Sip and Read with Ira Mathur author of Love The Dark Days

Sip and Read with Ira Mathur
An Evening with the Author of Love the Dark Days

Join us at Scribbles and Quills on Saturday 28th November for a special edition of Sip and Read as we welcome award-winning author and journalist Ira Mathur for an intimate literary evening.

Ira will be in conversation with Kevin George of Tropical Literature Creatives, exploring her acclaimed memoir Love the Dark Days, the stories behind its pages and the complex intersections of family, identity, migration, race, gender and belonging.

Winner of the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Non-Fiction, Love the Dark Days is a frank, fearless and deeply layered memoir tracing the story of Poppet, a girl born into a privileged but dysfunctional family of mixed Hindu and Muslim heritage. Spanning India, England and Trinidad, the book follows three generations of mothers and daughters navigating the legacies of empire, migration, family expectations and life in a changing world.

Raw, unflinching and threaded with humour, Love the Dark Days is a compelling exploration of personal and collective histories, and the ways in which the past continues to shape our present.

About the Author

Ira Mathur is an award-winning, India-born Trinidadian multimedia journalist and the Trinidad Guardian’s longest-running columnist. Her memoir Love the Dark Days, published by Peepal Tree Press, won the 2023 OCM Bocas Prize for Non-Fiction and was named among the best biographies of 2022 by The Guardian (UK). She has also written for the BBC and The Guardian and has undertaken creative writing studies with the University of East Anglia/Guardian and The Faber Academy.

Come enjoy an evening of conversation, reflection and connection with one of Trinidad and Tobago’s celebrated literary voices.

Event Details

📅 Saturday 28th November 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM
📍 Scribbles and Quills, 6 Gaston Street, Lange Park, Chaguanas
🎟️ $100 per person (includes refreshments)

Your ticket includes:

•⁠ ⁠An engaging author conversation with Ira Mathur and Kevin George.
•⁠ ⁠An opportunity to meet the author.
•⁠ ⁠A chance to have your copy of Love the Dark Days signed.
•⁠ ⁠Refreshments and good company!

Whether you’ve already read the book or are discovering it for the first time, we’d love to have you join us for this special literary gathering.

Spaces are limited. Reserve your spot and sip, read and connect with us!