Book Space Cardiff
Telegraphy Event ticket
Telegraphy Event ticket
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Join us for an evening in conversation with Farah Ali to celebrate the release of her new novel Telegraphy.
When: 6/3/26 18:30 start (doors 18:15)
Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL
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Book - £10.99 (£2 off the ticket price if you preorder the book)
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About the book:
‘A true book of the body, its pains and resonances, and a bold, unique structure with a captivating voice.’
– Han Smith
Growing up in Pakistan, Annie experiences the death of her mother, goes to college in Karachi, falls in love with a singer in a band, marries the wrong man, and all her life has visions and illnesses no doctor can explain.
Signals are received by the body from across time and space. Passages interwoven with Annie’s narrative include Vesalius stealing the corpse of a hanged man, a visit to the house of the 17th-century Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch, correspondence between far-flung friends in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire, a family’s centuries-long dispersal following an earthquake in Kibyra in 23 CE, and a man stepping onto a landmine in contemporary Waziristan.
About the author:
Farah Ali is the writer of the novels Telegraphy and The River, The Town, and the short-story collection People Want to Live. Her work has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions, and has appeared in Shenandoah, Kenyon Review, Ecotone, Virginia Quarterly Review and elsewhere. She is the cofounder of Lakeer, and an editor at Wasafiri.
About the host:
Dr Durre Shahwar is an award-winning writer, academic, and artist. She is the co-editor of Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (2024, 404 INK) and Just So You Know (2020, Parthian Books). Durre was the recipient of a Future Wales Fellowship and the Lapidus International Creative Bridges Award. She has a PhD in autofiction and Pakistani-Welsh identity from Cardiff University and is currently working on her debut book. Her work has been featured in Wasafiri Magazine, Poetry Wales, Artes Mundi, Ffotogallery, Edinburgh Fringe, BBC, and elsewhere. Durreshahwar.com.
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