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Beyond Words French Literature Festival April 2022 - Page 4 of 4 - Beyond Words Live Literature Festival

Month: April 2022

Out of Algeria: Faïza Guène & Sarah Ardizzone

© Marie Huguenin

Talk & Readings

Best selling author with her teenage debut novel Just Like Tomorrow (Kiffe kiffe demain), Faïza Guène has quickly become an outspoken French-Algerian voice. She will talk about her latest novel Discretion with her translator, Sarah Ardizzone. Seeking to “fix the offence of forgetting”, Faïza Guène will address the hardships of motherhood in the context of immigration.

As part of Voices of Algeria
 
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Related / Latest Publication:
Faïza Guène, Discretion translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Saqi Books, 2022)
Thursday 19 May 2022 6.30pm in English and French La Médiathèque
£9, £7


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Faïza Guène Sarah Ardizzone

Nathacha Appanah & Rosie Goldsmith: The Sky Above the Roof

© Ulf Andersen / © EBRD

Talk & Readings

Join award-winning Mauritian-French author Nathacha Appanah in conversation with the journalist and director of the European Literature Network Rosie Goldsmith. Marking the translation of her latest novel The Sky Above the Roof, the writer will share her thoughts on her poetic approach to relationships and the narratives of displacement, separation and rebuilding.

Live reading by Olivia Ross

This event has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.



Related / Latest Publication:
Nathacha Appanah, The Sky Above the Roof, translated by Geoffrey Strachan (Quercus Publishing, 2022)
Tuesday 17 May 2022 6pm in English Les Salons
£9, £7

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Nathacha Appanah Rosie Goldsmith Olivia Ross