Tag: Politica
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Taxi as it first appeared in November 2020
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Politica Reviews
I try to keep all the reviews and interviews for each book in one place. Politica was released on the 3rd of January and it’s now been out in the world for almost five months. I have had a few events to discuss it publicly and to contextualise some of the fragments that appear in…
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Upcoming Events – Stella Prize and SWF
I have a few upcoming events. Next Thursday the 4th of April, I’ll be in conversation with Michelle Law where we will be discussing the Stella Prize shortlist which will be announced on the day. My first event ever at PHIVE in Parramatta will take place as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival on the…
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Greek Australiana and Liminal Interview
Two pieces of news. My second book, Australiana, has had its first translation ever, into Greek. This is a very exciting piece of news and I hope there are more translations in the future. I really would love to see all my books in Arabic and Spanish. The second piece of news is that I…
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Books of Note
I have been slowly reading the essays in Our Women on the Ground. It is an anthology of Arab women reporting from the Arab World. It is edited by Zahra Hankir. The essays are insightful and thoughtful. They do what I was trying to do with Politica which is to look at how events affect…
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Politica release
Politica was released on the 3rd of January, 2024. It is my fourth book. It is set in an unnamed region and examines the impact of politics on people’s lives. There are no dates and times, the typical details found in common presentation of politics. Instead, my attention is on individuals in a community and…
Yumna Kassab 