BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;South Asia Center pr esentsGlobal Reads Webinar On May 13th at 7PM ET\, South Asia Book Award\n Coordinator Emera Bridger Wilson will chat with Veera Hiranandani\, author \nof \;The Night Diary\, about the inspiration for her book\, how\nit can be used in schools and libraries\, and her writing process.\n\nThe Nig ht Diary \;follows the story of\ntwelve-year old Nisha who is forced t o escape her home in 1947 with her Hindu\nfamily during the partition of I ndia. Trying to make sense of the world during\nthis treacherous moment in history\, she writes letters to her Muslim mother in\nher journal\, who d ied in childbirth.\n\nFind out more about the \;South Asia Book Award& nbsp\;here. \; \;Veera Hiranandani \;Veera Hiranandani \;i s\nthe author of \;The Night Diary \;(Kokila)\, which\nhas receive d many awards including the 2019 Newbery Honor Award\, the 2019\nWalter De an Myers Honor Award\, and the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights\nin Children’s Literature\, and a 2019 South Asia Book Award Honor Award.  \;The Night\nDiary \;has been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition\, is a New\nYork Times Editor’s Choice Pick\, and was chosen as a 2018 Best Chil dren’s Book\nof the Year by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR \, Amazon\, School\nLibrary Journal\, and Kirkus Reviews. She is also the author of \;The Whole\nStory of Half a Girl \;(Yearling)\, which w as named a Sydney\nTaylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award Highly Commended selection\, and\nthe chapter book series\, \;Phoebe G. Green  \;(Grosset &\; Dunlap). She\nearned her MFA in fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. A former book\neditor at Simon &\; Schuster\, s he now teaches creative writing at Sarah\nLawrence College’s Writing Insti tute. Her next novel\, \;How To\nFind What You’re Not Looking For  \;(Kokila) will be released in\nFall 2021.Click here to registerFor more i nformation\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr\,edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bic knell\, mebickne@syr.edu. DTEND:20210514T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T122351Z DTSTART:20210513T230000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Global Reads Webinar - Veera Hiranandani UID:RFCALITEM639140846314599900 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

South Asia Center presents


Global Reads Webinar


On May 13t h at 7PM ET\, South Asia Book Award\nCoordinator Emera Bridger Wilson will chat with Veera Hiranandani\, author\nof \;The Night Diary\, about the inspiration for her book\, how\nit can be used in schools and l ibraries\, and her writing process.

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The Night Diary& nbsp\;follows the story of\ntwelve-year old Nisha who is forced to escape her home in 1947 with her Hindu\nfamily during the partition of India. Try ing to make sense of the world during\nthis treacherous moment in history\ , she writes letters to her Muslim mother in\nher journal\, who died in ch ildbirth.


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Find out more about the \;South Asia Book Awar d \;here. \; \;


Veera Hiranandani&nbs p\;


Veera Hiranandani \;is\nthe author of \;Th e Night Diary \;(Kokila)\, which\nhas received many awards includ ing the 2019 Newbery Honor Award\, the 2019\nWalter Dean Myers Honor Award \, and the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights\nin Children’s Literatur e\, and a 2019 South Asia Book Award Honor Award. \;The Night\nDia ry \;has been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition\, is a New\nYork Times Editor’s Choice Pick\, and was chosen as a 2018 Best Children’s Book \nof the Year by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, Amazon\, School\nLibrary Journal\, and Kirkus Reviews. She is also the author of&n bsp\;The Whole\nStory of Half a Girl \;(Yearling)\, which was named a Sydney\nTaylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award Highly Co mmended selection\, and\nthe chapter book series\, \;Phoebe G. Green&n bsp\;(Grosset &\; Dunlap). She\nearned her MFA in fiction writing at Sa rah Lawrence College. A former book\neditor at Simon &\; Schuster\, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah\nLawrence College’s Writing Institu te. Her next novel\, \;How To\nFind What You’re Not Looking For \;(Kokila) will be released in\nFall 2021.


Click here to register


For more information\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbrid ge@syr\,edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please c ontact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.

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