If you would like to set up an event (signing, reading, interview, panel, discussion, lecture, etc.) with the Guptara Twins, please contact their publicist:

bareillyeventsgmail.com
+41 (0)78 697 40 33
or
eventsguptara.net

More events coming all the time!

Note: the Guptara Twins are taking a break from Events right now to complete work on Insanity Book Two but new events will be announced from December onwards.

- Next Appearances: -


Suresh and Jyoti will be in India from mid December to mid January 2008.

German Book Tour
March 2008

For German-language edition of Calaspia
with German publisher Rowohlt (Rotfuchs / rororo)

Germany

Switzerland

Austria

Italy

2008 Book Launch

of Italian-language edition of Calaspia
with Italian publisher Mondadori

Important Past Events

See the News Page for past activities

Wort- und BildFestifall: "Colorful India"

At the Rheinfalls, Schaffhausen, Switzerland,
Held on the boat, 3sat-Kinderliteraturboot

Saturday, 23th June 2007, 16.30 – 17.30
- and -
Sunday, 24th June 2007, 13.00 - 14.00

Info on the Festival: http://www.wortundbildfestifall.ch/india/

Kitabfest Literary and Media Festival

www.kitabfest.org
23rd - 25th February 2007 - MUMBAI (Various Appearances)

Jyoti Guptara talks at Oxford Bookstore on the inspiration behind his fantasy

World Literature - A New Category? Panel. With Jyoti Guptara, Helen Cross, Dilip Chitre, Alexandra Pringle, Antara Dev Sen, moderated by Susheila Nasta

Basel

Thursday, 24 January 2007 - BASEL (Talk Party & Signing)
      Time: 18:30 - 20:00
      Bergli Bookshop
      Rümelinsplatz 19
      CH-4001 Basel

Admission: CHF 10.-

India Book Tour
Christmas 2006

Suresh and Jyoti Guptara will be in India for one month fom 15 December 2006 - 15 January 2007, for

:: Multiple-City Book Tour with Tara Press.
Book Launches, Talks, Interviews, Signings: Goa, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai

Tuesday, 19 December 2006 - DELHI (Book Launch)
      Time: 7pm
      Location: Lodi Gardens
with special guests acclaimed writer Tarun Tejpal
and the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit

Tuesday, 3 January 2007 - GOA (Book Launch)
      Time: 11am
      Location: Cidade de Goa Hotel
with the Governor of Goa, His Excellency SC Jamir

:: Writing Retreat. In Goa with family and other writers in order to escape Conspiracy, work on the second book in the Insanity series and further other writing projects.

Switzerland Book Launches 2006

Conspiracy of Calaspia will be launched in Switzerland in a special limited first edition (in English). Here begins the chance for some lucky readers to bag their copies of the book before those who pre-order on Amazon get their hands on theirs!

Even though we're talking about the English-language first edition of Conspiracy, and Switzerland being the German/French/Italian/Romance-speaking country that it is, there are enough venues for a panoply of appearances for the Twins.

gone Tuesday, November 14 - ZURICH (Book Launch)
      Time: 20:00
      Orell Füssli English Bookshop
      Bahnhofstrasse 70
      Kreis 1 (Lindenhof)
      8001 Zürich

With catering from King's Kurry
With Marc Wehrlin of the BAK (Bundesamt für Kultur)
With Theodore Beale, novelist
Free admission


gone Wednesday, November 15 - WEINFELDEN (Book Launch)
      Time: 18:30
      Evang. Kirchgemeindehaus
      Kirchgasse 8
      8570 Weinfelden

With Gemeindeammann (mayor) Max Vögeli
With catering from King's Kurry
Free admission


OUTCOME OF LAUNCHES
Despite book delivery complications from the UK, thanks to the speedy intervention of Tara Press, the Guptara Twins' Indian publisher, we did have books for the launches after all. They ended up being ARCs (advance reading copies) - and were hardback, which is most unusual for ARCs. Both launches of Conspiracy of Calaspia in Switzerland were roaring successes, with between eighty and one hundred people attending each event including members of the press.

Thanks goes to everyone who helped, especially the good people at Tara Press, for their tireless work at a time of great need; Herr Max Vögeli, the mayor of Weinfelden; the Swiss Bundesamt für Kultur, in particular Herr Marc Wehrlin; the exquisite cooks and team of King's Kurry; and Theodore Beale, whose speech can be seen here.

Andrew Rushton, manager, The Bookshop Orell Füssli, says that the launch of Calaspia was the biggest book event they have ever hosted. Thank you everyone for your support and encouragement!

See pictures from the book launches.

Frankfurt Book Fair

3 - 8 October 2006

Jyoti Guptara, author with Tara Press, private meetings;
Journalist with The International Indian (TII) mag