An Evening with Shannon Chakraborty - Waterstones Deansgate

We are delighted to welcome Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of the Daevabad Trilogy, to Deansgate. Join us as we set sail into the second adventure of Amina al-Sirafi: The Tapestry of Fate.

The sensational sequel to the bestselling The Adventures of Amina El-Sirafi finds our piratical heroine on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle that can rewrite fate, from a mysterious sorceress.

Chakraborty, joined in conversation by Heba Al-Wasity (Weavingshaw), will discuss Amina's latest adventure and answer audience questions, followed by a signing.

Doors at 6pm. Ticket with Book option includes a copy of The Tapestry of Fate, to be collected at the event.
About The Tapestry of Fate

Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold. Tasked with hunting down magical artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savour the occasional adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter.

But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape.

Forced to leave her daughter, Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris’ story is unravelling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced.

A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.
About the author

SHANNON CHAKRABORTY is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages and nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about thirteenth-century con artists and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats.

HEBA AL-WASITY's debut novel, the gothic fantasy Weavingshaw, was published in Feburary 2026. Heba was inspired to write by her own experiences of being born an Iraqi-refugee in Libya, growing up in Canada, and attending medical school in the UK. As a junior doctor, she has worked in emergency care and several psychiatric inpatient units, allowing her to gain first-hand insight into the ways that poverty and deprivation can lead to social inequalities. She is based in Greater Manchester.

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