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07/08/2026

A few pictures from a very special book tour in London for Nur Turkmani’s 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 🌻

Our love and gratitude to Heba Hayek and Zena Agha — thank you for the care with which you held space for us to think and feel together — and to Maqam Books, Mosaic Rooms and Pelican House for everything behind the scenes that makes these events possible.

Nur — you brought us light. See you again soon 🧡

03/08/2026

Hajar Reads is back, and this month we’ll be at Mosaic Rooms to talk about 𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑰𝑬𝑺!

🌳🍄🪵🐞👩🏽‍🌾🌾⛰️🪴🐛 🌍💚

Even though the solstice is behind us, summer is still here—and hotter this year than ever before.

It’s only fitting that, while simultaneously enjoying this season and reckoning with the increasingly apparent effects of climate change, we take time to reflect on our relationships to land.

How do we connect with and tend to the land, and how does the land connect with and tend to us? 🌱

↟↟𓂃 ོ ☼𓂃↟ 𖠰𓂃 ོ𓂃↟↟𓂃 ོ ☼𓂃↟ 𖠰𓂃 ོ𓂃

🗓️ Weds. 19 Aug., 6.30pm-8.30pm
📍 Mosaic Rooms, London, SW5 0SW

Tickets on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hajar-reads-ecologies-tickets-1994799035614

And don’t forget that you can join our subscription for FREE early-bird tickets 🌈

31/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us in a moment of suspension at Mosaic Rooms last night for the first London launch of Nur Turkmani’s remarkable debut collection, 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳!

Nur spoke about decay, sunsets and the importance of being open to sadness and love in equal measure, posing to us the questions: ‘What does it take to sustain love? What is at stake when what we love is threatened?’

Farhaana and Nur also reflected on place and relationality through the Mediterranean Sea and through poetry itself. Nur described poems as whispers; as maps and locations; as ways of feeling, archiving and sharing.

Thank you so much for coming and engaging so deeply with us 🧡

Thanks especially to our wonderful collaborators, Maqam مقام and Mosaic Rooms!

If you missed it, there’s still a chance to see Nur in London next week! On Tuesday, 4th August, she’ll be in conversation with fellow Hajar Press author Zena Agha at Pelican House. Entry is free; find out more via the link in our bio.

30/07/2026

Congratulations to Bobuq Sayed on the publication of their extraordinary debut novel, 𝘕𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘴! 💫🇦🇫

In Istanbul, two q***r Afghans—Delbar and Mansur—meet and find comfort in each other. Delbar has travelled from Washington, DC, Mansur from Afghanistan via Iran. As Turkish state repression escalates, their pathways to security diverge, and the fault lines between them become impossible to ignore.

Set in the 2010s, this fiercely anti-imperialist novel unravels complex dynamics and intimate choices shaped by passport privilege, displacement and border regimes. 💔🛂

Available now: https://www.hajarpress.com/books/no-god-but-us

02/07/2026

Parent, carers, guardians, we’d love to see you at our teach-out next Saturday, and you can bring your little ones along! 🖍️🌈🎨

We’ll be providing a childcare programme called We Move with Feeling! — a dedicated political play and learning space for younger children, led by an experienced childcare worker.

There’s still time to sign up to the Lessons in Rage teach-out — just register via the Google form linked in our bio. We can’t wait! 🥰

01/07/2026

Nur Turkmani is coming to London, and we’re absolutely ecstatic to share this beautiful programme of events to celebrate her debut collection, 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳! 🧡

Nur will be joined by fellow Hajar Press authors Heba Hayek and Zena Agha, as well as publisher and director Farhaana Arefin, making for a Hajar extravaganza across two book launches and a writing workshop.

Each event is free entry. RSVP links at https://www.hajarpress.com/events. We’d love to see you there! 🌞

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This programme is co-curated by Hajar Press and Maqam Books.

19/06/2026

Nur Turkmani’s 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 has been longlisted for the 2026 Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection!!! 🎉🎉🎉

𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 was written across multiple autumns in Lebanon since 2019. With exquisite beauty and emotional clarity, the poems deal with love and loss in times of revolution, catastrophe and war.

Mabrook, Nur — we couldn’t be prouder! 🌻🍂🧡

17/06/2026

𝕽𝖆𝖌𝖊... 𝕿𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘!

✎ᝰ.🧑🏾‍🏫🗒👨🏽‍💻📓📢ˎˊ˗

In partnership with our friends at No More Exclusions, we’re organising a day-long teach-out inspired by 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘦 — and you’re invited!

If you’re a young person or you have a relationship with young people, this teach-out is for you especially. Join us as we think and learn about the instructive power of rage through reading, talking and creating together.

Lunch and childcare will be provided.

🗓️ Sat. 11 July, 11.30am–4.30pm
📍 Metroland Cultures, London, NW6 6PS
🎟️ Register your interest now via this Google form: https://forms.gle/zW2seqzWQyTj8wj27. If there’s a space for you, we’ll contact you by email asking you to confirm your attendance.

01/06/2026

The theme of our next session of Hajar Reads is 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳!

👩🏿‍🦱👴🏼👵🏽👱🏼‍♀️👶🏾👧🏿🧓🏾🧒🏿

How do we grow alongside each other? What can we learn from each other? What does it mean to age, to care and to be cared for?

We’ll be joined this month by Nonki Azariah and The Feminist Library’s Black Feminist Reading Group to reflect on relationships that span generations, looking at what these can teach us about care, sense of self and community 🔁🤝➿🌱🌳

Please note, this month’s reading group is a closed session for Black people and people of colour.

Tickets available now! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hajar-reads-intergenerational-tickets-1989991145084

29/05/2026

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

All you wavey people, we can’t wait to bring you our second 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 anthology, 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝒿𝒶𝓇 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝒲𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓈 🌀🏊🏾🐚⛴️🔊🐳🏄🏽💧

From memories that travel generations to stories of migration, colonialism and climate change, waves move and connect us across time, space, ways of life and states of being.

Full of soulful fiction, poetry and essays from coastal cultures across the world — Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Canada, Nigeria, Palestine, Bangladesh and more — this is a book by and for children of the sea.

༄ ༄ ༄ ༄ ༄

Edited by Farhaana Arefin
Cover illustration by Han Gunji Stephens .gunji

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

Out 26 November 2026.

Preorder now, or join our subscription to get your copy early! 💙 https://www.hajarpress.com/books/elements-series/waves

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