Sohrab Homi Fracis has appeared for book readings, craft talks, signings, and discussions at many prestigious venues, after the publication of Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America. They include:
--Mercantile Library Center for Fiction, 2009, New York, New York.
--Decatur Book Festival, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia.
--University of Washington "States of Violence" Conference, 2009, Seattle, Washington.
--South Asian Literary Association Conference, 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
--FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America) Annual General Meeting, 2009, Orlando, Florida.
--University of North Florida Writers Conference, 2009, Jacksonville, Florida.
--Coonoor Club book club, 2009, Coonoor, India.
--South Asian Literary Association Conference, 2008, San Francisco, California.
--National Centre for Performing Arts, 2006, Bombay/Mumbai, India.
--Visiting Writer in Residence, 2004, Augsburg College, Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC), Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.
--Sewanee Writers' Conference, 2002, Tennessee.
--Miami Book Fair International, 2001.
--Escape to Create, Artists in Residence Program, Seaside Institute, Florida, 2006.
--Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, 2007, Jacksonville.
--"Conner Calling" on Gainesville Public Radio, 2001.
--Indian Cultural Society of Jacksonville, Republic Day of India, 2004, Keynote Speaker.
--North American Zoroastrian Congress, 2002, Chicago, Illinois, and 2004, San Jose, California.
--"Music Masala" on Houston radio, 2003.
--ZAH Cultural Center, Co-sponsor Asia Society, Houston, 2003.
--University of North Florida, 2001.
--Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis, 2002.
--Florida First Coast Writers' Festival 2002, Jacksonville.
--Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Writers' Festival 2006, Jacksonville.
--Women's Center of Jacksonville, 2004.
--World of Nations Festival, 2004, Jacksonville.
--North Florida Writers Association, 2002.
--Florida Writers Association, 2006, Ponte Vedra.
--Starbucks' "Books & Brew," 2006, Jacksonville.
--Oktoberfest 2001, Jacksonville.
--Book Island Festival 2001, 2006, Amelia Island.
Upcoming Appearances:
Sohrab will read a published excerpt, "Country Roads," from his new novel, from the fiction issue of South Asian Review, at the Hamara Mushaira event of the South Asian Literary Association Conference, Radisson Plaza--Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009. Time: 8:30-10:00 p.m. Admission: Free and open to the public.
Sohrab will read a published excerpt, "Distant Vision," from his new novel, as part of fiction and poetry readings from the fall issue of Slice Magazine, at the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction (see link above), 17 East 47th Street, New York, NY. Date: November 3, 2009. Time: 6:30 p.m. Admission: Free and open to the public. Venue phone#: 212.755.6710.
Sohrab will appear at the Decatur Book Festival, Atlanta (see link above). He will read alongside authors Ruby Lal and Shilpa Agarwal in "Words of South Asia," on the Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage. Saturday September 5, 2009, 11:15 - 12:00. A book signing will follow.
Sohrab will lead a two-day fiction workshop at the University of
North Florida Writers Conference (see link above). University Center. Sat-Sun August 5-6, 2009.
Sohrab will speak on a panel at the "States of Violence" conference, University of Washington, Seattle. His topic of presentation will be "Testosterone and Territoriality: Investigating the Nature of Violence, in Indian Fiction." February 20-21, 2009.
Sohrab will read from his upcoming novel, A MAN OF THE WORLD, and chat about writing and related professions, at the FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America) Annual General Meeting, in Orlando, Florida. May 24, 2009.
Sohrab will appear on a panel at the 2008 SALA (South Asian Literary Association) Conference in San Francisco, CA. His topic of presentation will be "Matters of Imbalance: Representing Gender Conflict in Parsi Fiction." 4:30-6:00 Friday, December 26. He will also read at the mushaira that evening. Galleria Park Hotel, San Francisco, CA.
Sohrab will be an artist in residence at the legendary artists' community of Yaddo (see pics & links on Blog page), in Saratoga Springs, New York, between June 26 and July 23, 2007. He has been invited there to work on his novel-in-progress, A Man of the World.
Sohrab will read from Ticket to Minto in India, at the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai. The reading is one of NCPA's monthly interactive arts forum Chauraha events, free and open to the public. 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2006. Audio Visual Room, NCPA, Mumbai, India.
Contact Person:
Deidre Woods
Publicity Manager
University of Iowa Press
319/335-2008 (Ph)
319/335-2055 (Fax)
deidre-woods@uiowa.edu
www.uiowapress.org
119 West Park Road
Iowa City, IA 52242
E-Mail Sohrab:
sfracis@att.net
