Ibtisam Azem - The Sleep Thief
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Ibtisam Azem - The Sleep Thief

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Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 19:00 – 20:00

The Portobello Bookshop

46 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh, EH15 1DA

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19:00 – 20:00

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£3.00

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We are overjoyed to be hosting Ibtisam Azem for the Edinburgh launch of her highly anticipated forthcoming book, The Sleep Thief. Our booksellers loved her wildly successful The Book of Disappearance last year, and we can't wait to share this one with you all!The Sleep Thief is Azem's first novel, now translated into English for the first time by Sinan Antoon. Join us in the bookshop or tune in to the livestream for a brilliant discussion and celebration of its publication.Please note that The Sleep Thief will be published earlier in the year on 25th August, therefore books for the Book & Ticket options will be posted out to you or made available to collect from the bookshop between then and the event on 7th October. You can choose whether you would prefer collection or postage in the checkout options.About The Sleep Thief:'Sleep thief is what the interrogator called me. I’ll never forget that. I would steal a few seconds of sleep so I could remain steadfast before them. The name stuck; I even dreamt about it, the same dream, night after night.

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