About
Anbara Salam is half-Palestinian and half-Scottish, and grew up in London. She has a doctorate in Theology and now lives in Oxford. She is the author of THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL (Fig Tree/Penguin, 2018), BELLADONNA (Fig Tree/Penguin, Berkeley/Penguin, 2020), HAZARDOUS SPIRITS (Baskerville/ John Murray, Tin House, 2023), and her forthcoming novel THE SALVAGE (Baskerville/ John Murray, Tin House, 2025).
EVENTS
June 13 2024, In Conversation with Alex Hay, Daunt Summertown, Oxford
October 25 2023, Tin House Presents: From Writer to Reader, Online
October 19 2023, Hazardous Spirits: Gothic Feminist Fiction, Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh
July 16 2020, Jo Good show, BBC Radio London
January 31 2020, Berlin Writing Prize, Berlin
August 6 2018, The Riff Raff London
July 26-29 2018, World of Words, WOMAD
June 7 2018, Lush Book Club, London
May 31 2018, Literary Death Match, London
April 6 2018, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4
April 12-14 2018, Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing Grand Rapids, Michigan
MEDIA
‘100 years of Supernatural Searching’, Anbara Salam, CrimeReads.com
‘Poured Over Double Shot: Anbara Salam and K-Ming Chang’, Barnes & Noble Poured Over Podcast
‘The Long Overdue Rise of the Unlikeable Female Protagonist’, Anbara Salam, Penguin.com
‘Our Enduring Fascination with Cults’, Anbara Salam, Penguin.com