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URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/the-longlist/
SUMMARY:The Longlist
DESCRIPTION:Writers pour out their all to create great books. Years of work
  and yet most will only sell a few copies of their books. A few go on to b
 e best sellers. An even smaller group are considered for recognition throu
 gh prizes and awards.\nJoin us as we talk with two authors whose debut boo
 ks were longlisted for the Women's Prize for fiction. Pull up a chair as w
 e dig into their journey of writing\, exploring themes of power\, immigrat
 ion\, refugees\, bureaucracy and considering  the difference that comes w
 ith recognition.\nDr. Nussaibah Younis is a peacebuilding practitioner and
  a globally recognised expert on contemporary Iraq. For several years\, sh
 e advised the Iraqi government on proposed programs to de-radicalise women
  affiliated with ISIS. Dr Younis was a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Counc
 il\, where she directed the Task Force on the Future of Iraq. She has publ
 ished Op-Eds in the Wall Street Journal\, the Guardian\, and the New Yo
 rk Times.  Fundamentally is her debut novel and has been longlisted for t
 he Women's Prize for Fiction.\n\nDorothy Koomson is an award-winning\, glo
 bal bestselling author of 18 novels\, known as the ‘Queen of the Big Re
 veal’. Her emotional thrillers have connected with readers all over the 
 world\; her books are regularly Sunday Times bestsellers\, have sold over
  2.5 million copies in the UK alone and have been translated into more th
 an 30 languages. Dorothy featured on the 2021 Powerlist as one of the most
  influential Black people in Britain\, appeared in GQ Style as a Black Br
 itish trailblazer\, and was a judge for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fict
 ion. 2023 marks Dorothy’s 20th anniversary as a published author.
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