Yumna Kassab

The Theory of Everything

Australiana

The Lovers

Politica

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  • What’s Happening in 2026?

    This year I’ll have two books coming out. The first is Goodbye, My Love, a novel which will be released by Ultimo Press on the 28th of April. This is the 5th cover that Mika Tabata has created for my books, and I love how Goodbye, My Love and The Lovers go together, that the…

  • The House of Youssef – Six Years On

    The House of Youssef was released six years ago at the start of September, 2019. Before this book was published, I had been writing for fifteen years. Almost all of those writings were stories and even these days, the majority of my writing is fiction. I do write an occasional essay but to my mind,…

  • Reviews for The Theory of Everything

    As I do for every one of my books, I try to put all the reviews in one place. Here is a list of reviews and related material connected to The Theory of Everything. This list will be updated when necessary. In other news, Jumaana Abdu read a version of Two Burials at an event…

  • Upcoming Events

    I have a few events coming up in the next few weeks for The Theory of Everything. Firstly, there’s an author talk at Newcastle Library on Saturday the 17th of May. It will be at 6pm in the evening. It is free to attend. All details can be found here. The Sydney Writers’ Festival is…

  • The Theory of Everything

    So what is The Theory of Everything? Firstly, I am referencing the non-existent scientific “theory of everything.” I have been wondering for a while now how does a writer try to capture the world we live in through fiction. My sense is that by sticking to a narrative structure that follows A to B and…

  • Living in Translation

    So I have been so looking forward to doing something in the lead up to International Translation Day which falls on the 30th of September every year. On Friday the 27th of September, I will be hosting a conversation with Tiffany Tsao and Chris Andrews at the Peter Shergold Building in Parramatta Square. The conversation…

  • Diving, Falling Launch

    On the 6th of September, I will be launching Diving, Falling, the debut novel by Kylie Mirmohamadi. This is an incredible book and I can’t wait to rave about it publicly. It begins with the death of Ken Black, a famous artist, and the fallout after his death, centred around the perspective of his wife,…

  • 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…

  • Books I’ve Been Reading

    Some good books I’ve been reading lately: Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi (translated by Chris Andrews) The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud (translated by John Cullen) Exhalation by Ted Chiang Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (translated by Arunava Sinha) Enter Ghost is a…

  • 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…