Writers
Fri 10 - Sun 12 October
Special Price Tickets — £30 for all Writers at SAMA events over the weekend
As the SAMA festival takes to Baltic Square for a day of festivities and performance, the stage is offered to young writers from the North East, looking at the role publishers take in the promotion of South Asian writing and welcoming two first-time authors.
A celebration of South Asian writing
The North East goes East for a long weekend of readings, book launches and events as writers from across the UK, USA, India, France and Pakistan join us to share their work and celebrate the unique contribution that South Asian writers have made to world literature.
Fri 10 October
Opening Event: The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
6.30pm
Cost:
FREE event but tickets must be booked in advance
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Late Night Poetry and Music with Jeet Thayil and Suman Sridhar
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
10.00pm
Cost:
FREE event but tickets must be booked in advance
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Sat 11 October
Milestones in South Asian Writing in English
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
11.00-12.30pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
New Novelists with Preeta Samarasan and Tahmima Anam
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
1.30-2.30pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Writing about Pakistan and beyond with Mohsin Hamid, Kamila Shamsie and Nadeem Aslam
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
3.00-4.00pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
The British Council Intercultural Event
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
5.00-6.00pm
Cost:
FREE event but tickets must be booked in advance
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
7.30pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
This is not Fusion: Amit Chaudhuri
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
9.30pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Sun 12 October
North East Young Writer's Take to the stage
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
11.00am
Cost:
FREE event but tickets must be booked in advance
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Publishing South Asian Writers
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
12.30 - 1.30pm
Cost:
FREE event but tickets must be booked in advance
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org
Growing Pains with Nikita Lalwani and Sathnam Sanghera
Venue:
The Sage Gateshead
Time:
2.30-4.00pm
Cost:
£6, £4, £2
Box Office:
0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org