Yumna Kassab

Yumna Kassab is the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature. She is the author of The House of Youssef, Australiana, The Lovers, Politica. Her latest book is The Theory of Everything.

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Yumna Kassab

Yumna Kassab is a writer based in Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef, Australiana, The Lovers, Politica and The Theory of Everything. She has been listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Stella Prize, Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

Yumna is the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature and an avid supporter of the Western Sydney Wanderers.

Festival Events

The Library That Made Me – LIVE

DATE March 28 TIME 2:30 pm WHERENewcastle Library Book now

Pushing the Boundaries

DATE March 29 TIME 10:00 am WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X301 Book now

BY THE ARTIST

A brightly coloured book cover with simple line illustrations of eyes, hands, ships, people, buildings and various other things, all around a central circle which contains the text "the Theory of Everything" in bold black font

The Theory of Everything

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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