Granta 112: Pakistan Launch Events
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 21:40
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UK Events
Monday 13 September: Ash at Nightfall: Pakistani Poetry, Then and Now
An evening of poetry with Daniyal Mueenuddin and Amina Yaqin. A reception will follow in the spirit of Eid-ul-Fitr.
SOAS Brunei Gallery, Room B102, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Please RSVP at
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Tuesday 14 September: An Evening with Nadeem Aslam
Eight Granta readers will have the chance to join Nadeem Aslam for a private evening at the Wapping Project. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
The Wapping Project Bookshop, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London E1W 3ST, 6.30 p.m.
Wednesday 15 September: Pakistan: A Corona Burst of Talent
At our London launch event, please join Granta, Green Cardamom arts organization and writers including Daniyal Mueenuddin and Nadeem Aslam for a discussion on the literature and contemporary art of Pakistan. A reception with Pakistani canapés from Silk Road Cafe will follow. The evening will also include live music and a silent auction of art work from the issue.
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 7LP, 6.15 p.m. Tickets can be booked via email at
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. Granta subscribers are offered the Asia House friends price of £8. Ticket price includes a copy of Granta 112. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the floods appeal.
Thursday 16 September: Crossing the Line: Expressing Pakistan
Nadeem Aslam, Aamer Hussein, Sarfraz Manzoor and Kamila Shamsie will read from their work and discuss the dynamics of expression in and out of Pakistan. In association with PEN and FLOW: The Free Word Festival.
Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA, 6.30 p.m. Buy tickets here or call 0207 3242 570.
Friday 17 September: Pakistan POP! Dance Party for OXFAM
Blackall Studios opens its doors to Granta for a night of dancing and fundraising in support of OXFAM’s floods appeal hosted by Granta and Kamila Shamsie. Dance the night away to music from Def Leppard to ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ and other gems inspired by Kamila Shamsie’s essay ‘Pop Idols’, mixed by a Karachi-based DJ from City FM 89.
Blackall Studios 73a Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS, 8.00 p.m.– 12.00 a.m.
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. A suggested donation of £5 can be made at the door. Those who donate £10 or more will receive a copy of Granta 112: Pakistan.
Saturday 2 October: A Case of Exploding Talent: New Writing in Pakistan
In this panel, writers featured in the issue explore the frisson and fractures of new writing in Pakistan.
At the Ilkley Festival from 2:30 pm - 3.30 pm. For tickets and details, visit www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk.
Friday 22 October: More Than Mullahs and Machine Guns: The Politics of Writing Pakistan
Mohammed Hanif and a Cambridge academic will discuss the politics of world literature and how one writes Pakistan.
At the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. .
U.S.A.
Tuesday 21 September: How to Talk About Pakistan
Lorraine Adams, Mohsin Hamid, Kiran Khalid and John Freeman discuss the complexity of writing about this dynamic country. In association with the South Asian Journalists Association.
AICON Gallery, 35 Great Jones Street, NYC, 7.00 p.m. Please RSVP at
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Wednesday 22 September: Reporting Pakistan: A Evening for Students
A Granta student discussion on reporting and representing Pakistan. In association with the South Asian Journalists Association.
Stabile Student Center, Columbia Journalism School Lobby floor, 116th St & Broadway (#1 train to 116th St), 5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Please RSVP at
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Thursday 23 September: Granta 112: Pakistan Launch Event
Mohsin Hamid and Granta launch the issue with wine and food.
192 Books, 192 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street, NYC, 7 p.m. Please RSVP at
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Saturday 9 October: LitQuake LitCrawl: Fiction, reportage, and turmoil in Pakistan
Uzma Aslam Khan and others discuss the writerly tools used to incorporate politics of place and identity into fiction and reportage.
Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, 7.15 p.m. – 8.15 p.m. www.litquake.org.
Amsterdam
Wednesday 29 September: Granta: Witnessing the World
Athenaeum presents an evening with Granta, discussing new writing and the magazine’s past, present and future.
Athenaeum Boekhandel, Spui 14-16, 8 p.m. Please RSVP at
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Pakistan
Launch events will take place in Pakistan on Wednesday 20 October in Lahore and Friday 22 October in Karachi. In association with the British Council.