Yassmin Abdel-Magied
@yassmin.bsky.social
screenwriter + novelist newsletter yassmin.substack.com. @yassmin_a on most other socials
✋ Sudanese person here... and even we don't want this bullshit. Keep our names out of your mouths. It's disingenuous and frankly, none of the ppl doing whataboutism have been helpful AT ALL in doing anything to support Sudanese people n the long movement towards a civilian government.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 7d agoJust wondering, where all the “say it’s a genocide” folks have been when it comes to Sudan and Myanmar?
For me regulation is MUCH more important than banning. Make all those platforms better for children rather than pretending kids won't use them.
"Frank Young, CEO of Parentkind, explained that parents spending time on devices themselves meant that they were not visibly modelling reading to their children" (even if reading an ebook on their phone, kids can't tell if you're reading or scrolling)
"In 2025, [...] NLT annual literacy survey found that the percentage of children and young people who said that they enjoyed reading was at its lowest in 20 years, with only 33% of children aged 8 to 18 saying that they enjoyed reading in their free time in 2025, down from 51% in 2005." <- key stat
omg I just realised I didn't post about this here... I've got a writing mentoring giveaway to announce!!!
What is your relationship to tech? Whether your personal phone, your time on your social media platform of choice, how much screen-time your child is exposed to, what to do about “AI”: do you feel like you are in control? Like you have agency in those dynamics? open.substack.com/pub/yassmin/...
Reclaiming Our Agency in the Age of AI
Plus: Super Exciting Mentorship Giveaway!!
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holy moly I've just realised Katie Hopkins and Katie Price are *not* the same person...
Had such a cute morning chatting to Naima Ibrahim for the Australian launch of AT SEA with Sydney Muslim Writers Festival! Thanks so much for having me y'all! #AtSea
GAH! So many excellent events coming up inshallah to talk about #AtSea... including a handful of online Australian events!! Get your tickets now! yassminam.com/upcoming-events
I had such a good time chatting to Nico from Readings Bookshop about AT SEA -- check out the interview here!! soundcloud.com/the-readings... remember you can buy the book here: buythebook.online/at-sea or order at your local indie bookstore (or library!)
SO who is saying you should read AT SEA this June? Quite a few folks, in fact... culturecustodian.com/4-books-from... "The rig becomes a closed world where human conflict and ecological threat mirror each other, intensifying the stakes of every decision made on board."
4 Books From African Authors to Look Out For This June
Discover four highly anticipated books from African authors releasing this June, from family dramas and literary thrillers to magical realism and environmental suspense.
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LOVE seeing AT SEA out in the papers!!!
Chris Wallace@chriswallace.bsky.social · 2mo agoSMH today 👏👏👏
Incredible book by an incredible writer . Strong recommend
Yassmin Abdel-Magied@yassmin.bsky.social · 2mo agoAT SEA MADE IT INTO @thetls.bsky.social I know reviews aren’t everything, but it’s a real pleasure to have AT SEA taken seriously. “Vivid and intriguing,” “The technical jargon… is delightful. "...the prose reads like arcane poetry.” I can die happy!!!! Buy here -- buythebook.online/at-sea
Yassmin Abdel-Magied@yassmin.bsky.social · 2mo agoAT SEA MADE IT INTO @thetls.bsky.social I know reviews aren’t everything, but it’s a real pleasure to have AT SEA taken seriously. “Vivid and intriguing,” “The technical jargon… is delightful. "...the prose reads like arcane poetry.” I can die happy!!!! Buy here -- buythebook.online/at-sea
AT SEA MADE IT INTO @thetls.bsky.social I know reviews aren’t everything, but it’s a real pleasure to have AT SEA taken seriously. “Vivid and intriguing,” “The technical jargon… is delightful. "...the prose reads like arcane poetry.” I can die happy!!!! Buy here -- buythebook.online/at-sea
At Sea by Y.M. Abdel-Magied | Buy the Book
Being one of the boys was one thing. Being the boss of the boys was something else altogether. Expert driller Zainab is called to take charge of a high-stakes oil rig operation. Unable to resist the …
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At Sea is a thrilling and emotionally complex novel of impossible choices, gender and power politics - and the machismo of Big Oil - from award-winning writer @yassmin.bsky.social, and it’s a Dua Lipa’s Service95 'MUST READ' for 2026!
"I've always been obsessed with how something that we think is an engineering failure is almost always a human failure, a failure of people to listen to each other." www.thenerve.news/p/novelist-y...
From oil rigs to Emmerdale: an interview with author Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social, whose debut novel At Sea @canongate.co.uk is a “must read” on @dualipa.bsky.social’s Service95 Q&A by @luciaoc.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/novelist-y...
Was brilliant to chat to Lucia Osborne-Crowley for The Nerve about my new novel #AtSea and standing up to truth… www.thenerve.news/p/novelist-y...
‘It costs less than we think to stand up for truth’: author Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the power of ‘wilful women’
The Sudanese Australian writer, a former oil rig engineer, talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about her new novel featuring a female outsider trying to stop a Deepwater Horizon-type disaster – and being a...
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I do not use Amazon. I do not buy from Amazon. But I DO !!! check the book reviews on Amazon (I know, I know) - and I love #AtSea is finally getting its flowers on that old monopolistic ecommerce site!!! 🥹 Praise Be!
Another excellent @writersfest.bc.ca event with @taramcguire chatting with new authors @taragereaux.bsky.social @lizjohnston.bsky.social and @yassmin.bsky.social #booksandideas 📚📚
TWO MORE DAYS TO PRE-ORDER #ATSEA in the UK at 20% OFF!!! From an indie bookshop!! Get your hands on a copy of the book people are calling 'thrilling' and 'A smart, razor-sharp takedown of the machismo of Big Oil' !! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/at-s...
“We have been treated extremely brutally,” Al-Karib says. “I think Sudanese [people] will remember this for generations.” My interview with @halaalkarib.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Sudan entering the 4th year of the counterrevolutionary war www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
Hala Al-Karib: Sexual violence is meant to crush the spirit
The women’s rights activist on three years of war in Sudan—and the world’s part in the catastrophe
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Los Angeles lit fic fans! We have an event for you! Join AT SEA author @yassmin.bsky.social at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social on May 9th to discuss one of the "Must Read Books of 2026" (according to @dualipa.bsky.social!). Tickets and more information below:
AT SEA: Y.M. Abdel-Magied in Conversation with Safia Elhillo
Debut author Y.M. Abdel-Magied presents At Sea, a propulsive novel of ambition, greed, and the deadly fury of Mother Nature.
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