Event Registration & Guidelines
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Refunds are available up to 7 days before the event.
Our event space will be operating at a limited capacity until further notice.
Our check-in station will be located at the front of the store. We will scan your ticket’s barcode upon arrival.
You will receive your copy of the book at the check-in station on the day of the event. If you can’t make it we'll save your copy at the store for up to 6 days or we can arrange to mail it. Shipping charges apply. Only available for domestic shipping.
The event will take place on the second floor of our store.
Doors will open at 6:15PM and the event will begin at 7:15PM.
Event will run for 45-60 minutes, including audience Q&A.
The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.
We will have chairs available, but feel free to stand or move your chair around.
The store will be closed at the time of the event and registers will only be open for purchase of the event book. If you need to browse, we suggest you come within our operating hours (10am-7PM).
BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if covid protocols require it.
There won’t be a live stream or recording available.
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About Country of Origin
Seventeen-year-old Halah Ibrahim has always known a privileged life and never had cause to question it until Cairo goes up in flames. Not only does she start to doubt her father and his role in the new military-backed government--but she ultimately decides to flee to America with a young soldier she hardly knows, an impulsive act that has far-reaching consequences on both sides of the ocean. A powerful and universal debut novel about family, identity, and independence, Country of Origin is as much about a nation's coming-of-age as it is about secrets and lies, love and truth.
About Dalia Azim
Dalia Azim's work has appeared in American Short Fiction, Aperture, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Glimmer Train (where she received their Short Story Award for New Writers), Other Voices, Alcalde, and Sightlines, among other places. She lives in Austin, TX, where she is the manager of special projects at the Blanton Museum of Art. Previously she worked as a researcher at the Dedalus Foundation and as a curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art. She graduated with a dual degree in art and literature from Stanford University and grew up in Canada and Colorado.
About Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of seven books. Her eighth, a novel called The Hero of this Book, will be published in October. She holds the James A. Michener Chair in Fiction.
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