Neela Grammy Press Release

Read details on Neela's grammy in Hachette's official press release. 

92nd Street Y

VisionIntoArt collaboration with composer Milica Paranosic and visual artist Carmen Kordas on the piece “Little Wounds,” inspired by You Have Given Me a Country.  Premiered at the 92nd Street Y.  Click here to see/hear the piece (scroll down to “Little Wounds”)

Neela Accepts 2015 Grammy

Neela accepting Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album, I AM MALALA. How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai, read by Neela Vaswani

Neela's Grammy Interview

Neela's post-grammy interview. 

The Rumpus

Interview with Neela on the Rumpus. 

The American Book Awards

Neela receives the American Book Award for You Have Given Me a Country, televised on C-Span. 

American Library Association

Interview about Same Sun Here and the importance of picture books at the American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference, Dallas.

Additional Press

• New York Historical Society Interview on Same Sun Here
• Baltimore Brew in conjunction with the CityLit Festival, You Have Given Me a Country
• Courier-Journal, You Have Given Me a Country
• ScopeDish, “Vaswani ‘96 on Writing and Success”
• Washington Post on 2015 Grammy nominees, I Am Malala
• NPR, “House, Vaswani Write a Novel in Letters,” Same Sun Here

• The New York Times Neela interviewed by Clyde Haberman in an article about the New York Public Library’s literacy program  

• Girls of Summer, Same Sun Here
• Knox Writers House, on the impact of place on writing
• Skidmore College “Creative Thought at Work”
• University of California, Davis, You Have Given Me a Country
• The Center for Fiction, New York City  Neela at the Center for Fiction, with visiting students from The Young Women’s Leadership School in Brooklyn.

• Red Tricycle Grammy Nominee concert piece, Neela in L.A.’s Red Tricycle for I Am Malala

• Wear the Old Coat, Same Sun Here review

• Mayor's Book Club Pick, Louisville, KY You Have Given Me a Country

• The Rusty Key, Same Sun Here interview