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11 Jan 2020: Author Rehan Khan tells us about the history and research running through his own Tudor Turk novels and what he’s looking forward to asking Alwyn Hamilton about her books. Rehan will be moderating Jonathan Phillips and Bettany Hughes on the legendary characters from myth and history that feature in their own historical work, from Aphrodite to the Sultan Salahuddin.
01 Feb 2020: Hafsa Lodi has covered fashion in the region for a decade, and is a seamstress and designer herself. Her non-fiction book Modesty: A Fashion Paradox is an in-depth look into a multi billion dollar retail sector that is no stranger to controversy.
Published 02/16/20
08 Feb 2020: Montegrappa Writing Prize winner Stacey Siebritz explains what the prize means to her, and UK literary agent Luigi Bonomi explains the role he'll play mentoring her and helping take her manuscript 'The Leap' to publication.
Published 02/09/20
08 Feb 2020: Tayari Jones shares the sofa with Annabelle Corton on Talking of Books live at the Emirates Festival of Literature 2020 to discuss her novel 'An American Marriage’ which traces the lives of Roy, a man wrongly convicted of a crime, and his wife Celestial.
Published 02/09/20