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Sathnam Sanghera

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Sathnam Sanghera

@Sathnam

Sunday Times bestselling author of #Empireland, #Empireworld & others. New book on George Michael - Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, out now on Picador

Wolverhampton

Joined November 2008

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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Jun 2
Thanks to everyone who came to my launch event last night and to Alexis Petridis for a wonderful review in The Guardian today. I will be speaking in Edinburgh on Wednesday, and there will be further events around the country this year. #georgemichael
Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera review – a heartbreaking portrait of George...
From theguardian.com
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Feb 7, 2021
My self-worth ain't invested in such things, but it's my first time on the Sunday Times bestseller list & a poignant moment for a boy who couldn't speak English when he started school. Thanks to the libraries which made me, the readers of #EmpireLand & @VikingBooksUK @jealnicola
Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Jan 20, 2023
380,000 children in the UK don't own books. I was one of them. We'll have to invent libraries all over again once they're gone. My piece for @thetimesmagazine tomorrow and online from today. #Books #Libraries #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #literacy thetimes.co.uk/article/186229…
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Nov 13, 2017
Final plug for #TheBoyWithTheTopknot before I log off for day: @BBCTwo 9pm tonight My attempt to answer a common question about it in @RadioTimes: radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-1… More about issues behind it here from ace charity @Rethink_ : rethink.org/news-views/201… sathnam.com
Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Jan 27, 2024
Historian Jerry Brotton on #Empireworld in the physical @FT today. It's amazing when, after years and years of toil, in the face of relentless and sometimes organised hostility, someone really gets your work. linktr.ee/empireworldsat…
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Mar 10, 2025
Thrilled to bring news of my next book for adults - Tonight The Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael, from Picador in 2026. Feels good to be writing something joyful at a shitty time. Pre-orders: sathnam.com/george #GeorgeMichael thebookseller.com/rights/picador…
Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael - Sathnam Sanghera
From sathnam.com
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Jan 18, 2024
An early review of #Empireworld in The i. Published a week today and events bookable now in London, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol. Link: linktr.ee/empireworldsat… inews.co.uk/culture/books/…
Empireworld | Linktree
From linktr.ee
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
Aug 3, 2025
I'm on Private Passions on BBC Radio 3 at midday today
BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Sathnam Sanghera
From bbc.co.uk
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Sathnam Sanghera
@Sathnam
May 24, 2025
Wrote for @thetimes about the surreal and intense experience of having a book adapted for the stage. Tickets: sathnam.com/events thetimes.com/culture/theatr…
Events - Sathnam Sanghera
From sathnam.com
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