An Evening with Derek Owusu in conversation with Iman Amrani - Streatham
Date & Time
📅 Wed, Jan 28, 2026
🕐 7:00 PM
Ends: Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Location
📍 Waterstones
136 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1BW, United Kingdom, London, England, SW16 1BW
🏙️ London
About This Event
Join us for an evening of conversation with Derek Owusu about his powerful new novel Borderline Fiction.
Join us for an evening of conversation with Derek Owusu about his powerful new novel Borderline Fiction.
At nineteen, Marcus is young and in love . . . again. When his latest crush, Adwoa, starts showing him true affection, Marcus is ready to reconsider his lifestyle - the drugs, the casual encounters. At least for a little while.Now, before he knows it, Marcus is twenty-five. And history risks repeating itself.Told through two parallel narratives - one past, one present - Borderline Fiction is a highly original and deeply affecting contemporary tale written with an intensity of emotion and vulnerability. The novel is a close-up, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes funny examination of what it means to be a young black man navigating today's world.Tortured, beautiful, anxious and poetic, Borderline Fiction is a memorable glimpse into the inner world of a young man searching for an authentic way to love and be loved.
Derek Owusu will be in conversation with Iman Amrani.
"In the hands of a lesser writer, this material could easily have turned into a slick tale of redemption, but instead it feels authentic and recognizable, an unflinching inwards meditation on the forces that shape a particular life." - Damon Galgut, Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise
"A rare and compulsive read. Through precise and fearless prose, Owusu's characters draw you in while keeping you both close, and at arm's length, in a world so intimate you feel like you're intruding. Unforgettable." - Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie
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136 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1BW, United Kingdom, London, England, SW16 1BW
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