Michael Mohammed Ahmad - The Other Half Of You - Book Launch
Thu, 27 May
|Better Read Than Dead - upstairs
The Other Half of You is the powerful, insightful and unforgettable new novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author of The Lebs. Join Michael Mohammed Ahmad in-conversation with Sarah Ayoub to celebrate the launch of The Other Half Of You.
Time & Location
27 May 2021, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEST
Better Read Than Dead - upstairs, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
In this moving and timely novel, balances the complexities of modern love with the demands of family, tradition and faith. With a nod to and Arabic story , is a love story about difference and what comes of finding a way to be together. Michael Mohammed AhmadRomeo and Juliet Layla and MajnunThe Other Half of You
About the Author
is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of the critically acclaimed anthology, (Affirm Press, 2021). Mohammed's debut novel, (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, (Hachette Australia, 2018) won the 2019 NSW Premier's Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017.Michael Mohammed Ahmad After Australia The Tribe Sydney Morning Herald The Lebs
About the Moderator
is a journalist and author. Her writing…
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