The Veranstaltungsforum der Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck and American Studies Leipzig jointly hosted the second Picador Professorship Reading in the Galerie Pierogi on Thursday, July 12. In the gallery packed with over 70 guests, Picador Professor and novelist James Hopkin read from his novel Winter under Water. He was joined by his guest, anglo-indian writer Priya Basil, who read from her novel Ishq and Mushq.