International Booker Prize 2024: The Act of Translation
Panel discussion with Michael Hofmann and Fiammetta Rocco.
Arvon Writing Course: The Hurst
Telling Stories in Poetry and Prose: residential course with Romesh Gunesekera and Cecilia Knapp. Guest writer: Jane Sanderson
Hay Festival
International Booker Prize Winner
the Winner and the Translator AND ROMESH GUNESEKERA talk to Gaby Wood
Arvon Course: Fanning the Flame
One week residential course in Yorkshire on writing with Romesh Gunesekera and Jennifer Wong. Guest writer Jo Clement.
Arvon Course: Fanning the Flame
A one week residential course in Devon on writing fiction. Tutors: Romesh Gunesekera and Caroline Brothers.
Oxford Literary Festival
Romesh Gunesekera interviewing Alastair Niven on a Life in Arts and Education
Ecoimaginings 2021
Romesh Gunesekera will be doing a reading for this conference on zoom.
Brighton Festival
Travelling Traditions with Olivia Sudjic, Preti Taneja and George Szirtes.
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre
Romesh will be talking with Shiromi Pinto about Suncatcher and Plastic Emotions, together with Erica Wagner.
Liverpool Literary Festival
Journey from the Centre of the Universe with Romesh Gunesekera.
The Influence of Liverpool on Romesh Gunesekera’s writing.
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.
BIC Streams: Suncatcher
A conversation with Salil Tripathi about Suncatcher for the Bangalore Literature Festival. Start time as in India.
Author Talk
Author talk and Q&A hosted by the wonderful North Harrow Community Library on-line.
BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking
A conversation between Romesh and Children’s Laureate Anne Fine on writing. Available as a BBC podcast
Bloomsbury Book Club on-line
Book club hosted by Bloomsbury India. q & a on Suncatcher.
BookBound 2020
On-line festival where Romesh chairs a conversation with poet Jennifer Wong and novelist Soniah Kamal.
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.
King's Lynn Festival of Fiction
Romesh will be talking to Professor Christopher Bigsby about Suncatcher.
Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters
Romesh will talking about Suncatcher and also appearing on a panel on Sri Lankan writing.
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.
FreeThinking BBC Radio 3
Discussion on empire and colonialism with William Dalrymple , Susheila Nasta and Rana Mitta.