In Partnership with Canberra Writers Festival, join Y.M. Abdel-Magied as she discusses her book, At Sea.

Join the live book discussion on AT SEA by Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Moderated by Bhakti Shringarpure. Buy the book here.

Event will be livestreamed on Substack, YouTube, Facebook and X on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 6pm London and 1pm New York. Set a reminder below to join!

This event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planetrunning from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. Abdel-Magied is in conversation with Joanna Lewis, Professor in the Department of International History at LSE.

Booking for all Festival events will open on Monday 18 May.

Join us for a special virtual evening celebrating the launch of At Sea, the highly anticipated new literary novel by Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

Facilitated by Naima Ibrahim, this intimate online conversation will explore the themes and inspirations behind At Sea, including identity, belonging, memory, displacement and the stories that shape us across borders and generations.

Join us with authors Catherine Cho, Y.M. Abdel-Magied and Sean Gilbert to discuss their debut novels, The Devoted, At Sea and I'll Be the Monster.

Join Y.M. Abdel-Magied and Audrey Brown as they delve into this compelling story, exploring its themes of gender and power politics, and the cost of capitalism. Expect an insightful discussion that unpacks the ideas at the heart of the novel and invites audiences to consider its relevance in today’s world.

To mark her debut novel At Sea, Y.M. Abdel-Magied joins Lucia Osborne-Crowley in conversation, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Join us live at the Kiln Theatre for this rare opportunity to hear Abdel-Magied speak and ask your questions in the audience  Q&A.

YM Abdel-Magied brings real-life engineering experience to her first novel, a tale of ambition, greed and the deadly fury of Mother Nature in the face of Big Oil. Appearing at the Hay Festival in conversation with Jack Edwards.

In a quiet town, magic awakens… Thirteen-year-old Yumna lives in a sleepy town where nothing ever happens. But when she discovers something unbelievable, suddenly it seems that everyone’s changing.

For the NYC launch of At Sea, see Y.M. Abdel-Magied presents in conversation with culture writer Shamira Ibrahim at Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore.

Award-winning author Safia Elhillo (Bright Red Fruit) joins Abdel-Magied for a reading and discussion, before an audience Q&A and signing.

These three remarkable new novels follow women who take a stand, rebel against conventions, and take gripping personal risks to protect their communities, their families, or mother nature. You’ll be hearing the authors’ names again in future bestseller lists and award nominations, so come and meet these rising talents now at an intimate Books & Ideas event. 

Join us for the Canadian launch of At Sea by Y.M. Abdel-Magied, a gripping literary thriller set on a remote offshore oil rig where pressure, power, and survival collide.

Join our host, author Jennifer Whiteford, for a conversation with three remarkable authors whose novels ask what it means to do the right thing, what drives us, and how do we know if we are making the right choice?