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:

OCTOBER

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT—Oct 30, 2026 @ 7 PM; joint reading with Shelley Stoehr

NOVEMBER

Book Club & Conversation—Queens Book Bazaar—PYO Chai, Astoria, NY—Nov 1, 2026 @ 12 PM

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

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 except 10/24

• 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