Events & Speaking 2012
Anita Sethi
anita sethi at phoenix arts club, london
journalist & writer
Anita Sethi

events 2012

2012 / Events & Speaking Around the World
AUSTRALIA

International Writer in Residence & Ambassador

Emerging Writers Festival, Melbourne, Australia

7 events including:
Town Hall Writers' Conference - speeches and panels
  Lunchbox/Soapbox talk at the Wheeler Centre
May/June 2012

THE CARIBBEAN

chair at NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad & Tobago

facilitator at CALAG Project - Trinidad & Tobago,
in conjunction with NGC Bocas Lit Fest, British Council & Commonwealth Writers

NGC Bocas Lit Fest - chair for events with Chika Unigwe, Rahul Bhattacharya, Monique Roffey, Rivka Galchen

April 2012

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Moderated events with authors including Tim Mackintosh-Smith and Marina Lewkca as part of the
British Council Cultural Programme

Chairing event with Zadie Smith - Manchester Town Hall, 30th August 2012,

Trailblazer event for Manchester Literature Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 - chairing x3 events - August 2012

London Literature Festival 2012 - chairing various events - July 2012

Manchester Literature Festival 2012 - chairing various events - October 2012

Bristol Ideas Festival - chairing event with Elif Shafak - May 2012

Southbank Centre - chaired Book Clubs on Peter Carey and Nadine Gordimer - March/April 2012

RichMix London - speaking at event English Innit! as part of St George's Day Snapshots Festival

Glasgow Aye! Write Festival - chairing event with Jackie Kay - March 2012

Cambridge Word Fest - chaired events with Sandy Gall / and Chibundo Onuzo and Noo Saro-Wiwa - April 2012

UK