Nabeel’s Song (The Poet of Baghdad) – now an ebook!

Very exciting news; the ebook version of Nabeel’s Song is now available, so you can download and enjoy on your reader in a couple of clicks.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/jo+tatchell/nabeel27s+song+28ebook29/9004341/

Brothers Yasin Again; poem translation

Thank you to everyone who came to see Nabeel and I at the Poetry International Festival yesterday.

Here’s a link to the English translation of Brothers Yasin Again. Enjoy it!

http://www.facebook.com/notes/nabeel-yasin/the-brothers-yasin-once-again-nabeel-yasin/189620811372

Burgers for Democracy! 9th November 2010

Go, buy and eat a FABULOUS burger – and raise money for the OneIraq campaign – a cause aiming to raise awareness of the plight faced by young Iraqi men and women growing up in a country decimated by war.

All the money raised will go towards helping Iraq become self-sustainable – it will help fund FC Unity’s Democracy, Citizenship and Leadership workshops for young Iraqi men and women.

The Posh Banger Boys, Stoney Street, Borough Market SE1 9AA

Time:Tuesday, 09 November 2010 … 7pm

 

 

Poetry International Festival

Come and join Nabeel and me at the Poetry International Festival. We’ll be at the Southbank Centre on 3rd November.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/nabeel-yasin-jo-tatchell-54746

Get Diamond in the USA

I’m thrilled to say that my book, Diamond in the Desert, is out now in the USA, published by Black Cat/Grove Press….

Buy it, enjoy it, share your thoughts with me.

Exiled poet Nabeel Yasin returns to Iraq for elections….

read his diary here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/08/nabeel-yasin-diary-iraq-election

A 5-star Review…

The Sunday Telegraph just gave A Diamond in the Desert 5 stars!  – ‘Her accounts of people and their conversations are delightfully acute’

Welcome to my new look website…

I’ll be posting up things I’m doing, writing about, and other bits and bobs that interest me. Please feel free to feedback! If you want to know more about either book just let me know.

Friday, March 26th…

I’ll be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival.

Iraqi election….

Today I’m writing a piece for The Guardian on Nabeel Yasin’s campaign to make Iraqi election history…