Jumaana Abdu’s debut novel Translations follows the lives of Aliyah and her daughter Sakina as they retreat to rural NSW in search of a new life. Their lives intertwine with those of the locals as bushfires rage around them and a reckoning approaches.
Jumaana Abdu is a Dal Stivens Award winner and an alumnus of The Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter program.
Non-alcoholic beverages and complimentary snacks courtesy of ASRC Catering will be provided.
Translations
Winner, 2025 SMH Best Young Australian Novelists
Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize
Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards
'Jumaana Abdu is extraordinary and I will read everything she writes.'
HANNAH KENT
'Translations is a joy to read.'
Stella judges' report
Shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize
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