

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Floodlines with Saleem Haddad - Hatchards, Piccadilly
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We hope you can join us for an event in celebration of Saleem Haddad's new book 'Floodlines'.About this EventWe hope you can join us for an event in celebration of Saleem Haddad's new novel, Floodlines.The author of the critically acclaimed and word-of-mouth sensation Guapa returns with a sweeping, multi-generational novel of fractured bonds and the power of artistic creation.About the BookIn the summer of 2014, three estranged sisters are drawn back into each other’s orbits through the discovery of their late father’s lost paintings. As Mediha, Zainab, and Ishtar lay claim to his legacy—an inheritance laced with exile, betrayal, and an Iraq they no longer recognise—Zainab’s son Nizar, a war correspondent haunted by his time on the front lines, returns to the family fold. As summer bleeds into autumn and the truth about the paintings unfurls, the family is forced to confront the personal and political betrayals that tore them apart.Spanning continents and decades, Floodlines grapples with grief and memory, and charts the emotional and political aftershocks of a century of war and revolution in Iraq and beyond. Inspired by the artistic legacy of Haddad’s great uncle, the Iraqi modernist painter Jewad Selim, Floodlines explores family, queerness, and the wounds of (neo)colonialism in haunting, visceral prose.About the AuthorSaleem Haddad was born in Kuwait City to an Iraqi-German mother and a Palestinian-Lebanese father. His first novel, Guapa, was published in 2016, receiving critical acclaim from the New Yorker, The Guardian, and others, and was awarded both a Stonewall Honour and the 2017 Polari First Book Prize. He has also published a number of short stories, including for the Palestinian sci-fi anthology 'Palestine +100'. He also writes for film and television; his directorial debut, Marco, premiered in March 2019 and was nominated for the 2019 Iris Prize for ‘Best British Short Film’. His work has been supported by institutions such as Yaddo and the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. He is currently based in Lisbon, with roots in London, Amman, and Beirut.And we are delighted that this evening Saleem will be in conversation with Eric Karl Anderson  of The Lonesome Reader Book Club. All welcome!  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/1abcdf10-f92f-11f0-833d-db231fea8737-rimg-w476-h740-dcd9d9d3-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/1b2e1770-f92f-11f0-833d-db231fea8737-rimg-w536-h740-dc1c1f28-gmir.jpg
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, sports, fine-arts
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 10, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: London
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Hatchards
- **lat**: 51.5084919
- **long**: -0.1380702
- **full address**: Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Waterstones (https://allevents.in/org/waterstones/22517433)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 5 up to 10 GBP
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Waterstones
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment, sports, fine-arts
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