FAVERSHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 

FAVERSHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 

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Date: Saturday 22 February 2025

 

Time: 12:30PM

 

After a little hiatus I’m finally back and attending my first festival this year courtesy of Faversham Literature Festival!! And the best part? I’ll be talking to my dear friend and mentor @maggie__brookes . Maggie was my tutor during my BA and has been an absolute rock throughout my writing journey, and sharing a stage with her is going to be a dream come true! 

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/2025/tasneem-abdur-rashid

ODD GIRL OUT – Coming to you in April 2025

ODD GIRL OUT – Coming to you in April 2025

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I’m thrilled to share the gorgeous cover of my upcoming YA, Odd Girl Out, published by David Fickling Books. This book is really special to me – it’s the book I wish I had growing up as a visibly Muslim teenager in London in the 90s. It’s a coming-of-age story about family, love, secrets, politics and race – and I hope it’s one that resonates with my readers!


Stay tuned for pre-order links!


Tasneem x
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WATFORD LIBRARY – THURS 28 NOVEMBER 2024 7:00PM

WATFORD LIBRARY – THURS 28 NOVEMBER 2024 7:00PM

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I’m excited to share that I’ll be at Watford Library on Thursday 28th November at 7:00PM to talk about my books, my writing journey, diverse rom-coms and more! 

Fun fact – I worked for Haringey Libraries once upon a time and we used to hold the odd author event. I remember helping my manager organise one, and then attending and listening to the author in awe, never once imagining that there would come a time when I would be invited to events myself! 

Yet somehow, here I am… almost two decades later, living out my dream of writing books that people actually read and then talking about them!!! I still can’t believe that I do stuff like this now 🤣🤣

Please do pop over if you’re free! Tickets are below!

 
WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL – WHITECHAPEL – 23 NOVEMBER 2:30PM

WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL – WHITECHAPEL – 23 NOVEMBER 2:30PM

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British Bangladeshis : Stories, Histories and Tales – Sat 23 November, 2:30-3:30 at the Idea Store in Whitechapel 

I’m SO EXCITED to share that due to our event at Tower Hamlets Council a few months ago being a massive hit, the Council has invited Dr Fatima Rajina and me to take part in WriteIdea – a wonderful series of events hosted by a diverse range of authors and writers at the Idea Store in Whitechapel. 

Fatima and I had a blast at the last event, as we candidly explored what it means to be Bengali writers, women, our experiences, challenges, triumphs and frustrations… obviously we accidentally slipped in the odd Bengali and Sylheti word, because being in Tower Hamlets has that effect on me!

If you’re free on Saturday November 23 from 2:30 – 3:30pm – please stop by! I can guarantee that you’ll have a great time (no pressure Fatima!!!) You might even see us in sarees, so wear yours!

Tickets are free and the link is below.

Can’t wait to see you there ❤️