TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
Tickets on pre-sale via www.fane.com.au/WilliamDalrymple
William Dalrymple
How Ancient India Transformed the World
“India was in many ways the forgotten heart of the ancient world … a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas, an ‘Indosphere’ where its influence was predominant … Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics, and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road.”
– William Dalrymple
Join the historian and co-host of the chart-topping podcast Empire, William Dalrymple, as he shares the rarely told story of India’s role as a cultural and scientific superpower of the ancient world, in celebration of his upcoming book:
THE GOLDEN ROAD
How Ancient India Transformed the World
Touring Australia from 29 October – 5 November 2024
| Tue 29 Oct | Brisbane | Powerhouse | 7:30pm | |
| Thur 31 Oct | Sydney | City Recital Hall | 7:30pm | |
| Thu 3 Nov | Melbourne | Palais | 7:30pm | |
| Fri 4 Nov | Canberra | Canberra Theatre Centre | 7:30pm | |
| Sat 5 Nov | Perth | Heath Ledger Theatre | 7:30pm | |
Tickets available via www.fane.com.au/WilliamDalrymple
Described by Sunday Times as ‘a master storyteller’, Scottish historian, writer and broadcaster William Dalrymple will be in Australia from late October for a speaking tour that will enthral lovers of history and the wonderous, mysterious country of India.
Perhaps Britain’s greatest living historian, Dalrymple is known across the globe for his ability to bring the extraordinary history of the Indian subcontinent to life, whether through award-winning, bestselling books like Return of a King and The Anarchy, or his hit podcast, Empire and now his latest book, the revolutionary; The Golden Road: How India Transformed The World.
Live on stage, William will tell the story of how, for a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.
William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India’s oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of Japan, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.
Best known for his works on Indian and Islamic history, he has a deep interest in the history and culture of South Asia, particularly India. Dalrymple’s works often explore the intersections of history, culture, and religion, and he is renowned for his engaging narrative style that makes complex historical events accessible to a broad audience.
In addition to his books, Dalrymple frequently writes articles and essays on history, culture, and current affairs, and he is a regular contributor to publications like The Guardian and The New Yorker. He is also known for his work as a documentary filmmaker and television presenter.
Don’t miss this chance to hear the story of how India became the great intellectual and philosophical superpower of ancient Asia.
‘At the forefront of the new wave of popular history’
OBSERVER
‘A superb historian with a visceral understanding of India’
THE TIMES
‘A master storyteller’
SUNDAY TIMES
Presented by Fane & How To Academy
William Dalrymple
How Ancient India Transformed the World
| Tue 29 Oct | Brisbane | Powerhouse | 7:30pm |
| Thu 31 Oct | Sydney | City Recital Hall | 7:30pm |
| Thu 3 Nov | Melbourne | Palais | 7:30pm |
| Fri 4 Nov | Canberra | Canberra Theatre Centre | 7:30pm |
| Sat 5 Nov | Perth | Heath Ledger Theatre | 7:30pm |
Tickets Available via www.fane.com.au/WilliamDalrymple
Tour Artwork HERE
Press Images HERE
The Golden Road: How India Transformed the World published by Bloomsbury HERE
TOUR MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Tatiana Marchant | Estellar PR
0410 655 020 |tatiana@estellar.com.au
BOOK ENQUIRIES: Hermione Davis | Head of PR, Bloomsbury Publishing Australia
0431 063 610 |hermione.davis@bloomsbury.com
ABOUT WILLIAM DALRYMPLE:
William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians, co-host of chart-topping podcast Empire with Anita Anand, and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He has also won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the FPA Media Awards and been awarded five honorary doctorates. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and The Guardian.
FANE:
Fane is a leader in the production and curation of spoken word events, bringing the most exciting names in culture and entertainment to audiences around the world.
Founded to provide a platform where established and emerging talent can promote their work, the company is renowned for creating unique, dynamic events that tap into the conversations of the moment.
Other Fane Australia tours in 2024 include Dolly Alderton, Kevin McCloud, Henry Winkler, Fran Lebowitz, Miriam Margolyes, Nigella Lawson, Rory Stewart, Tim Minchin and Jon Ronson.
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