Join author Priyanka Champaneri for a mix of virtual and in-person events this summer and fall to celebrate the paperback release of her expansive and transcendental debut novel, The City of Good Death. Her novel won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and was one of NPR Best Books of 2021.
This tour will include both virtual sessions and in-person events. We hope to see you there! Registration info below:
Confirmed Event Dates
April 23, 4:00pm EST: Virtual Author Talk at Parker Avenue Reads Book Club in NYC
June 4, 2:00pm EST: In person book signing hosted by Barnes & Noble in Woodbridge, VA
June 14, 6:00pm EST: Virtual conversation with Elia Einhorn hosted by Northshire Bookstore at Manchester, VT
June 22, 9:00pm EST: Virtual Author Talk moderated by Dr. Anu Taranath at University Book Store in Seattle, WA
July 5, 7:00 pm EST: In-person conversation with Rion Amilcar Scott hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC
July 14, 8:00pm EST: Virtual conversation with Tom Lin hosted by Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, CA
July 15, 4:00pm EST: “Grief, Memory, and Wonder" A virtual conversation with Linda Rui Feng and Jackie Polzin presented by the 1455 Summer Literary Arts Festival in Reston, VA
August 4, 7:30pm EST: Virtual conversation with Rajiv Mohabir hosted by Charis Books & More in Decatur, GA
October 14, 8:30pm EST: In-person Reading in Tribute to Richard Powers presented by the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, Inc. and The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD. RSVP Required.
October 15, 1pm EST: Alumni Journeys: Writing Around the Globe presented by Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, VA
October 18, 6:30pm EST: In-person conversation with Angie Kim hosted by Shirlington Library in Arlington, VA
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Priyanka Champaneri received her MFA in creative writing from George Mason University and has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts numerous times. Her debut novel, The City of Good Death, won the 2018 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and was shortlisted for the 2021 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
By Priyanka Champaneri
Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Priyanka Champaneri’s transcendent, prize-winning debut novel brings us inside India’s holy city of Banaras, where the manager of a death hostel shepherds the dying who seek the release of a good death, while his own past refuses to let him go.
Hardcover ISBN: 9781632062529
Publication date: Feb 23, 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781632062536
Publication date: Apr 12, 2022