About
Anbara Salam grew up in London and now lives in Oxford. She is the author of THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL (Fig Tree/Penguin, 2018), BELLADONNA (Fig Tree/Penguin, Berkeley/Penguin, 2020), HAZARDOUS SPIRITS (Baskerville/ John Murray, Tin House, 2023), and her forthcoming novel THE SALVAGE (Baskerville/ John Murray, Tin House, 2025).
EVENTS
November 25, 2025, In Conversation with Daisy Johnson, Daunt Summertown, Oxford.
November 16, 2025, In Conversation with Chris Barkley, Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
October 7, 2025, The Salvage Book Launch with Rene Denfeld, The Writer’s Center.
August 27 2024, In Conversation with Sarah Moss, Daunt Summertown, Oxford
June 13 2024, In Conversation with Alex Hay, Daunt Summertown, Oxford
October 25 2023, Tin House Presents: From Writer to Reader, Online
October 19 2023, Hazardous Spirits: Gothic Feminist Fiction, Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh
July 16 2020, Jo Good show, BBC Radio London
January 31 2020, Berlin Writing Prize, Berlin
August 6 2018, The Riff Raff London
July 26-29 2018, World of Words, WOMAD
June 7 2018, Lush Book Club, London
May 31 2018, Literary Death Match, London
April 6 2018, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4
April 12-14 2018, Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing Grand Rapids, Michigan
MEDIA
‘100 years of Supernatural Searching’, Anbara Salam, CrimeReads.com
‘Poured Over Double Shot: Anbara Salam and K-Ming Chang’, Barnes & Noble Poured Over Podcast
‘The Long Overdue Rise of the Unlikeable Female Protagonist’, Anbara Salam, Penguin.com
‘Our Enduring Fascination with Cults’, Anbara Salam, Penguin.com