Events & Happenings
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Past Events
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May 15, 2023
Celebrating AAPI Writers and Their Journeys
Lexington, MA
Living Room. Cary Memorial Library
7:00—8:00 PM
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Apr 21, 2023
Author Rishi Reddi spotlights regional East Indian History in Passage West
Imperial, CA
The East Indian Gallery of Pioneers’ Museum
6:30 p.m.
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Sep 28, 2022
Writing in Cambridge: Authors Donna Gordon and Rishi Reddi
Cambridge Public Library
Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for a reading and discussion by two local, debut novelists, Donna Gordon and Rishi Reddi. Donna will be reading from What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me and Rishi will be reading from Passage West.
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Aug 1, 2022
Thomas McNeely at Harvard Book Store in conversation with Rishi Reddi
Harvard Book Store
7:00 PM ET
Harvard Book Store welcomes THOMAS MCNEELY—award-winning author of Ghost Horse—for a discussion of his new collection Pictures of the Shark: Stories. He will be joined in conversation by RISHI REDDI—acclaimed author of the novel Passage West.
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Jun 10, 2022
A Reading & Conversation with Rishi Reddi
Little Crêpe Café
102 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138
6:00 - 8:00 PM
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Dec 6, 2021
Author Series with Nobel-laureate Amartya Sen In Conversation with Rishi Reddi
Harvard Club of Boston
6:30pm ET Reception / 7:00pm ET Discussion Begins
A celebration in anticipation of Nobel-laureate Amartya Sen's long-awaited memoir about home, belonging, inequality, and identity, recounting a singular life devoted to betterment of humanity. Professor Sen will be joined in conversation with local author and award-winning novelist, Rishi Reddi.
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Nov 15, 2021
Lily King with Rishi Reddi, Five Tuesdays in Winter
Potter Square Books
7 PM
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Nov 8, 2021
One City, One Story Author Panel
Belmont Public Library
Virtual
7pm
This year’s One City One Story, a short story contest presented by the Boston Book Festival, is Dumba Chora by Waltham author, Chandreyee Lahiri. Join us on Monday, November 8 at 7pm on Zoom for a discussion of the setting (the Sundarbans in India) and themes in her story, such as shifting social mores around Indian ‘arranged marriages’ and relationship challenges that are universal, along with fellow 1C1S (2013) author Rishi Reddi.
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Oct 24, 2021
BBF Unbound: Writing in the Graveyard Shift Panel
Boston Book Festival
Virtual
11:30am
Desmond Hall, Doris Iarovici, Daphne Kalotay, and Rishi Reddi discuss the challenges of writing their books while balancing day jobs, personal obligations, and more.
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Oct 12, 2021
LITQUAKE
San Francisco Literary Festival
The American Bookbinders Museum
7:00 to 8:30 pm
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Oct 7, 2021
Rishi Reddi & Dexter Palmer
Virtual
Spencertown NY Annual 16th Annual Festival of Books
7:00pm
Rishi Reddi. Passage West. & Dexter Palmer. Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen.
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Aug 4, 2021
MCA Live at The Mansion: Earfull
Commander's Mansion
The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts
7:00 PM EDT
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Jul 2, 2021
Fatema and Sheela in conversation with Rishi Reddi
Online
Instagram Live
12 PM EST
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Jan 26, 2021
Doris Iarovici in conversation with Rishi Reddi
Online
Belmont Books
7pm
A conversation between authors Doris Iarovici and Rishi Reddi about Doris’ new short story book, Minus One.
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Oct 29, 2020
Craft on Draft: Turning Research Into Compelling Stories
Online
Belmont Books
7:00pm
With authors Jeffrey Colvin, Daphne Kalotay, and Rishi Reddi, who will discuss using research to craft authentic fiction that engages contemporary readers.
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Oct 26, 2020
Concord Festival of Authors Debut Novelists Panel
Online
Concord Book Festival
7 pm
Hosted by A Mighty Blaze with moderator, Rachel Barenbaum.
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Oct 23, 2020
Reading Like a Writer: “Perspective”
Online
Boston Book Festival
6:00 to 6:45 pm
With Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field and host Dawn Tripp.
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Oct 3, 2020
LA Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California campus
TBA
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Sep 16, 2020
In conversation with Mala Patel
Online
The Mercantile Library
7:30pm
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Aug 29, 2020
Indie Bookstore Day
Online
Independent Bookstore Day
2pm (Pacific) 5pm (Eastern)
Writing the West withReyna Grande, Rishi Reddi and Lauren Francis Sharma.
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Jul 15, 2020
Virtual Reading
Facebook Live
5:30pm (Pacific) 8:30pm (Eastern)
Hosted by San Francisco’s The Booksmith, The Bindery and San Jose’s India Currents.
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Jun 17, 2020
Brookline Booksmith’s Transnational Series Presents: “Reimagining the American West” with Rishi Reddi and C Pam Zhang
Online
Brookline Booksmith
7:30 pm
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Jun 10, 2020
Alta Asks Live
Online
Alta Magazine
12:30 pm PST, 3:30 pm ET
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May 14, 2020
In-person Book Launch
Cambridge MA
Porter Square Books
7:00 pm
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May 9, 2020
Northeastern University School of Law: Zoomin’ In
Northeastern University School
Livestream
12:00 noon
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May 7, 2020
The Juggernaut: Instagram Live
Instagram Live
The Juggernaut
12:00 noon
Log onto your Instagram account. Follow Juggernaut, then in the highlights section at the top—when we're scheduled to speak—you’ll see The Juggernaut lit up with a “live” icon. Click that then you’ll be in the room.
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Apr 30, 2020
Virtual Book Launch Party
Online
Zoom
7:00 pm
Can order personalized signed copies (deadline April 30), to be shipped week of May 4th from Porter Square Books
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Apr 24, 2020
On-Line Book Talk & Reading
Live Video Event
Concord Free Public Library
7:00 pm
Buy Passage West from Concord Bookshop