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STEMMinist Book Club

Which is mightier: the pen or the stethoscope?

Jumaana Abdu
Melanie Cheng (Photo credit Toby Chahal)
Sarah Sasson (Photo credit Daniel Kukec)
Caroline Ford
Saturday 24 May 2025
3.30-4.30pm
Event Code: 79
The STEMMinist Book Club was founded in 2018 and is dedicated to reading and discussing books related to feminism and STEMM (science, technology, engineering, medicine and maths).

The book club has over 5,000 members from 25 countries. As well as discussing great books, the book club provides a virtual discussion forum and support network for women and non-binary people working in these sectors.

Come along to this special Festival edition of the STEMMinist Book Club to discuss the phenomenon of doctors who write. Hosted by Caroline Ford with guests Jumaana Abdu (Translations), Melanie Cheng (The Burrow) and Sarah Sasson (Tidelines), all of whom are doctors with brilliant new books.
Translations is a bracing, timely, deeply felt novel. Abdu's characters came to haunt my day-to-day thoughts. Her supple, musical sentences feel thrillingly new. This is an assured debut from a writer with masterful control over language.
Jennifer Down

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