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2008

FRANCE

le 29 mai 2008, TOULON
Rencontre et signature à la Librairie Charlemagne, 50 Boulevard Strasbourg

le 30 mai-le 1 juin
Comédie du livre, Librairies les cinq continents, au pavilion populaire.

JAPAN (in absentia)
Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami Japanese site
Artistic Passport in Group Show Your Documents Please
April 4-20, 2008

USA
Behind the Book Reading Series with Lydia Millet and Adam Mansbach
13th March 2008, 7-9pm, KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

INDIA

Talk at Punjab University, Chandigarh
3rd March 2008 -- 11 am

Inter-departmental Seminar, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
8th Febraury 2008--3:30pm

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Signature at The Village Voice Bookstore, 6, rue Princesse, 75006 PARIS
15th november 2007
if you're an Harvard alum in Paris then check here


Cafés littéraires, Montélimar du 4 au 7 octobre
-le 4 octobre à 20h30
Café littéraire à l'Absinthe à La Garde Adhémar animée par Franck Daumas
-le 5 octobre 2007 de 15h à 17h
Rencontre au lycée Alain Borne
-le 6 octobre 2007 de 10h30 à 12h30 et de 15h à 17h
Signature/dédicaces à la librairie du villages des Cafés
-le 6 octobre 2007 à 21h15
Café littéraire à La Caverne d'Ali Baba animée par Harold David

Women's Forum for Economy & Society, Deauville 11th to 13th October
Discovery Moment, October 12th, 12 noon-1:15 pm

Salon du livre, Le Mans
le 14 octobre 2007

Le livre sur la Place, Nancy du 21 au 23 septembre
Les signatures/dédicaces les trois jours au hall de la librarie
CAFE LITTERAIRE--PREMIER SALON, PREMIER LIVRE
le 22 septembre 2007 à 14h30

Au chapiteau de la Place Carrière
à écouter sur Radio France Bleu Lorraine vendredi à 17h

Les correspondances, Manosque du 26 au 30 septembre

Jeu Double: Abha Dawesar et Isabelle Reinharez animé par Pascal Jourdnana
le 30 septembre 2007 à 11h

A la place d'hôtel de ville

Les Mots Doubs, Besançon du 15 au 16 septembre

Génération Roman
le 16 septembre 2007 à 16h50

Parc de la Gare d'Eau
à écouter sur Radio France Bleu Besançon


NEW YORK

ELECTRIC LADYLAND

16 August 2007 at 7 P.M.
Co-sponsored with The Asian American Writers' Workshop. Join the South Asian Women's Creative Collective during their 10th Anniversary Exhibition "Sultana's Dream," featuring five SAWCC authors Beena Ahmad, Abha Dawesar, Shahnaz Habib, Tahira Naqvi, & Purvi Shah reading from new work.
Followed by booksigning and reception.
Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue (36th Street), New York City
$5-10 suggested
France du 27 mai au 2 juin

Saint-Malo

May 27, 2007 5 P.M.
Intra Muros avec Bessora
Hôtel du Louvre

May 27, 2007 6:15-7:30 P.M.
Signature
Quai Duguay-Trouin (Près du P.G.L)

May 28, 2007 10 A.M.
Drôles de dames avec Bertina Henrichs, Gisèle Pineau et Bulbul Sharma
Palais du grand large

May 28, 2007 11 A.M.
Signature
Quai Duguay-Trouin (Près du P.G.L)

Paris

May 30, 2007 4-5:30 P.M.
Signature
Le Grand Palais

June 1, 2007 6:30 P.M.
Rencontre/Signature avec Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint
Virgin Megastore, Barbès

Montpellier

June 2, 2007 3:30-4:30 P.M.
Rencontre avec Jean-Claude Perrier
Salle Molière

June 2, 2007 4:30-5:30 P.M.
Signature
La librairie des cinq continents

New Orleans, May 11-13, 2007

May 11, 2007 10 A.M.
A NOVEL CONVERSATION: A DISCUSSION BETWEEN JEWELLE GOMEZ AND ABHA DAWESAR
Bourbon Orleans Ballroom, The Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

May 12, 2007 4 P.M.
HARRINGTON PARK PRESS READING SERIES: WRITERS READ
Join Wayne Courtois , Abha Dawesar, Jennifer Kuchta, Rich Merritt, William J. Mann, and Robert Taylor as they thrill, entertain, educate, or stimulate the literary mind with that most powerful instrument: the written word.
St. Mary's Salon, The Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

May 13, 2007 10 A.M.
THERE IS NO THERE THERE?
Panelists: Abha Dawesar, Ellen Hart, and Narine Holtz. Moderator: Amie M. Evans.
Bourbon Orleans Ballroom, The Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

2007

March 16, 2007
Rencontre chez Violette et co à 19h.

Salon du Livre, Paris, 2007

March 23-27, 2007, Porte de Versailles, Hall 1

March 23, 2007
13h-14h : Lecteur Studio SNCF animé par Isabelle Rabineau
15h-15h30 : RFI en direct du salon « Entre les lignes » animé par Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint Soirée inauguration salon

March 24, 2007
14h10-15h10 : Terrasse politique/ Le thé des écrivains Des femmes engagées en Inde Abha Dawesar, Bina Ellias (sous réserve) et Arpita Das (sous réserve)» Table ronde animée par Georges-Emmanuel Morali
15h30-16h30 : Table ronde CNL Femmes dans la tourmente Urvashi Butalia, Abha Dawesar, Shashi Deshpande, Sudhir Kakar, Anita Rau Badami and Vikram Seth, Animée par Josiane Racine ou Pascal Jourdana
16h30-17h30 : Book signing Editis/Interforum Stand

March 25, 2007
10h-11h : Espace Vision du Monde Femmes du monde Abha Dawesar & Elsa Osorio, animée par Maette Chantrel

March 26, 2007 Program in Nanterre

March 27, 2007 Once again at Salon du Livre, Paris
11h- 12h: Table ronde Virgin/les péchés vus de l’étranger animé par Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint Avec : Mark CRICK , Abha DAWESAR, José-Manuel FAJARDO , Elsa OSORIO Gilda PIERSANTI, Allen S. WEISS 18h-19h : Une heure avec (organisé par le CNL) Table ronde Abha Dawesar and Isabelle Reinharez (translator)
19h-20h : Book signing at the Pavilion of Honor

2006


La Villa Marguerite Yourcenar
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006, , Saint Jans Cappel, France.
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Monday, August 14, 2006
Where: Shakespeare & Company, 37, rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris
That Summer in Paris Reading and Signing


Thursday, July 13th, 2006 at 6pm.
Where:Village Quill in Tribeca 106 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10013
Art Opening, Reception & Book Reading


Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 at 7pm.
Where:Barnes & Noble in Chelsea (675, 6th Ave)
Reading, booksigning, Q&A That Summer in Paris


2006 ALA Stonewall Book Awards event
Monday, June 26th, 2006 at 10:30am, New Orleans, Louisiana.


LIVE!@your library Reading Stage
Sunday, June 25th, 2006 at 3pm, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Reading @Aisle 200 and Book Signing@Booth 1325. American Library Association Conference.

NEW YORK
NYPL Reading (with Thomas Glave and Richard Siken)
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 at 2pm
Celeste Bartos Education Center Auditorium,Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, NY

NEW DELHI
January 5, 2006
New Delhi Book Club Discussion on Babyji

NEW DELHI
February 23, 2006
Lecture on Art & Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology


2005

NEW YORK
6:30 PM, Tuesday, February 15, 2005
SAJA (South Asian Journalists Association) & Gallery ArtsIndia reception & book reading
Joint reading with Amitava Kumar reading from Husband of a Fanatic
Gallery ArtsIndia, 206 Fifth Avenue (at 25th street), 5th Floor, New York, NY 10010. Phone: 212-725-6092

SEATTLE
7:30 PM, Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Elliot Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98104

SAN FRANCISCO
7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 23, 2005
NETIP Dinner for Bay Area members

SAN FRANCISCO
7:30 PM, Thursday, February 24, 2005
Books, Inc., 2275 Market, San Francisco, CA 94114

NEW YORK
11:15 AM, Saturday, February 26, 2005.South Asian Women's Leadership Forum Congress.
Panel Presentation I (Lower Level) Introduction by Sabrina Dhawan, Screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding Moderator, Shandana Durrani, Senior Editor, Cigar Aficonado
Panelists

Sabrina Dhawan, Screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding
Ameena Meer, Author & Creative Director
Abha Dawesar, Author, Babyji

NEW YORK
7:00 PM, Thursday, March 3, 2005
Barnes and Noble, 4 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003

NEWTON
7:30 PM, Wednesday, March 16, 2005
“Books and Brew” series, Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St.,Newton, MA 02460

NEW YORK
7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2005
McNally Robinson, 50 Prince Street.

PARIS
8:30 AM, Friday, May 6, 2005
Sciences Po./IEP de Paris, 56 rue des Saints Péres, 75007, Paris
Lecture on Indian Writers in the Diaspora



ANN ARBOR Book Festival May 20-21, 2005

7:30 PM, Friday, May 20, 2005
Author reception, Michigan League 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor

Saturday, May 21, 2005
Modern Languages Building, Lecture Room 1, 812 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI, Admission Free
 I. 2:00 pm — Chick Lit: What's Hot, What's New, What's Next Moderator: Anne Martino, "Shelf Life" weekly newspaper columnist
Panelists: Abha Dawesar, author (Babyji)
Lynn Messina, author (Mim Warner's Lost Her Cool)
Elaine Overton, author (Love's Inferno)
 II. 4:00 pm— Women of Color, Write!
Join panelists that bring a unique perspective to their writing via their experiences as women of color. Panelists will discuss their writing experiences, and cultural influences on their writing styles and subject matter. In addition, each will read from recent works and take questions from the audience.
Moderator: Rukiya Curvey-Johnson, director, Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore
Panelists: Jeannie Cobb, author, (Dark Roots)
Abha Dawesar, author, (Babyji)
Heather Neff, author (Haarlam)



NEW YORK
CHIASMATA, South Asian Women's Creative Collective

Sunday, May 22, 2005
 I.  12-2 pm Writing Workshop for emerging writers.
To reserve a spot email sawccmail@yahoo.com
 II.  2:30-4pm "Indian-American Writers: Challenges and Issues"
Publishing Panel Discussion
Are true South Asian American stories—with all their nuances, connections and subcultures—making it to bookstores? Join agents, editors, and writers as they discuss the mango-spices-sari-mendhi novel, the rapid rise of Desi "chick-lit", genre-bending literature, the marketing of the female writer, and what this all means for emerging South Asian women writers.
Moderated by Pooja Makhijani (editor, Under Her Skin, Seal Press, 2004)
Panelists: Anna Ghosh (literary agent,) Abha Dawesar (Babyji, Anchor Books, 2005,) Neesha Meminger (writer and co-founder of See it Be it,) Mary Anne Mohanraj (Bodies in Motion and founding editor, Clean Sheets magazine.).

WASHINGTON, D.C.
7 PM, Thursday May 26, 2005
Olsson Books
Reading from BABYJI
Olsson's Penn Quarter/The Lansburgh, 418 7th St., NW, 202-638-7610


NEW YORK
11:20AM-12:50 PM, Saturday, May 28
, 2005
National Federation of Indian-American Assoication's(NFIA), 25th anniversary conference; Crowne Plaza Hotel, La Guardia Airport, NYC
"Indian Writers in America--Past Experiences and Expectations"
Initiator: Dr. Susham Bedi, Moderator: Dr. Rohini B. Ramanathan, Columnist/Essayist. Oceanside, NY
Speakers:
Dr. Susham Bedi, Author, Professor of Hindi, Columbia University and Founder of "Kahaani," an Indian-American Writers' Forum "Quest for Identity: Grappling with the Literary Self in the Diaspora."
Abha Dawesar, Author of the novels Babyji (Anchor Books, February 2005) and Miniplanner, New York
Vijay Seshadri, Author of two books of poems, Wild Kingdom and The Long Meadow (winner of the 2004 James Laughlin Prize from the Academy of American Poets)., New York
Raju Thomas, Secretary of Sargavedi, a New York-based Malayalam Writers' Forum, Elmont, NY


NEW YORK
7:00 PM, Thursday, June 9, 2005
Reading from BABYJI
Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002


NEW YORK
10:45 AM-12:15PM, Saturday June 18, 2005
Fiction Writing Panel, SAJA Convention 2005
Columbia University,Lerner Hall & Columbia Journalism School, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Five US-based South Asian fiction writers will talk about the writing process, finding agents, selling and marketing their books. Speakers: Abha Dawesar, Babyji; Pooja Makhijani, Mama's Saris; Mary Anne Mohanraj, Bodies in Motion; Meera Nair, Video; Sanjay Sanghoee, Merger. Moderator and manager: Aseem Chhabra


L.A.--Artwallah Festival July 7-10, 2005
The Evening Show July 8 at 8pm and July 9 & 10 at 7:30 pm
Real Authors, Real Time July 10 at 3pm


PARIS
7:00 PM, Monday, July 18, 2005
Reading from BABYJI
Shakespeare & Company, 37, rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris


CHICAGO
November 11-13, 2005
Kriti Festival


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