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1:00 pm EST
September 27, 2026

Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon St

209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn NY 11201 United States

Fiction

Free

2026 BoBi Honoree Amitav Ghosh in Conversation with Nathaniel Rich

2026 BoBi honoree and NYT bestselling novelist Amitav Ghosh will be joined in conversation by Nathaniel Rich, author of Cloudthief and three previous novels. Ghosh is the author of 11 novels including Sea of Poppies (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and most recently Ghost-Eye. His works of nonfiction include The Great Derangement and The Nutmeg’s Curse.

Participating authors

Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh

Nathaniel Rich

Nathaniel Rich

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