Rachelle Atalla – Creative Conversations
20 January, 2026, 1 p.m – 2 p.m.
University Chapel, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, West Quadrangle, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Author Rachelle Atalla reading and in conversation
Rachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. Her short stories have been published widely, she has written for BBC Radio 4, and she is the recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Her first novel The Pharmacist was shortlisted for the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year, and is now in development for film with Compact Pictures and the BFI. Thirsty Animals is her second novel and has been optioned by STV. Her most recent book is The Salt Flats.
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Creative Conversations is supported generously by The Ferguson Bequest. Professor Thomas Ferguson (1900-1977), Henry Mechan Chair of Public Health (1944-64), bequeathed his estate to the University, with the instruction that the money should be used to foster the social side of University life.
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