Telegraphy by Farah Ali

Wed Feb 25 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC+00:00

Typewronger Books | Edinburgh

Typewronger Books
Publisher/HostTypewronger Books
Telegraphy by Farah Ali
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Join us for the launch of Telegraphy by Farah Ali in conversation with Shze-Hui Tjoa
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Description: Growing up in Pakistan, Annie experiences the death of her mother, goesto college in Karachi, falls in love with a singer in a band, marries the wrongman, and all her life has visions and illnesses no doctor can explain. Shecomes to believe that external events can cause disruptions in the body, and episodes from other times and placesare interwoven with Annie’s narrative.


Farah Ali is the writer of the novelsTelegraphyandThe River, The Town, and the short-story collectionPeople Want to Live. Her work has been anthologized in thePushcart PrizeandBest Small Fictions, and has appeared inShenandoah, Kenyon Review, Ecotone, Virginia Quarterly Reviewand elsewhere. She is the cofounder ofLakeer, and an editor atWasafiri.


Shze-Hui Tjoa is the author of The Story Game: A Memoir (Tin House Books, Faction Press), listed as a best nonfiction book of 2024 by Electric Literature and Paste Magazine. She is a nonfiction editor at Guernica and Adi Magazine. Her career has received support from global arts organizations including the National Arts Council (Singapore), Disquiet International (Portugal), and Green Olive Arts (Morocco). Currently she is writing music.


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Typewronger Books, 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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