Since the publication of The Henna Artist in 2020, I’ve spoken to almost 1000 libraries, literary festivals, book groups, arts councils, universities and colleges.
For Six Days in Bombay, I’m about to speak to many more. Here’s the schedule:
SIX DAYS IN BOMBAY BOOK TOUR 2025
Apr 2 - 4: Cal Lutheran English Dept, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 15: CA College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
Apr 16: Keplers Books, Menlo Park, CA
Apr 18: Litchfield Books Exclusive Author Event, SC
Apr 19: Howard County Library East Columbia Branch, Columbia, MD
Apr 19: WRYD Bookstore, Edgewater, MD
Apr 21: Palm Beach County Libraries - Writers Live! Exclusive Event, Hagen Park Branch, FL
Apr 22: Napa Bookmine, Napa, CA
Apr 23: Book Passage Corte Madera, CA
Apr 24: Lafayette Library, Lafayette, CA
Apr 26: Corona Library, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 29: Santa Catalina School book launch, Monterey, CA
Apr 30: Tiburon Library, Tiburon, CA
May 1: Mrs. Dalloways, Berkeley, CA
May 3: Hayward Library, Hayward, CA
May 5: Calgary or Vancouver, Canada (TBD)
May 6: Orangeville, Canada
May 7: Uxbridge, Canada
May 8: Indigo Cambridge, Canada
May 12: Publishing Club of Laguna Woods, CA
May 12: Pages Bookstore, Manhattan Beach, CA (evening event)
May 13: Coronado Library AAPI panel, CA
May 15-16: Asia Society, Houston, TX
May 27: San Carlos Library, CA
May 28: Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
May 29: Monterey Public Library, Monterey, CA
May 30 - June 1: Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley, CA
June 11: Cary Memorial Library, MD (virtual)
June 12 & June 15: SunKiss’d Mozart Music Festival, Carmel, CA
Jun 14: Capitola Library, Capitola, CA
June 26: Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Monterey, CA
June 28: Beyond Text Bookstore, Los Gatos, CA
July 12: Private Litquake Dinner, San Francisco, CA
Sept 12-14: SALA Conference, Menlo Park, CA
Sept 19-21: Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival, Pebble Beach, CA
Oct. 18-26: Foreword Retreats Workshop led by Alka, Provence, France
The Henna Artist has been selected as an All City Read in many cities around the country, including Thousand Oaks, Palos Verdes, Pueblo City and County, Henderson, and Baton Rouge.
Please contact my speakers bureau Authors Unbound (Allie Arkema, allie@authorsunbound.com) or for book clubs, email me, alka@alkajoshi.com
