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​May 20, 2019

​Memoir Monday Reading 

7:00 p.m.
The Powerhouse Arena
28 Adams St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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October 24, 2018
​Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Reading, Discussion, Signing
7:00 p.m.
120 N. Virginia Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046

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Jabeen was accepted into the Cuttyhunk Island Writer's Residency 2018 summer session.

Jabeen is featured in PEN America's The M Word Stories.

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Jabeen shares her favorite writing retreat for the August, 2017 issue of The Writer.
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For more information on the Goathouse Refuge, click here.

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​May 6, 2017
DC Ideas Fest: Busboys and Poets Literary Lounge
Reading, Discussion, Signing
​2:00-3:00 pm
Carnegie Library of Washington, DC 
801 K St, NW
Washington, DC 20001
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February 19, 2015
Facing Orientalist Codes: Postcolonial Approaches in Fiction
Panelist: Mediterranean Cross-Currents
Princess Jasmine and Village Victim: On Western Constructions of Femininity in the Developing World
Uskudar University
Istanbul, Turkey
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October 21, 2014
​The Writer's Center

Panelist 
7:00 p.m.
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815

October 19-20, 2013
​James River Writers Conference

Panelist, Signing

October 19
Panelist: Desperate Authors
3:45-4:45 p.m.


October 20
Panelist: The Past, Present and Future of Regional Writing
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Panelist: Writing Diversity
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.


Greater Richmond Convention Center
Richmond, VA 23219
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​April 27, 2013
​Chop Suey Books

Reading, Discussion, Signing
6:00 p.m.
2913 W. Carey St.
Richmond, VA 23221

February 21, 2013
​Books on Broad

Reading, Discussion, Signing
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Jabeen Akhtar will discuss and sign Welcome to Americastan, her quirky, refreshingly candid debut novel. Light refreshments will be served (5:30–6:00 PM), followed by author talk (6:00–6:45 PM), and book signing (6:45–7:30 PM). ​
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​January 22, 2013
​Author Night at The Pink Warehouse

Reading, Discussion, Signing
8:00 p.m.
100 W. South Street, #2B
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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October 20, 2012
​Library of Virginia Literary Awards

Literary Luncheon
Book signing
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Ceremony
6:30-11:30 p.m.

Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Welcome to Americastan has been named a finalist in the 15th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards. 

September 27, 2011
​Book Launch at Reliance TimeOut Bookstore

Reading, Discussion, Signing
6:30 p.m.
Reliance TimeOut Bookstore
Cunningham Road, Bangalore

September 23, 2011
​Book Launch at Crossroad Bookstore

Reading, Discussion, Signing
7:00 p.m.
Crossroad Bookstore
Kemps Corner, Mumbai

​September 22, 2011
Book Launch at Cafe Turtle (atop the Full Circle Boookstore)

Reading, Discussion, Signing
7:00 p.m.
Cafe Turtle
​Block Market, New Delhi
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