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Desi Queers w/ Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu

31 Jul 2025 – 20:00 BST
Glasgow Film Theatre

Join Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu for the launch of ‘Desi Queers’. The book launch will be accompanied by a special screening of ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’, the groundbreaking 1985 classic which portrays the experience of a gay South Asian man in 1980s Britain.

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

15 Sep 2025 – 18:30 BST
Collected Books, Durham

Join Rachel Charlton-Dailey at Collected to talk about her “much-needed take on disability history and our power in protest.” (Frances Ryan – Guardian columnist and author of Crippled)

Seven Children w/ Danny Dorling

20 Aug 2025 – 12:00 - 13:30 BST
Edinburgh International Book Festival

Dig deeper with the Thought Exercise series at Edinburgh International Book Festival. Danny Dorling, author of Seven Children, provides an eye-opening investigation into childhood inequality in post-pandemic Britain. 

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

17 Aug 2025 – 17:00 - 18:00 BST
Edinburgh International Book Festival

To mark 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act., activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey joins Caro Clarke to discuss Ramping Up Rights which brings together inspiring stories of over 100 years of disability activism.

Desi Queers w/ Churnjeet Mahn

13 Aug 2025 – 18:30 BST
Queer Britain

Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with a powerful conversation on Queer South Asian stories with Churnjeet Mahn, co-author of Desi Queers. 

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

31 Jul 2025 – 19:00 - 20:30 BST
Five Leaves Bookshop

Join Rachel Charlton-Dailey for the launch of her new book ‘Ramping Up Rights’. Rachel will talk about how,  often, disabled people and their allies have fought, and won. She gives them the energy to keep fighting back.

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

23 Jul 2025 – 19:00 – 21:00 BST
Queer Lit/ Social Refuge

Head to Queer Lit for an empowering evening with award-winning journalist, activist, and disability rights advocate Rachel Charlton-Dailey to explore what it truly means to fight for accessibility, representation, and justice.

Desi Queers w/ Churnjeet Mahn and DJ Ritu

17 Jul 2025 – 18:15 – 19:15 BST
Whitechapel Gallery

Hear from the authors of the landmark book  ’Desi Queers’  Churnjeet Mahn and DJ Ritu as they speak to creativity and activism, queer South Asian life in 1980s London and their book.

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

15 Jul 2025 – 19:00 BST
Waterstones Trafalgar Square

Join Rachel Charlton-Dailey, in conversation with Tazmyn-Mei Gebbett, to celebrate the release of ‘Ramping Up Rights’ to open up a discussion on the fascinating journey through disability activism and the urgent necessity for education and protest! 

Ramping Up Rights w/ Rachel Charlton-Dailey

5 Jul 2025 – 13:00 - 16:30 BST
Friends' Meeting House

Celebrate GMCDP’s 40th Anniversary at Friends’ Meeting House with the launch of Rachel Charlton-Dailey’s book Ramping Up Rights.