Reading and signing with Dipika Mukherjee (Shambala Junction), winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction winner, Aurora Metro Books’ biennial prize to encourage and promote new writing by women. Mukherjee’s debut novel was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011) and republished as Ode to Broken Things (Repeater, 2016).
In conversation with Samantha Hoffman (author of What More Could You Wish For) and Lisa Wagner (executive director of the Guild Literary Complex and publisher of Hotel Amerika).
About Shambala Junction: Iris is visiting India from the U.S. for the first time with her fiancé, and not enjoying it. When she steps off the train for a water at Shambala Junction, little does she know that her life is about to undergo a radical change. Along the way, she finds real friendship, learns what counts and grows to love the country.
Tuesday, August 1, Readers Hall, 5 p.m. General public. $5 suggested donation.