British Library
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Cities in Literature
authors whose writing is very much tied to their cities try to explain the primacy of those places in their writing. Panellists: Suketu Mehta, Namdeo Dhasal, Austin Williams, Sankar; Chair: James Boyle; Venue: British Library, Conference Centre, Main Auditorium. In association with British Library

Shakespeare’s Globe
7:30pm
International Futures: Free the Word! – International Pen
Eminent writers of tomorrow talk about the subject of Heaven and Earth. Writers: Kamila Shamsie, Tomáš Zmeškal, Petina Gappah and Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih; Venue:  Shakespeare’s Globe, Underglobe. In association with PEN International Magazine

10:00 am
West Hamstead Cricket Club
Cricket Match
Authors, publishers and organisers from India take on their counterparts from Rest of the World. Venue: West Hampstead Cricket Club , 25 Lymington Road; Sponsored by Asia Literary Review; Supported by Woodlands Media

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
British Library
Gender and Sexual Politics
Is gender dead? Have the politics of sexual identity been given a decent burial? Or are these issues still ticking behind the post-feminist façade of the publishing and the literary world? Publishers and authors join words on issues of gender and sexuality. Panellists: Salma, Urvashi Butulia, James Bridle, Sangeeta Datta, Neel Mukherjee, Varsha Adalja; Chair: Kishwar Desai; Venue: British Library, Conference Centre, Main Auditorium. In association with British Library

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Nehru Centre
Found in Translation
This presentation of literary translation and cross-cultural exchange is the outcome of week-long translation retreat in India, co-ordinated by Writer’s Chain, involving UK and Indian authors, working with over a dozen languages between them. Panellists: Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Udaya Narayana Singh, Mererid Hopwood, Matthew Hollis; Chair: Francesca Rhydderch; Venue: Nehru Centre. In association with Writer’s Chain and Nehru Centre

6:30 pm
Foyles Charing Cross
First Books
Indian authors speak on the challenges of getting published for the time. Panellists:Anuja Chauhan, Amruta Patil, Soumya Bhattacharya, Jiwan Namdung; Chair: Nikita Lalwani; Venue: The Gallery. In association with Foyles.

6:45 pm – 8:00pm
Royal Society for the Arts
The many Avatars of Indian Creative Mind
Is multiplicity a particularly Indian trait? A panel of distinguished speakers will discuss this intriguing question. Writers: Amartya Sen, Nandan Nilekeni, Vikram Seth, Ramchandra Guha; Chair: David Davidar; In association with Penguin UK

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
British Library
Travel Writing
Writers, journalists, broadcasters and critics discuss writing that deals with the primal human instinct to move from one place to another. Panellists: Anita Nair, V P Tiwari, William Dalrymple, Michael Wood; Chair: Martin Buckley; Venue: Conference Room Main Auditorium. In association with British Library.

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Fiction First
Book launch
Release of Meghnad Desai’s first novel, Dead on Time, a political thriller packed with recognisable characters and events from current British politics. Venue: House of Lords, Inter-Parliamentary Room, Westminster In association with HarperCollins India. (By invitation only).

6.00 pm
Journal First
Launch of The London Magazine spring issue. Speakers: Lord Sudelely, Lord Cardross, Christopher Arkell, Papia Ghoshal, Sujata Sen, Hugo Williams, Jeremy Worman, Eddie Linden, Jay Merill and others. Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury

1.00 pm
Foyles Westfield
Crossing Boundaries
Poetry reading by the multifaceted Prasoon Joshi - writer, poet, lyricist and advertising professional. This Indian lyricist promises to cross boundaries and challenge pre-conceptions. Venue: Foyles Westfield. In association with Foyles

6:30 pm
Foyles Charing Cross
Publishing and Censorship in India
How does censorship affect the world of Indian writing and publishing? Is censorship a necessary safeguard in a modern pluralist democracy like India? Panellists: Jaishree Mishra, Girish Karnad, Namita Gokhale, Antara Dev Sen; Chair: David Goodhart; Venue: The Gallery, Foyles Charing Cross. In association with Foyles.

8:00 pm
Stanfords Bookshop
Bookshop Barnie
Bookshop Barnies are salon type discussions that challenge the author to justify their work in front of an invited audience of specialists and critics. Writer: Nandan Nilekani; Interviewer: Austin Williams. Venue: Stanfords Bookshop.  In association with Future Cities Project.

1:00 pm
Foyles Westfield
At the Crossroads
Indian media meets Indian literature. Author and journalist Indrajit Hazra and author, columnist and media consultant Sudeep Chakravarti, discuss where these roads do - and don't - meet. Venue: Foyles Westfield. In association with Foyles.

6:30 pm
Nehru Centre
Everything  to Declare: Poetry Evening
Poets of the post-independence generation join newer talent to read from the breadth of poetry that is Indian verse. Writers: K Satchidanandan, Daljit Nagra, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Salma, Saradha Soobrayen, Sridhar Rajeshwaran; Chair: Jeet Thayil. Venue: Nehru Centre. In association with Nehru Centre