Hanif Kureishi
@Hanifkureishi
Writer. My Beautiful Laundrette. Buddha of Suburbia. Shattered.
Dear Readers, You can now subscribe to my X profile. So, if you want support my writing and contribute to my recovery, please consider becoming a subscriber. More writing to come! Hanif
This year marks the 40 year anniversary of My Beautiful Laundrette with screenings across the UK this week. lwlies.com/in-praise-of/m…
My Beautiful Laundrette - voted one of the best LGBTQIA+ films to watch by @Tatlermagazine
'A pedazos' (@AnagramaEditor), de @Hanifkureishi: la tragedia de un hombre paralizado, una voz viva en un cuerpo roto Postrado como un vegetal en una cama de hospital, dicta a sus hijos y a su pareja el relato de su caída al abismo. Por Lourdes Ventura elespanol.com/el-cultural/le…
Shattered in the Sunday Times best non fiction books. Paperback out now.
Así es luchar contra la enfermedad desde la cama @Hanifkureishi reúne los textos que escribe desde que se quedó tetrapléjico en 2022. En 'A pedazos' (@AnagramaEditor) hay reflexiones, recuerdos, lucidez y un gran sentido del humor ✍️Aloma Rodríguez elmundo.es/la-lectura/202…
Shattered in @guardian best June paperbacks theguardian.com/books/ng-inter…
MUSN'T GRUMBLE Around seven-thirty in the morning, when I returned home after completing my paper round, I would find my mother and grandmother in our living room, moaning. The subject of the moans would remain consistent. The weather, of course, was either too hot or too cold;…
THE SHOCK OF LIFE I am wheeling down to the café on Brook Green with an ex-student who begins to talk about a theory of ‘transformative experience’, which I understand to be experiences that switch you from one way of seeing to another, where you cannot, intellectually or…
THE FUCK-IT MANIFESTO Yesterday, Isabella and I went down to Hammersmith to give notice of our forthcoming marriage, a legal requirement, where we were separated and asked a series of questions to ensure that we actually knew each other and had, indeed, met before. Seated in a…
Dear Readers, I recently appeared on my friend Bella Freud's podcast, Fashion Neurosis. Have a listen here. open.spotify.com/episode/5iHLqZ…
THERE IS HOPE, BUT NOT FOR US While chugging up Shepherd's Bush Road with a friend and turning left onto Goldhawk Road, I see a dead body. There is huge activity: sirens screaming, police cars, and ambulances rushing about. We can go no further; the street has been taped off.…
REMEMBER YOU MUST DIE My friend Peter has prostate cancer; his wife has lung cancer. John has throat cancer and is receiving chemotherapy. Marianne has bowel cancer and is undergoing immunotherapy. Isaac has prostate cancer, urinates all the time, and screams as he does so.…
Shattered paperback will be published 05 June. Pre-order here: penguin.co.uk/books/458978/s…
Set in London in 1989, The Black Album by Hanif Kureishi celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this month. Here is its original hardback, next to the paperback edition. 'A marvellous, impatient adventure.' Sunday Times faber.co.uk/product/978057…
#Friday Reads @Hanifkureishi SHATTERED @eccobooks A fall, at home. A testimony to the resilience of spirit, a tribute to a mind unconquered by adversity.
Following its successful debut year in 2024, the second Ealing Book Festival at @Pitzhanger @Gough_Clare_J in April 2025 sees a line-up including Hanif Kureishi @Hanifkureishi, Tracy Chevalier & Konnie Huq @Konnie_Huq to discuss their work. ealing.news/arts-culture/e…
BOOK REVIEW Reviewer Kevin Brown lives in the experience of being "Shattered," a #memoir by novelist Hanif Kureishi, giving us insight & a desire to read & engage. @Hanifkureishi @eccobooks @kevinbrownwrites theintima.org/book-reviews-i… #MedTwitter #nurses @Columbia @Columbia_SPS