Section: Books
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The best summer reads for 2026
From sweeping historical fiction to propulsive thrillers, here are five books to get you through heatwaves and holidays, all from authors of Muslim heritage
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Must-see events at Bradford Literature Festival 2026
From film screenings to comedy shows and political discussions, here are the top events from the upcoming programme
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Children’s author Onjali Q. Raúf: ‘We can belong in these pages’
The bestselling writer on her Olivier-winning story The Boy at the Back of the Class, and the importance of novels that centre minoritised communities
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Hala Alyan on her ‘messiest, most uncomfortable experience of writing’
I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, the author’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir, explores trauma, displacement and the stories we pass on to our children
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Why Italian writer Igiaba Scego stopped ‘playing the defence attorney’ for Islam
The acclaimed author of Cassandra in Mogadishu discusses identity, visibility and why she no longer feels obliged to apologise for violence carried out in Islam’s name
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New novel brings the forgotten story of Saddam Hussein’s atrocities against Iraqi Kurds to life
Human rights investigator Joost Hiltermann spent years documenting the murderous Anfal campaign. Now he is using fiction to tell the real story
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‘I wanted to play on expectations’: Sufiyaan Salam on the buzz around his debut novel
The author’s work has been praised by Stormzy and Dua Lipa. Here he speaks about the inspirations behind Wimmy Road Boyz
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Tahmina Begum’s Womanhood: exclusive extract
Starting in 2017, the author chronicles the hopes, dreams and experiences of three South Asian Muslim women in the UK. Their stories are told in her new book
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The best novels about friendship and all its complexities
Books that do a fantastic job of exploring the pure love and tensions that can be found in friendships across all ages
