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?

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Y.M. Abdel-Magied in conversation with Rachelle Atalla at Lighthouse Bookshop Edinburgh