Mai Al-Nakib & Tom Barbash at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

Champions of the Short Story



Kuwaiti author Mai Al-Nakib is a thrilling new voice from the Middle East. Educated at Brown University in the USA, her debut short story collection The Hidden Light of Objects offers a stunning perspective on lives overwhelmed by military or religious events. Tom Barbash is an acclaimed, bestselling San Francisco writer whose new book Stay Up With Me has been glowingly described as ‘the Great American Story Collection’.



Part of our First Book Award Nominee series of events.