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OPENING WEEKEND: £20 for all events
This full weekend ticket will allow access to all activities and events taking place in the Main Stage, Theatre, Kids Zone, and Gallery, on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October.
Kids under the age of 8 are entitled to free entry with an accompanying adult.
SATURDAY TIMETABLE
(you will be asked which events you’d like to attend once at the checkout page)
All day
Malik Sajad’s ‘Endangered Species’
EXHIBITION (more info)
12pm
Kashmir Heritage Poetry: A Tribute to Agha Shahid Ali
with Kamila Shamsie and Mirza Waheed
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
1.30pm
A New Story for Afghanistan: In Poems, Books and Song
with Shabibi Shah and Veronica Doubleday
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
1.30pm
Afindica – The Story of Ethical Elephants
with Hogarth Brown
KIDS (more info)
3pm
Mr Jeejeebhoy and the Birds
with Bhavisha Morjaria
KIDS (more info)
3pm
Narratives of the Faraway: Creative Writing in Bhutan
with Nitasha Kaul
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
4.30pm
The Glum Peacock
with Bhavisha Morjaria
KIDS (more info)
4.30pm
Inner Birds, Modern Flight: South Asian Women’s Poetry
with Eisha Karol, Rowyda Amin, Sandeep Parmar, Sascha A Akhtar and Saradha Soobrayenn
PERFORMANCE (more info)
8pm
Borderland
with Soumik Datta
PERFORMANCE (more info)
SUNDAY TIMETABLE
All day
Malik Sajad’s ‘Endangered Species’
EXHIBITION (more info)
12.00
Indian Mythology: A Graphic Look
with Bhavit Mehta, Paul Gravett, and Sarnath Banerjee
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
12.00
Bangladeshi Literature: Rich Traditions, New Stories
with Shama Rahman and Ansuman Biswas
SPOKEN WORD (more info)
1.30pm
Strong Women in Fiction
with Dipika Rai and Kishwar Desai
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
1.30pm
Grand Trunk Road: The Most Famous Highway in South Asia
with Irna Qureshi
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
1.30pm
School for Princes – Stories from the Panchatantra
with Jamila Gavin
KIDS (more info)
3pm
Little Yash Has Lost His Smile!
with Kanchan Wadhwani
KIDS (more info)
3pm
Land of Enchantment of the Senses:
Stories from the Hamzanama
with Seema Anand
PERFORMANCE (more info)
4.30pm
Tales From India
with Jamila Gavin
KIDS (more info)
4.30pm
Not Just For Laughs: A Light Take on the Serious Stuff
with Farahad Zama and Moni Mohsin
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
4.30pm
Islamic Punk: From Fiction to Reality
The Taqwacores
FILM (more info)
6pm
Kashmir Black & White: Stories From a Troubled Land
with Justine Hardy and Malik Sajad
THEMED DISCUSSION (more info)
6pm
Allen Ginsberg’s Indian Journals
with Barry Miles, Michael Horovitz, and Roger Elsgood
DISCUSSION AND PERFORMANCE (more info)
*Note that events, speakers and times are subject to change.















































