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Private: Leila Aboulela and Lorraine Wilson at Aye Write Festival
Read more...choose a side. Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, a decision that threatens to splinter his family.…
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Private: Lyn Innes at Jaipur Literary Festival at the British Library
Read more...Palace to the Australian Outback. In conversation with author, journalist and historian, Shrabani Basu, Innes discusses the intimate story of…
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Private: Eat like a Sultan! Cooking In The Muslim Medieval Ages
Read moreJoin us for an informative session with Professor Daniel L. Newman about medieval Arabic cooking. The Arabic culinary tradition is…
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Private: Gilbert Achcar at Aye Write Festival
Read more...the ‘old’ Cold War with disastrous implications. Vladimir Putin’s consequent rise and imperialist reinvention, along with Xi Jinping’s own ascendancy…
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Private: Index on Censorship: Author Mai Al-Nakib in Conversation with Katie Dancey-Downs
Read more...freedom of speech in a religiously conservative country. In An Unlasting Home, Mai Al-Nakib imagines an alternative reality where this…
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Private: Discretion Book Launch: An Evening with the Translator
Read moreJoin Books on the Rise for an evening celebrating the paperback launch of Discretion, the award winning novel by Faïza…
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Private: Book launch with Leila Aboulela, Lutz Oette, Fergus Nicoll
Read more...novel about an embattled young woman in the years leading up to the British conquest of Sudan”, comments her publisher,…
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In the Name of the Father: Conversation with Éric Chacour and Xavier Le Clerc
Read moreCanadian author born to Egyptian parents, Éric Chacour, and French-Algerian novelist, Xavier Le Clerc, will discuss their latest UK publications,…
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Private: Selma Dabbagh at Bradford Literature Festival
Read more...the contemporary complexities of intrigue and desire, this event brings together Selma Dabbagh, editor of We Wrote In Symbols: Love…
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Private: Maggie Gee at Authors’ Club Lunch
Read moreIt’s the 2030s in Ramsgate and four people who don’t look quite human are found sitting, naked, in the early…
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Private: Joelle Taylor Workshop: Queering the Page at Edinburgh Book Festival
Read moreTake control of your own narrative with award-winning poet and performer Joelle Taylor. LGBTQIA+ literature is thriving, and this workshop…