‘Bursting with joy, humour and so much love – for romance, for community, for home and the people who make us – Four Eids and a Funeral is a beautiful and poignant rom-com.’

– Bea Fitzgerald

From friends to enemies to lovers – what more could you ask for in a romantic comedy? Packed full of will-they-won’t-they, slow burn sweetness, Four Eids and a Funeral is a fresh take on the rom-com genre featuring main characters as passionate about their community as they are each other.

Young Adult and New Adult readers alike will be weak in the knees as they watch Tiwa and Said’s story unfold. On the cusp of adulthood and grappling with their own personal identities, these former best friends are thrown together in an unplanned mission to save their hometown’s Islamic Centre. Will their paths diverge and push them even farther apart, or can they work together to patch up their relationship as well as the community?

Written from both perspectives by collaborating writers Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar, this swoon-worthy rom-com is bound to take BookTok by storm.

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, International bestselling, & Award-winning author of Ace of Spades. When she isn’t spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney channel original movies.

Adiba Jaigirdar is the critically-acclaimed and bestselling author of The Henna Wars and Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. When not writing, she is probably ranting about the ills of colonialism, playing video games, or expanding her overflowing lipstick collection.

This event will be chaired by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan.