Upcoming Events

Winter/Spring 2019
January 17th: Manhattan, Barnes & Noble UES with Roshani Choksi and Melissa Albert
January 24th: Burlington, Phoenix Books with Katherine Arden
January 25th: Queens, BookCulture LIC Launch Party!
February 15th: Boston, Brookline Booksmith with Charlie Jane Anders
February 15-17th: Boston, Boskone Convention, events to be announced
March 22nd-24th: Chicago, C2E2, Friday and Saturday panels
May 2nd: NYC, Books of Wonder (downtown) with S.K. Ali and Emily X.R. Pan
May 4th: Ottawa, Ottawa International Writers Festival
June 10th: NYC, Yorkville branch of the NYPL, details to come

Additionally, I'll be taking part in the Muslim Protagonist Symposium on February 2nd. All are welcome to attend and I typically try to hang out for a bit afterwards to speak to any aspiring sci-fi/fantasy writers. Please feel free to come introduce yourself!

​Flattening Faith: Searching for 3-Dimensional Religion in a 2-Dimensional World
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Join me and a crew of fantastic creators on November 29th at Columbia University as we discuss religion and pop culture. There will be pizza and Daevabad Trilogy swag! It's free, but if you can, please register here.

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 Interviews & Guest Posts

Pixel Project (live reading and Q&A) - March 9th, 2019
Put a Blurb on It podcast - March 8th, 2019
Sword & Laser - March 6th, 2019
Locus Magazine - March 2019
Wine, Women and Words - February 25th, 2019
88 Cups of Tea - January 2019
Pen America - January 10th, 2019
Lightspeed Magazine - December 2018
"From City to Kingdom: S. A. Chakraborty on Building the Magical World of The Daevabad Trilogy." B&N Sci-fi/Fantasy Blog, December 18th, 2018
The Great Big Beautiful Podcast, December 18th, 2018
Wine, Women, and Words podcast, July 28th, 2018
Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib - Episode 500, April 2018
Writers & Readers Magazine - March 1st, 2018 
Huffington Post - January 8th, 2017
The Quill to Live - December 5th, 2017
Kirkus Reviews - November 15th, 2017
Tor "Five Books to Take You Beyond 1001 Nights" - November 14th, 2017
SYFY Wire - November 13th, 2017
Amazon Book Review - November 13th, 2017
Unbound Worlds - November 7th, 2017
​Signal Boost #25 Podcast with Skiffy and Fanty - November 7th, 2017
Genrebending Video Interview - October 2017
Twinning For Books - June 22nd
Cover Reveal and excerpt at io9 - April 2017 
A #DVpit Success Story - April 2017

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Past Events

Bookcon - June 2nd, 2018
Panel, "Channeling fandom into original fiction" and signings

Readercon - July 12th-15th, 2018
Panels and readings

Virginia Festival of the Book - March 23rd, 2018

New York Public Library Presents: Writers in Conversation with N.K. Jemisin - December 11th, 2017
Moderated by Victor LaValle. Mid-Manhattan Library

Event & Book Signing with Melissa Caruso - November 16th, 2017
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446 (7:00PM)

The City of Brass Launch Party! - November 14th, 2017
Come celebrate! I'll be reading and signing copies of The City of Brass - as well as bringing some Egyptian refreshments! WORD Bookstore Brooklyn, 126 Franklin St., Brooklyn NY 11222 (7:00PM)

New York Review of Science Fiction Readings - November 7th, 2017
S. A. Chakraborty reads from her debut novel, The City of Brass, along with Kris Dikeman. Brooklyn Commons Cafe, 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (7:00PM) Watch here.

New York Comic Con - October 5th, 2017
Panelist, "Extraordinary Enchantments" (11 AM) Epic fantasy's power to engage, move, and inspire is nothing short of...well...epic! Maryelizabeth Yturralde of Mysterious Galaxy waxes enthusiastic with Lisa Maxwell, Tamora Pierce, Katherine Arden, K. Arsenault Rivera, S.A. Chakraborty and V.E. Schwab. Write up on Tor here.

San Diego Comic Con - July 23rd, 2017
Panelist, "World Mythology in Contemporary Fantasy (Room 9, 2:00-3:00) Xenophobes beware. (And, if you know what "xenophobes" means, please keep reading.) There are worlds of diverse gods, djinn, daemons, Ghabali, manticores, sylphs, yowies...and oh, yeah, Baba Yaga...to learn about. And you can find them all in the pages of books. Join Renee Ahdieh (Flame in the Mist) in conversation with Ilona Andrews (Wildfire), Tome Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone), Tracy Chee (The Speaker), S.A. Chakraborty (The City of Brass), and Nidhi Chanani (Pashmina) to learn about the monsters the roam the earth, and how world mythology provides the building blocks of contemporary storytelling. SIGNING TO FOLLOW!

ReaderCon - July 13th-16th, 2017
Panelist, "The Global Roots of Speculative Fiction" (Room 6, Friday 7/14 at 5PM) 
Panelist, "Race and Historical Accuracy in Cod-Medieval Fantasy Fiction" (Room 6, Friday 7/14 at 7PM) 
Panelist, "Clothes Make the Story" (Room 6, Sunday 7/16 at 1PM) 
Reading (and give-a-way!) fromThe City of Brass. Room A (Sunday 7/16 at 2:30PM)

Conan the Barbarian at the Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse - June 29th, 2017
Screening plus "Barbarian Bingo," followed by a panel discussion with Sarah Beth Durst, NK Jemisin, S.A. Chakraborty. Jordanna Max Brodsky and Myke Cole UPDATE: SOLD OUT

Book Con - June 4th, 2017
Panelist, Cult Classic Throwdown: SFF in Film, Lit, and Pop Culture

Library Journal Day of Dialogue - May 31st, 2017
Participating on the SFF/Dystopia Panel

Lunacon - April 7th, 2017
Reading at 7:30, more info here.

The Muslim Protagonist Symposium - April 1st, 2017
Video here and more information at symposium website. 

New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents New American Voices in Science Fiction and Fantasy - January 10th, 2017 at the Brooklyn Commons
S. A. Chakraborty reads from her debut novel The City of Brass. Video available here.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: Two Fantasy Debuts Nabbed in Major Deals
Publisher's Weekly, October 2016