Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese born author, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate. The former engineer has published five books, most recently, Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism (Walker, 2023), named one of School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2023. Other books include the essay collection Talking About a Revolution (PRH Australia, 2022), and two novels for younger readers, You Must Be Layla (Puffin, 2019) and Listen, Layla (Puffin, 2021), which was longlisted for Book of the Year by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.

Yassmin has been selected for numerous residencies and fellowships around the world, including the Australia Council Keesing Studio International Artist residency, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Hedgebook, Kimmel Harding Nelson, Passa Porta, VCCA, RUPERT and more. 

Yassmin writing extends from the page to the stage and screen. In 2020, she co-wrote Kensington Palace’s sold-out immersive theatre production United Queendom. She has been selected for the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab, Tamasha’s Playwright Collective and currently has several TV shows in development. A Trustee of the London Library and the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Yassmin also sits on the Executive Committee of the UK Black Writers Guild. 

In all her work, Yassmin is an advocate for transformative justice and a fairer, safer world for all.