Time & Location
23 May 2021, 15:00 – 16:00 BST
Online Event
About the Event
From romance, to racism and islamophobia, to mental health, belonging, and history, S.K Ali (Love From A to Z), Sabina Khan (Zara Hossain is Here/The Love and Lies of Rukshana Ali), and Hanna Alkaf (The Weight of Our Sky) explore the different facets of growing up, and YA novels as spaces of recognition, reflection, and remembrance for young Muslims. Chaired by Dr Sofia Rehman, academic and founder of Leeds Lit Club.
Accessibility
This event will have BSL interpretation. Please contact us with any additional accessibility needs - we are committed to making our events as accessible as possible.
Speakers:
Hanna Alkaf is the author of the Freeman Award-winning THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster) and the Kirkus Prize finalist THE GIRL AND THE GHOST (HarperCollins). She graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and spent over ten years writing everything from B2B marketing emails to…