Join Sangamithra Iyer for a series readings and conversations celebrating her latest book, Governing Bodies.
Monday February 16, 2026 3:15pm-4:15 pm (Virtual) Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture (Virtual) Register for Free Tickets Panel: Literary Mutations and Generative Partnerships with Valerie Witte, Jhani Randhawa, Maw Shein Win, and me! Zoom Link.
Thursday February 19, 2026 7 pm Books that Changed my life Festival , New York, NY More info here. Panel: Lilly Dancinger, Samantha Mann, and Sangamithra Iyer, moderated by Aly Tadros.
Sunday March 29, 2026 3 pm EST VINE Book Club (Virtual) Register here.
Wednesday April 1, 2026 12:30 PM-1:30 PM SUNY Stony Brook AAPI Celebration Keynote: On Confluences and Connections. More info here:
PEN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL-– Details TBD New York City. (Animal themed panel with Kate Zambrino, Maria Ospina and me!)
Saturday May 2, 2026 2:30 PM Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia Open Secrets Magazine Live Summit, New York City TICKETS Panelists: Sari Botton, Athena Dixon, Sangamithra Iyer, Joseph Lee, Sarah Hartshorne Moderator: Blaise Allyson Kearsley
May 14-16, London, More Than Human (MOTH) Festival of Ideas, Details TBD NYU London
PAST EVENTS
Wednesday January 7, 2026 Carlow University, Talk with MFA Program
Monday January 12, 2026 7 pm Green Apple Books, San Francisco with Shuti Swamy, More info here:
Watch Video.
Sunday January 18, 2026 3 pm Point Reyes, California with Vijaya Nagarajan at Dance Palace More info here:
SEATTLE
Friday January 16, 2026 7 pm Elliot Bay, Seattle with Joyce Chen RSVP
PORTLAND
Tuesday January 20,2026 6:30 PM Literary Arts, Portland with David Naimon. More info here
2025
October 2, 2025 Virtual reading with at Unicorn Authors Club 5 year anniversary. 8 PM EST RSVP
November 4, 2025 – Kew and Willow Books 81-63 Lefferts Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 7:00 PM EST Join me for a reading and discussion of Governing Bodies at my beloved Queens bookstore with the wonderful Minal Hajratwala, author of Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents. RSVP
November 13, 2025 – Astoria Bookshop 36-19 30th Street
Astoria, NY 7:00 PM EST An evening of reading and conversation with the fabulous Rahna Reiko Rizzuto co- sponsored by AAWW. RSVP
November 17, 2025 – Bol-Coop 1822 N Capitol St NW, Washington D.C. 7:00 PM EST A conversation around the philosophies and process of writing Governing Bodies with my dear writing partner Leslie Tucker. RSVP
Buy Leslie’s Book: We Sort of People.
November 18, 2025 – Lost City Books 2467 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 7:00 PM EST In conversation with Sunu Chandy. A lively evening of literature and dialogue. RSVP
Buy Sunu’s book: My Dear Comrades
November 19, 2025 – Porter Square Books 50 Liberty Drive, Boston, MA 02210 7:00 PM EST In conversation with E.B. Bartels. Exploring grief, animals and writing nonfiction. RSVP
Order Paperback of E.B.’s book Good Grief: On Loving Pets in the Here and Hereafter.
November 21, 2025 – New York Public Library – Vartan Gregorian Center Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Room 216 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018 2:00 PM EST A special reading and discussion hosted by the NYPL’s Center for Research in the Humanities. Register Here:Read my essay on my research at the NYPL: “On Catena, Confluences and Tethers“
December 3, 2025 Between the Lines Literary Salon in Gloria Steinem’s Living Room with Madhur Anand, hosted by Defne Egbo and Gloria’s Foundation.
