IAAC FIRST ANNUAL LITERARY FESTIVAL • November 7-9, 2014

The First IAAC Literary Festival will feature work by authors whose heritage lies in the Indian subcontinent, as well as those who have written about a subject connected to any aspect of that part of the world. We will feature veteran as well as emerging authors along with publishers and literary agents in order to create exciting discussions surrounding the various genres and themes represented.

Kickoff Book Launch, Aasif Mandvi’s No Land’s Man Closing Night Dinner Reception, Monday, November 3rd, 7:00-10:00pm. AICON Gallery, 35 Great Jones, NYC Sunday November 9th, 7 - 10 pm Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, 5 Bowling Green, NYC. Opening Reception, Friday November 7th, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Bowling Green, NYC New York Times Theatre Journalist Patrick Healy will engage Pulitzer Prize winning Prof. Akeel Bilgrami , Director of the South Asian Institute, Columbia University will Playwright in conversation (along w/excerpts of his plays). Post-conver - engage Booker of booker author in conversation about his writing. sation reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres and music by Somdutta Pal Post-conversation reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres and music by Zoya

November 8th, 2014 at The Mahmood Mamdani, Gary Bass, Neil Sharbari Ahmed, Renu Balakrishnan, Nayana Writing the South Asian LGBT community This Padukone, Jaya Kamlani. Moderated by Mitra Currimbhoy, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, Shuvendu category emphasizes a diversity of lesbian, gay, bi - South Asia Institute, Knox Kalita Sen. Moderated by Rajika Bhandari sexual and transgender writing in all genres, includ - Hall, 606 West 122nd Street, Hot off the press: Recent History in South Asia Fiction - including Short Stories All imaginative ing fiction and nonfiction and works of varying Columbia University, NYC. This category includes all writing of events that have works of prose; short stories, novel and novella for - length. 10 - 10:30 am Registration • 10:45 - 11:45 am taken place either in South Asia or elsewhere in the mats. Genres include; thrillers, mystery, fairytale, ro - 2:15 - 3:15 pm Suketu Mehta, Kalyan Ray. K. Anis Ahmed world but with relevance to South Asia, and that are mance, fantasy, science fiction, young adult and Aasif Mandvi, Rakesh Satyal, Moderated by Moderated by Arun Venugopal of political, social and economic interest and impor - children’s books. Rajiv Satyal Writing the City: Tales from the metropolis tance. 5- 7 pm • Networking cocktails with performance by Just for Laughs: The serious business of comedy Cities and their energy have always inspired writers. 2:15 - 3:15 pm Rakesh Satyal. writing All strands of smart comedy: fiction, joke Fiction and nonfiction authors whose works are not Sree Sreenivasan, Ajit Balakrishnan, Rash - 8 pm • Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl books, satires, and nonfiction books by comedians. only situated within major cities such as New York, mee Roshan Lall, Preeti Singh, Mitra Kalita, Delhi, Dhaka, and Kolkata, but in whose Moderated by Lakshmi Gandhi November 9th, 2014 Kirun Kapur, Purvi Shah, Manav Sachdeva Maa - writing the city itself shapes the work and its char - soom, Ahsan Akbar, Yena Sharma Purmasir, Finding your Digital Voice Changing the land - 10 - 10:30 am • Registration • 10:45 - 11:45 am acters. Moderated by Ravi Shankar scape of publishing: online books, newspapers, kin - Meera Nair, Preeti Singh, Rajnesh Domalpalli, Rajika Bhandari, Sujata Massey Moderated by Poetic License: Writing contemporary poetry dle, blogs. Moderated by Mara Thacker Angana Chatterji Marina Budhos, Vivek Bald, Balwant Bhaneja, Discussions include every poetic genre, ranging in Amar Chitra Katha & Beyond: modern south Unpacking the empire: Colonial histories & Moderated by Johanna Lessinger length from a few paragraphs to a volume, as well as modern interpretations Fiction or nonfiction that Asian tales for children Tales and rhymes that pro - Performance Poets. Writing between worlds: Immigrant Issues Fic - draws upon the sub-continent's colonial history, yet vide a modern interpretation of 's legends and tion and non-fiction submissions that address the 3:30 - 4:30 pm situated it within the context of a contemporary and mythologies for the younger set as well as works with compelling stories narrated by writers with migrant modern region and one that in some ways straddles multicultural and immigrant themes in children's Paul Knox, Aladdin Ullah, Samrat Chakrabarti, histories. three different realities: the past, the present and the writing. Neilesh Bose, Moderated by Sunita Mukhi future. 3:30-4:30 pm Sudnya Shroff, Pia Padukone, Suman Bhat - Playwriting and Drama Original and adapted 12 noon - 1 pm Christopher Heiser, Amrita Chowdhury, Beena tacharya, Falguni Kothari, Soniah Kamal, Anjali plays. Mira Nair, Mohan Sikka. Moderated by Vibhuti Kamlani, Ayesha Pande, Priya Doraswamy, Mitter Duva, Rajdeep Paulus, Elizabeth Enslin. Padma Lakshmi, Floyd Cardoz, Jehangir Mehta, Patel Parul Sehgal, Amber Qureshi, Vicky Bijur, Moderated by Vibhuti Patel Beena Kamlani, Suvir Saran, Krishnendu Ray, Moderated by Susan Shapiro From Page to Celluloid: Adapting books for the Debut Authors Discussion by first time novelists – Moderated by Surbhi Sahni Learning the Ropes of the Industry: Publishers big screen Authors whose work has been adapted preparation, inspiration, reason, satisfaction? Cooking up tales: the hot new genre of food & Literary Agents Publishers and Agents speak of into a screenplay, as well as filmmakers who repre - 12 noon - 1 pm writing Established chefs, food writers, and food their roles, their expectations, why they consider man - sent the specific work. We envision a stimulating di - critics who bring their discerning palate and cooking uscripts, why they reject them, what an author should Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Rakesh Satyal, Mashuq alogue between the two that addresses to the art of writing. know and prepare before submitting their work. Deen Moderated by Paul Knox

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