Take a look at some of the highlights from our 2018 festival

 

The UK’s largest Pan-Asian literature festival, covering a region that runs from Turkey to Tokyo

 

The Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival celebrates its 13th edition in 2019 and has welcomed a vast range of exciting speakers over the years. We have showcased talent across the spoken and written word, including speakers such as Jung Chang, Elif Shafak, Mohsin Hamid, Nadiya Hussain, Nish Kumar and Mishal Husain.

The festival takes place every autumn and seeks to increase the awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures of Asia and the diaspora through the power of stories. We do this by holding panel discussions and debates, author talks and live literature performances. By acting as a neutral space for the exchange of ideas and the highlighting of key Asian issues, and providing a platform for debate, the festival brings together a predominantly millennial and ethnically diverse audience for a series of educational and entertaining events.

 

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL HERE


 

2018 Asia House Bagri Foundation Festival

 

The Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2018 hosted 19 events across two months. Find out more about the 12th edition of the festival below and watch this space for more information on our 2019 programme. 

 

Nikesh Shukla in Conversation with Nish Kumar

Monday 10 September
18:45 – 21:00

 

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Love and Leftover Women in Modern China

Wednesday 12 September
18:45 – 21:00

 

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Family life in fiction: Yan Ge in Conversation

Thursday 13 September
18:00 – 20:00

 

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Mishal Husain: The Skills: From First Job to Dream Job’

Saturday 15 September
11:00 – 12:45

 

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Nikita Gill: Poetry in the Age of Social Media

Saturday 15 September
12:45 – 14:15

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Can We All Be Feminists? Asian Women Speak

Saturday 15 September
14:15 – 15:45

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Louis de Bernières: Setting the Scene in Ceylon

Monday 17 September
18:45 – 21:00

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Elif Shafak in Conversation with Nusrat Ghani

Tuesday 18 September
18:45 – 21:00

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Linda Yueh: The Great Economists

Thursday 20 September
18:45 – 21:00

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China’s ‘New Era’: Progress or Jeopardy?

Tuesday 25 September
18:45 – 21:00

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Zing Tsjeng: The Female Heroes of History

Thursday 27 September
18:45 – 20:45

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Karl reMarks: And Then God Created the Middle East…

Thursday 4 October
18:45 – 21:00

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Sherin Khankan: Can Islam be a Feminist Religion?

Monday 8 October
18:45 – 21:00

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Communicating through Comics

Wednesday 10 October
18:45 – 21:00

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An Evening in Mongolia: An immersive travel experience

Wednesday 17 October
18:45 – 21:30

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Alpa Shah: 7 Nights Among India’s Naxalites

Thursday 18 October
18:45 – 21:00

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Hungry Ghosts: Tales from Asia & the Diaspora

Wednesday 31 October
19:00 – 20:30

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Jeffrey Archer and Abir Mukherjee: Writing to Thrill

Thursday 1 November
18:45 – 20:30

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Asia House Poetry Slam 2018: Best new spoken word talent

Tuesday 6 November
18:45 – 20:15

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