Event: Amy Abdelnoor in conversation with Sunny Singh
Thursday 16th July | 7pm | Tickets £5 or £19.99 including book | Maldon Books
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Amy will be chatting to author Sunny Singh about her novel, ‘Ever Land,’ to a live audience. We’ll have plenty of copies of both Amy and Sunny’s books available to purchase at the event, or you can preorder a copy of Ever Land to collect on the night with your ticket. All tickets include a glass of fizz or non-alcoholic beverage. If you would like a signed book but aren’t able to attend the event, send us an email at maldonbooksltd@gmail.com
About Ever Land
A gripping and powerful story of connection and displacement set in 2000s Palestine. It is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Still reeling from the death of her beloved dad, the idea of having to start all over again daunts her. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating. Another teenager, Safa, watches Dinah settle in. A fourteen-year-old Palestinian who was shot and killed decades ago in the Six Day War, Safa is caught in a limbo which she calls the ‘In-Between’. She is unable to fully pass on without knowing what happened to her younger sister, Nur, who is still alive somewhere. Thirty-three years after her death, the possibility of finding her is suddenly within reach – but she needs Dinah to help her. Alternating between past and present, and between Safa and Dinah, Ever Land is a gripping and powerful story that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine. It is a tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love.
About Amy Abdelnoor
Amy Abdelnoor is a British Arab writer and English teacher. She studied English and Arabic at the University of Cambridge. She lived and worked in the West Bank and in refugee camps in Lebanon in her early twenties. These experiences inspired Ever Land, her debut novel, an early iteration of which was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She is married with three children.
About Sunny Singh
Sunny Singh is a writer, novelist, public intellectual, and a champion for decolonisation and inclusion across all aspects of society. She is the author of seven books including the highly acclaimed Hotel Arcadia, the groundbreaking Amitabh Bachchan for the BFI Film Stars series, and A Bollywood State of Mind: A Journey into the World’s Biggest Cinema, shortlisted for the British Book Awards.
She is the founder and director of the Jhalak Foundation, which focuses on a range of literary, artistic and literacy initiatives in the UK and beyond, including its flagship project: the celebrated Jhalak Prize. Launched in 2017, Jhalak Prize now includes awards for Children’s & Young Adult, Poetry and Prose. She is also the publisher of the bi-annual literary magazine, the Jhalak Review.
Sunny lives in London where she is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at London Metropolitan University.