A night of poetry and conversation to celebrate the launch of Tremble by Fatema Abdoolcarim

Join us at Typewronger for a poetry reading and conversation with Fatema Abdoolcarim, author of Tremble (Monitor, 2025) and Alycia Pirmohamed, author of Another Way to Split Water (Polygon, 2022) and Shorelines (Canongate, 2026).

Fatema Abdoolcarim is an Indian-Pakistani Hong Konger who makes films and writes. Her films have been shown internationally, including at Locarno Film Festival, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Osaka Asian Film Festival. Tremble is her debut collection of poetry. She lives in the Baltic Sea, on the island of Bornholm.

Alycia Pirmohamed is the author of the collection Another Way to Split Water and a co-author of the collaborative pamphlet this too is a glistening. Her nonfiction debut Shorelines is newly out with Canongate Books, and her second book of poems, Then the Lake Shifts is forthcoming next year.