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Emirates Airline Festival of Literature presents Literary Fiction – On the Edge: Avni Doshi & Derek Owusu at InterContinental Dubai Festival City on Saturday 6 February 2021.
Cutting-edge literary fiction has been set alight this year with some extraordinary debut novels published by exciting young authors.
Join two trailblazers whose uncompromising work has entranced readers, reviewers and prize judges.
Delve into their roads to publication, the influences that shaped their books, and their exploration of childhood memory in creating powerful, ground-breaking fiction.
Avni Doshi is a Dubai-based Indian American author whose debut novel Burnt Sugar was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
She has been awarded the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize and a Charles Pick Fellowship at the University of East Anglia.
Derek Owusu is a British author of Ghanaian descent whose debut novel That Reminds Me (the first novel published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books) won the Desmond Elliot Prize.
He is writer and co-host of the podcast Mostly Lit and a mentor at the award-winning charity Urban Synergy.
Timings:
Saturday 6 February 2021 from 10am to 11am.
Price:
• AED 60 Per Person
• AED 54 Foundation Friend
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature presents Literary Fiction – On the Edge: Avni Doshi & Derek Owusu at InterContinental Dubai Festival City on Saturday 6 February 2021.
Cutting-edge literary fiction has been set alight this year with some extraordinary debut novels published by exciting young authors.
Join two trailblazers whose uncompromising work has entranced readers, reviewers and prize judges.
Delve into their roads to publication, the influences that shaped their books, and their exploration of childhood memory in creating powerful, ground-breaking fiction.
Avni Doshi is a Dubai-based Indian American author whose debut novel Burnt Sugar was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
She has been awarded the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize and a Charles Pick Fellowship at the University of East Anglia.
Derek Owusu is a British author of Ghanaian descent whose debut novel That Reminds Me (the first novel published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books) won the Desmond Elliot Prize.
He is writer and co-host of the podcast Mostly Lit and a mentor at the award-winning charity Urban Synergy.
Timings:
Saturday 6 February 2021 from 10am to 11am.
Price:
• AED 60 Per Person
• AED 54 Foundation Friend
| place | InterContinental Dubai Festival City Dubai Festival City, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| local_phone | +971 4 701 1111 |
| event_available | Sat, 6 Feb 2021 |
| access_time |
Event Starts: 10:00 to 11:00 on Sat |
| payment |
Per Person: AED 60.00 Foundation Friend: AED 54.00 |
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Emirates Airline Festival of Literature presents Literary Fiction – On the Edge: Avni Doshi & Derek Owusu at InterContinental Dubai Festival City on Saturday 6 February 2021.
Cutting-edge literary fiction has been set alight this year with some extraordinary debut novels published by exciting young authors.
Join two trailblazers whose uncompromising work has entranced readers, reviewers and prize judges.
Delve into their roads to publication, the influences that shaped their books, and their exploration of childhood memory in creating powerful, ground-breaking fiction.
Avni Doshi is a Dubai-based Indian American author whose debut novel Burnt Sugar was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
She has been awarded the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize and a Charles Pick Fellowship at the University of East Anglia.
Derek Owusu is a British author of Ghanaian descent whose debut novel That Reminds Me (the first novel published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books) won the Desmond Elliot Prize.
He is writer and co-host of the podcast Mostly Lit and a mentor at the award-winning charity Urban Synergy.
Timings:
Saturday 6 February 2021 from 10am to 11am.
Price:
• AED 60 Per Person
• AED 54 Foundation Friend
