher at the British Council in Colombo. Please visit the British Council website for free tickets.
Dec
5
10:00 pm22:00
FreeThinking BBC Radio 3
Discussion on empire and colonialism with William Dalrymple , Susheila Nasta and Rana Mitta.