About this Event
Mina is thirty years old and leads a life in London built with great care but little spontaneity. One evening she receives a phone call from her mother—her father is dead. After returning home for the funeral, Mina ends up staying. Home is a small seaside town, where her Moroccan father ran a beach bar frequented mostly by immigrants; a place of refuge for those who felt unwelcome in this new land. It’s here, where people appear like ghosts who pass and vanish, that Mina connects with her family and rediscovers memories of her father, that mythical, elusive migrant with a mysterious past. Surrounded by the sea, Mina will find that roots are a fleeting dream—a desire to find a common history that will allow her to forget, at least at times, the wounds of abandonment.
Emanuela Anechoum was born in Reggio Calabria in 1991 and lives in Rome. After her studies, she started working in the London publishing world and later moved to Italy. She has written for Vice, Doppiozero, and Marvin Rivista. Tangerinn, winner of the Selezione Bancarella 2024 Prize, is her first novel. Her Insta handle is narsyl https://www.instagram.com/narsyl_/
Saleem Haddad was born in Kuwait City to a Lebanese-Palestinian father and an Iraqi-German mother. He has worked as an aid worker with Doctors Without Borders in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, and has advised on humanitarian and peacebuilding issues throughout West Asia and North Africa. He is the author of the acclaimed debut Guapa, a 2017 Stonewall Honor Book and the winner of the 2017 Polari Prize. His insta handle is salhad https://www.instagram.com/salhad/
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Your ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine.
Tickets: £10 General Admission, £8 Foyalty Member / £20 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of Tangerinn (RRP £14.99)
Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*
*Please note that the Auditorium at Foyles is fully accessible from the Ground floor lifts.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00 to GBP 20.00
