Hanif Kureishi: Shattered

On Boxing Day in 2022, renowned novelist, screenwriter and playwright Hanif Kureishi fell while in Rome. After coming to in a pool of blood, he realised he had lost the use of his limbs. Shattered is his memoir of the aftermath, a year spent in a series of hospital wards in Italy and London as he came to terms with his disability, built around fragments dictated to family members at the time. He discusses his account of a life shattered and then reassembled with author and Guardian theatre critic Arifa Akbar.

A cash bar will be available at this venue.

Books available
Signed copies of Shattered by Hanif Kureishi
Signed copies of The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
Signed copies of My Beautiful Laundrette by Hanif Kureishi
Signed copies of Wolf Moon by Arifa Akbar
Signed copies of Consumed by Arifa Akbar

The Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 2026 is headline sponsored by Landsec & MYO

Accessibility:
This venue is fully wheelchair accessible. 
This venue is equipped with a hearing induction loop system.
Please let us know if you have any other accessibility or dietary concerns.

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