Writers In Conversation @ October Books: Layla AlAmmar

Monday 17th October

in shop - 7pm - free entry

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We’re delighted to be hosting Writers In Conversation here at October Books on Monday 17th October.

The first author in the 22/23 series is the remarkable Layla AlAmmar, and she will be discussing her book ‘Silence Is A Sense’ with Carole Burns.

Layla AlAmmar grew up in Kuwait and has a master's in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh. She has published in The Evening Standard, the TLS, the Guardian, Lithub, Arablit Quarterly, and Aesthetica Magazine, where she was a finalist for the 2014 Creative Writing Award. In 2018 she was the British Council International Writer in Residence at the Small Wonder Short Story Festival. Her first novel, The Pact We Made, was published in 2019. She currently resides in the UK, where she is doing her doctorate on Arabic women's literature. Silence is a Sense was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.

If you’d like to order a copy of the book to be delivered to your door, you can here

If you’d like to collect a copy from the shop, get in touch: info@octoberbooks.org

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Find our more about the author on Twitter @Layla_AlAmmar and insta @laylaalammar_author/

This is a free entry event, but if you'd like to sling October Books a donation, please do.