Upcoming Events And Classes
I’m available for open mics, readings, guest lectures, craft workshops and more. Invite me to your bookclub if you’d like! Please reach out via email - paramitapadya@gmail.com
APPETITE Book Launches & Readings:
AUGUST
Somerville, MA—August 27, 2026 @ 7 PM - Narrative Bookshop w/ Tazrin Hossain (tickets)
SEPTEMBER
New Haven—September 3, 2026 @ 7 PM - Spruce Coffee
Washington, D.C.—Sept 8, 2026 @ 7 PM—Lost City Books w/ Ursula Villarreal-Moura (tickets)
West Hartford, CT— Sept 18, 2026 @ 6.30 PM—River Bend Bookshop w/Rachel Meredith (tickets)
Jamaica, NY—Sept 20, 2026 @ 12.30 PM—Queens Public Library at Central w/ Dr. Parma Zahid (info)
OCTOBER
Author Talk @ New Haven Public Library Mitchell Branch—2 PM—Oct 3, 2026
Columbia, South Carolina—Oct 13 2026 @ 6 PM—All Good Books (link)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT—Oct 16, 2026 @ 7 PM; joint reading with Shelley Stoehr
NOVEMBER
Signing and meet & greet at the Enchanted Violet, Cheshire, CT—2-6 PM—Nov 6, 2026
Author Talk @ New Haven Public Library Ives Branch—2 PM—Nov 7, 2026
Book Club & Conversation—Queens Book Bazaar—12 PM (location TBD)—Nov 8, 2026
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA—Nov 13, 2026 @ 4 PM
JANUARY 2027
Chicago, IL—Call and Response—Jan 20, 2027
Seattle, WA—Charlies’s—Jan 28, 2027
FEBRUARY 2027
Dallas, TX—The Wild Detectives—Feb 4, 2027 @ 7 PM w/ Hannah Smith
Denver, CO—The Reading Den—Feb 24, 2027
Boulder, CO—Boulder Bookstore—panel of South and Southeast Asian Writers—Feb 25, 2027
Upcoming Manuscript Meetup Dates for Fall 2026—all 11 am - 12 PM @ possible futures
September 19 - with Ursula Villarreal-Moura, author of Like Happiness
October 3 - with Adam Vitcavage, founder of Debutiful
October 24 (@ 12.30 PM) - with Maggie Millner, poet, Couplets, senior editor, The Yale Review
October 31 - with Benny B. Peterson, author of The Maidenheads
November 14 - with Becca Podos, author & literary agent
December 12 - with Katy Nishimoto, Executive Editor, The Dial Press, Penguin Random House