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Visiting Authors Week from the Sharjah International Book Fair (November 2016)

LIB 011, Library
November 2, 2016 - November 10, 2016
11:00 - 17:00
Free

Presented by the AUS Department of English in coordination with the Sharjah International Book Fair, Visiting Authors Week will feature a broad assortment of authors specializing in screenplays, theater, short stories, novels, poetry, journalism, graphic arts, and international relations.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

Schedule

(All events will take place in LIB 011)

Wednesday, November 2

11:00am - Terry Fallis (Canada), award-winning novelist

12:30pm - Deborah Alma (UK), poet and writer

2:00pm - Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria), writer and journalist

3:30pm - Rupi Kaur (Canada), poet, writer and artist

Thursday, November 3

12:00pm - Sister Souljah (USA), best-selling author, recording artist, film producer

1:00pm - Omar Shahid Hamid (Pakistan), best-selling thriller writer

3:00pm - Daawy (UAE) novelist

4:00pm - Eric Van Lustbader (USA), best-selling thriller writer, author of the last 10 Jason Bourne novels, including The Bourne Enigma

Sunday, November 6

11:00am - Yana Vagner (Russia), novelist

1:00pm - Elen Caldecott (UK), children's writer

3:00pm - Ciler Ilhan, (Turkey), essayist, editor, writer

4:00pm - Holly Goldberg Sloan (USA), best-selling novelist, screenwriter, film director, producer

Monday, November 7

11:00am - Anne Buist (Australia), novelist, psychiatrist, professor

12:30pm - Graeme Simsion (Australia), novelist, short stories and screenwriter

2:00pm - Vladislav Bajac (Serbia), poet, novelist, journalist and publisher

3:30pm - Vladimir Arsenijević (Serbia), writer, translator, publicist and editor

Tuesday, November 8

1:00pm - Gary A. Rosen (USA), screenwriter, illustrator and film director

3:00pm - Naomi Shihab Nye (Palestine/USA), poet, song writer and novelist

4:00pm - Dragan Velikić (Serbia) award-winning novelist and diplomat

Wednesday, November 9

12:30pm - Jenny Balfour Paul (UK), writer, artist and lecturer

2:00pm - Helena Frith Powell (UK), writer and journalist

3:30pm - Claudia Gray (USA), best-selling 'young adult' writer

Thursday, November 10

1:00pm - Ayisha Malik (UK), novelist

3:00pm - Daniel Lak (Canada), journalist, author, film maker.

4:00pm - Harris Khalique (Pakistan), award-winning Urdu and English language poet

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