On November 1st 2025 we held our latest bi-annual book festival - back with our generous friends at Kensington Library. The day included readings from writers published in the preceding 12 months, the launch of a memoir from Ahmed Zaidan - an Iraqi-Finnish refugee journalist, the sale of artwork by women in Afghanistan, and two Panel Discussions:
- How can Literature help Human Rights? The discussion by Roz Doe, Muniba Mahmud, Jennifer Langer and Haydeh Ravesh was chaired by Matilda Atkins, one of our volunteers.
- What are the most effective ways to translate literature? The discussion by Barbara Mitchell, Caroline Stockford, Anba Jawi and Catherine Temma Davidson (in the photo) was chaired by Mike Raggett of the British Bilingual Poetry Collective.
Attendees enjoyed a delicious vegetarian lunch and bought lots of our books. Thanks so much to the large enthusiastic audience and to those helped us host the Festival.
12:18, Thursday
by Camilla Reeve