WriteBack: with Nuar Alsadir, Nikesh Shukla,

Nuar Alsadir’s most recent book, Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation (Graywolf Press/Fitzcarraldo Editions) was a TIME Magazine must-read of 2022 and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2022. She is the author of two poetry collections: Fourth Person Singular, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Forward Prize for Best Collection, and More Shadow Than Bird. She is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and a member of the curatorial board of The Racial Imaginary Institute.

Helen Mort writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her latest collection The Illustrated Woman (Chatto & Windus, 2022) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize. Her memoir A Line Above The Sky won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and the Grand Prize in Banff, Canada. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Nikesh Shukla is the editor of The Good Immigrant, which won the Reader’s Choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards, and was shortlisted for Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. He is the author of Coconut Unlimited (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award), Meatspace, The One Who Wrote Destiny, Run Riot, The Boxer, Stand Up and The Council of Good Friends as well as the memoir Brown Baby and a five-part Spider-Man India comic series for Marvel.

This is an in-person only event in the British Library Knowledge Centre. Please arrive no later than 15 minutes before the start time of this event.  If you have specific access requirements please email customer@bl.uk

There are a range of concessions available. These include discounts for British Library Members, half-price tickets for students and under 26s, free entry for carers as well as a number of other concessions.