Salisbury Author Series
Durkhanai Ayubi - Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen
One family's memories of their homeland and a fascinating insight into Afghanistan's rich heritage.
Interwoven with traditional Afghan recipes is one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubi's parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young children in 1985, at the height of the Cold War.
When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide in 2009, their vision was to share with the world their family memories through the delights of Afghan cuisine, infused with Afghanistan's rich historical culture and traditions of generosity and hospitality, to offer a more complete picture of the country they had left behind.
These fragrant and flavourful recipes have been in the family for generations and include rice dishes, dumplings, curries, meats, Afghan pastas, chutneys and pickles, soups and breads, drinks and desserts. Some are everyday meals; some are celebratory special dishes. Each has a story to tell.
About the Author
Durkhanai is involved with the day-to-day responsibilities of the family-run eating places in Adelaide - Parwana and Kutchi Deli Parwana. She also writes freelance opinion-editorial pieces for a range of newspapers and websites and is undertaking a Fellowship for Social Equity funded by the Atlantic Institute in New York.
Date: Saturday 27 April 2024
Time: 11am to 1pm
Location: Morella Community Centre, 90 Kings Road Parafield Gardens
Cost: $5.50 per person. All attendees must have their own ticket.
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Heather Morris - Sisters Under the Rising Sun
Hear from the international number one best-selling author of the Tattooist trilogy and "Sisters under the Rising Sun".
About the author
Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris is an international number one bestselling author, who is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Lale's story formed the basis for The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the follow-up novel, Cilka's Journey. In 2021 she published the phenomenal conclusion to the Tattooist trilogy, Three Sisters, after being asked to tell the story of three Holocaust survivors who knew Lale from their time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Together, her novels have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. In 2020 she published Stories of Hope, her account of her journey to writing the story of Lale Sokolov's life.
Date: Saturday 25 May 2024
Time: 11am
Location: Ingle Farm Library, 58 Beovich Rd Ingle Farm
Cost: $5.50 per person. All attendees must have their own ticket. T
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School Author Events
The City of Salisbury is also hosting two special Author Series events specifically for schools. These events are now fully booked however if you are a local school and would like to participate in the 2025 Salisbury Author Series, please contact library@salisbury.sa.gov.au
