Tue 18 Aug
|BookBar Islington
BookBar Sessions with Karishma Jobanputra
The BookBar Sessions are intimate events at our cosy Highbury shop. Join us to hear from Karishma Jobanputra about her debut short story collection, The Body of the Thing
Time & Location
18 Aug 2026, 19:00 – 20:15
BookBar Islington, 166 Blackstock Road, London N5 1HA, UK
About the event
We are welcoming Karishma Jobanputra to BookBar Islington to discuss her debut collection of short stories. The Body of the Thing, explores motherhood, body dysmorphia and eating disorders, and celebrates female desire in all its complicated wonder, and it's perfect for fans of Saba Sams, Julia Armfield, and Raven Leilani.
The bar will open at 6:30pm with the conversation starting at 7:00pm.
About The Body of the Thing
A lyrical and visceral short story collection, The Body of the Thing unpicks the hierarchies that thrum under our relationships, from first loves and lusts to motherhood and miscarriages, from sexual awakenings to final confrontations with death. Moving from bougie neighbourhoods in Manhattan to the sun-drenched piazzas of Italy, from coastal Maine to the bustle of London, these stories chase the fallout when women’s bodies are valued for their beauty and youth, dismissed and discarded when ill, or made useful as parents and…
Tickets
Book with Ticket
Your ticket includes a copy of The Body of the Thing by Karishma Jobanputra (RRP £14.99).
£27.00
+£0.68 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00