Tours

International Invitations – Completed

2025
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick/ Ireland
Hong Kong International Literary Festival/ Hong Kong/ China
Brown University, Providence/ USA
Kolkata Literary Meet/ Kolkata/ India

2024
Livraria Megafauna, Sao Paulo & Flup Festival, Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil
Fair Saturday Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao/ Spain
Women Writers’ Seminar, Berlin/ Germany
British Council, Dakar/ Senegal
NBO LitFest/ Nairobi/ Kenya
Resonanzen Festival: Ruhrfestspiele 2024/  Recklinghausen/ Germany
Venice Simplon-Orient Express/ Venice-Austria-Switzerland-Paris
Cologne Literature Festival/ Germany
Rolex Protege & Mentoring Initiative: Cairo/ Aswan (Nubia) /Luxor/ Egypt
Emirates Litfest, Dubai/ United Arab Emirates

2023
Guadalajara International Book Fair/ Mexico
Nelson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival/ Thailand
Seoul International Writers’ Festival/ South Korea
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali/ Indonesia
Zurich Literary Festival/ Switzerland
Borris Festival of Writers & Ideas, Carlow/ Ireland
Tour of writers’ festivals: Ivrea, Turin, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome/ Italy
Rolex Protege & Initiative Arts Festival, Athens/ Greece
Sydney Writers Festival/ Australia
Auckland Writers Festival/ Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Melbourne Writers Festival/ Australia
NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Port of Spain/ Trinidad
Fabula Literature Festival, Ljubljana/ Slovenia
Onassis Stegi, Onassis Foundation, Athens/ Greece
Capitulo Uno Int. Literature Festival & Autonoma Unversity, Madrid/ Spain
Literature Houses in Munich & Frankfurt & Oyoun Berlin/ Germany
Rabenhof Theatre, Vienna/ Austria
Bookstore Le Monte en l’air, Paris/ France
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival/ California/ USA
Hay Festival Cartagena/ Colombia
Jaipaur Literature Festival/ India

2022
The Times & Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival-at-Sea
aboard the Queen Mary 2 (Cunard) ocean liner crossing the North Atlantic
from New York City to Southampton/ USA to UK
Iceland Noir Festival, Reykjavik/ Iceland
University of Utrecht & Brainwash Festival, Amsterdam/ Holland
Passa Porta, Brussels/ Belgium
FOLIO International Literature Festival of Obidos/ Portugal
International Literature Festival Berlin/ Germany
Zagreb Festival of World Literature/ Croatia
Louisiana Literature Festival/ Denmark
Helsinki Lit Fest/ Finland
International Literature Festival/ Dublin

March 2020 to April 2022
Online appearances due to pandemic lockdown at many international festivals & venues

2020
Hay Festival/ Abu Dhabi/ UAE

2019
Ake Arts and Book Festival & Lagos Poetry Festival, Lagos/ Nigeria
Afropean at the Holland Festival/ Amsterdam/ Holland
Arts & the City Conference, Karoli Gaspar University/ Budapest/ Hungary
Int. Assoc. of University Professors of English Triennal Conference/ Poznan/Poland 

2018
Nigerian Diasporas Conference, Universities of Abuja & Muenster/ Abuja/ Nigeria
Afropean: Adventures in Black Europe symposium, Bozar/ Brussels/ Belgium
Convenor, Black British Women Writers, Hedgebrook, Whidbey Island/ USA
Migration in Writing, African Writers Conference, Berlin/ Germany
Geneva Writers Conference/ Switzerland
Chair of the 33rd British Council Literature Seminar, Berlin/ Germany

2017
Chair of the the 32nd British Council Literature Seminar, Berlin/ Germany
Brown University, Connecticut/ USA

2016
Cultural Studies Association, University of Villanova/ Philadelphia/ USA
Speaking Volumes Tour: New York University; Mondavi Centre, Davis, California;
Setton Hall University, New Jersey; Green Apple Books, San Fransisco/USA

2015
Speaking Volumes: ASWAD 8th Biennial Conference, North Carolina/ USA
Afro Europe Conference, University of Muenster/ Germany
Kristianstad Book Festival/ Sweden
Writing the City Festival, British Council/ Singapore
African Literature Association Conference, University of Bayreuth/ Germany
Associated Writing Programmes Conference, Minneapolis/ USA
Skipper Clement International School, Aalborg/ Denmark
The Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College/Hanover, New Hampshire/USA

2014
English Department, University of Nebraska/ USA
OCM Bocas Literature Festival, Port of Spain/ Trinidad
Tour: Various – NYU, NYC + Dartmouth & Wellesley colleges, SUNY Geneseo, Baltimore, LA Times Book Festival/ USA

2013
University of Passau/ Germany
FLUPP Festival, Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil
BIGSAS Festival of African and African Diaspora Literatures, Bayreuth/ Germany

2012
Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg/ Germany
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen/ Germany

2011
ASNEL Conference/ University of Leibniz, Hannover/ Germany
University of the Balearics, Mallorca/ Spain
CW Short course: University of Muenster/ Germany
Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin/Germany
Black Arts in Britain Seminar, University of Padua/ Italy

2009
Yale University, Connecticut/ USA
University of Toronto/ Canada
George Mason University, Virginia / USA
Various venues, Riga & Jurmala/ Latvia
Various venues & University of Vilnius / Lithuania
Various venues, Oslo / Norway
Various venues & University of Helskinki / Finland
Various venues & University of Copenhagen / Denmark
Translocations Conference, Muenster University / Germany
New York State Writers’ Institute @ SUNY Albany / USA

2008
Sino-British Literary Translation Project, Mo Gan Shan/ China
British Council/ Creative Writing Course, Dhaka/ Bangladesh

2007
Creative Writing Tutor, Worldspirit: Loutro/Crete/ Greece
European Union, Brussels/ Belgium
BC Writers’ Residency, Virginia Arts Festival & Norfolk Sate Uni/ USA

2006
Transcultural Britain, Otto-von-Guericke Uni, Magdeburg/ Germany
British Council Tour: Kano, Abuja, Lagos/ Nigeria
AfroEuropeans Conference, Uni Leon/ Spain
Creative Writing Tutor, World Spirit/Loutro/Crete/ Greece
Time of the Writer Festival, Durban/ South Africa

2005
British Council/ Creative Writing Course/ Saudi Arabia
Friedr/Alexa/University, Nurnberg/ Germany
Chicago Humanities Festival/ USA
Beyond Borders Festival of African Writing, Kampala/ Uganda
British Council/Creative Writing Course, Casablanca & Rabat/ Morocco
British Council Writer’s Residency, Georgetown University, Washington DC/ USA

2004
British Council/Creative Writing, Alexandria/ Egypt
British Council/Creative Writing, Tripoli/ Libya
University of Modena/ Italy

2003
British Council Tour, Delhi & Chennai/ India
All English Literature Conference:Van/ Turkey
Singapore Arts Festival/  Singapore
Calabash International Literature Festival/ Jamaica
The Emperor’s Babe Translation Launch, Helsinki/ Finland
Frontiere’s Literature Festival, Paris/ France
The Emperor’s Babe Translation Launch, Prague/ Czech Republic
Write On! Festival/ Croatia
Global Village Forum, Dusseldorf, Goethe Institute/  Germany

2002
AEDEAN Conference, Santiago de Compostela/ Spain
Harbourfront International Festival of Authors Toronto/ Canada
British Literary Festival, Reykjavik/ Iceland
Visiting Professor, Barnard College-Columbia University, New York / USA
New York State Writers’ Institute @ SUNY, New York State / USA
Sienna Heights University / Michigan / USA
Ball State University, Indiana / USA
Geneseo University, New York State / USA
University of Texas @ Austin / USA
Wanas Poetry Festival, Malmo/ Sweden
British Council Tour : Zagreb, Zadar, Split/ Czech Republic
British Council Tour/ Croatia
Literature in March Festival, Vienna/ Austria
British Council Walberberg Seminar/ Germany

2001
British Council Seminar/ Czech Republic
Poetry Spring Festival/ Lithuania
University of Trento/ Italy
British Council UK-NY Festival, New York/ USA
University of Augsburg, Bavaria/ Germany
Aalborg International School/ Denmark

2000
British Council Tour/ Bosnia & Herzegovina
Keats-Shelley House, Rome/ Italy
Literaturexpress Europa 2000,LiteraturWERKstat, Berlin
105 writers touring by train through 19 cities over 6 weeks
Portugal
Spain
France
Belgium
Germany
Poland
Kaliningrad (Russia)
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Russia
Belarus
Poland
Berlin
Writer-in-residence, University of Western Cape, Cape Town/ South Africa

1999
British Council Tour: Auckland and Wellington/ Aotearoa (New Zealand)
British Council Writer-in-Residence/ Zimbabwe
British Council Tour/ State of Palestine
Becoming European Conference, Rome/ Italy
Residency @ Binghamton University & Miami Book Fair/ USA
LiteraturWERKwerkstat, Berlin/ Germany
Melbourne & Tasmania Writers Festivals/ Australia

1998
African Literature Association Conference, Texas/ USA
Multimedia Ediozone Festival/ Salerno/ Italy
University of South Carolina/ USA
British Council Eye on Books Festival/ Hong Kong
Binghamton & Stony Brook Universities, New York/ USA
Irish Writers Centre, Dublin/ Ireland
Diggante Festival, Stockholm/ Sweden
Commonwealth Writers’ Conference, Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia
Stockholm International Poetry Festival/ Sweden

1997
Pan African Writers Association Conference/ Ghana
British Council Tour: Turin, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Rome/ Italy

1996
Writers’ Hotspots, Tendeba  Camp/ Gambia