Join us at The Chestnut Tree for an In Conversation with Jumaana Abdu and Dr. Mariam Tokhi to discuss Jumaana’s brand new novel, Translations.
Jumaana Abdu is a Dal Stivens Award winner and an alumnus of the Wheeler Centre Next Chapter program. Her work features in Thyme Travellers (Roseway Publishing), an international anthology of Palestinian speculative fiction. She has been published in Kill Your Darlings, Westerly, Griffith Review, Meanjin, Liminal, Overland, Debris, and New Australian Fiction 2024. By day, she is also a medical doctor.
Hot drinks will be available for purchase. Don't miss this opportunity for an insightful conversation between these two accomplished professionals!
Translations
Winner, 2025 SMH Best Young Australian Novelists
Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize.
Shortlisted in 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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