On Festivals and Retreats

Click on a retreat or festival for more details and photos.

Santa Maddalena, Florence

Nearly three weeks at this wonderful place enabled me to finish the draft of my novel, Other States, Other Lives.

Ramallah

I spent two weeks working on my play The Brick, at the Qattan Artists’ Guest House in Ramallah and blogged about the experience for English PEN. See Notes From A Safehouse in Area A

Lahore

The British Council arranged for me to go to the  wonderful Lahore Literary Festival I wrote two pieces about my stay there.

Jaipur

My blog on attending the Jaipur Literary Festival for Edinburgh World Writers.

Malta

I attended the Mediterranean Festival of Literature in September 2012 at the invitation of the British Council. My blog from Malta for the British Council is here.

Gaza

I travelled to Gaza with PalFest in 2012 from Egypt and blogged about my visit for English PEN.

Port Cetate, nr. Craiova, Romania