I’m excited to share that I’ll be at Watford Library on Thursday 28th November at 7:00PM to talk about my books, my writing journey, diverse rom-coms and more!
Fun fact – I worked for Haringey Libraries once upon a time and we used to hold the odd author event. I remember helping my manager organise one, and then attending and listening to the author in awe, never once imagining that there would come a time when I would be invited to events myself!
Yet somehow, here I am… almost two decades later, living out my dream of writing books that people actually read and then talking about them!!! I still can’t believe that I do stuff like this now 
Please do pop over if you’re free! Tickets are below!
British Bangladeshis : Stories, Histories and Tales – Sat 23 November, 2:30-3:30 at the Idea Store in Whitechapel
I’m SO EXCITED to share that due to our event at Tower Hamlets Council a few months ago being a massive hit, the Council has invited Dr Fatima Rajina and me to take part in WriteIdea – a wonderful series of events hosted by a diverse range of authors and writers at the Idea Store in Whitechapel.
Fatima and I had a blast at the last event, as we candidly explored what it means to be Bengali writers, women, our experiences, challenges, triumphs and frustrations… obviously we accidentally slipped in the odd Bengali and Sylheti word, because being in Tower Hamlets has that effect on me!
If you’re free on Saturday November 23 from 2:30 – 3:30pm – please stop by! I can guarantee that you’ll have a great time (no pressure Fatima!!!) You might even see us in sarees, so wear yours!
Tickets are free and the link is below.
You know how sometimes, life can be exhausting and sad and stressful and heavy… …and just rubbish? And then something happens and for a couple of glorious hours, your load is lightened and you experience utter and complete joy and fulfilment?
Yesterday was that for me
I had the honour of participating in a panel with some of my FAVE people on Instagram – @sofia_reading @
The conversation and room was full of love and laughter – we spoke about books (of course), the arts, faith, community … we ate delicious food, we prayed, we signed books, we got to watch @tasneimzyada perform hard-hitting spoken word poetry… AND we were given the most beautiful gift of olive trees being planted in our names in the West Bank.
Honestly – I don’t think I could have asked for more!
A massive thanks to @imr4na.m for organising the night and inviting me to take part – it was an absolute privilege, and thank you to everyone who bought tickets and showed up and had a good time – we honestly didn’t want the night to end and literally had to be kicked out
Until next time, Luton town xoxo