Join us on 27 January 2026 to hear internationally renowned author, Narine Abgaryan, speak about her recently published collection of stories, To Go On Living. Published in the UK by Plough in June 2025, these thirty-one linked short stories trace the interconnected lives of villagers in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s. Abgaryan’s stories, written in her signature style that weaves elements of Armenian folk tradition into her prose, focus on how, in the war’s aftermath, the survivors work, as individuals and as a community, to find a way forward.
She will be in conversation with Plough Books Editor Joy Clarkson and will speak in Armenian, with her speech translated into English by interpreter Zepyur Batikyan.
This event is held in collaboration with Plough Publishing.
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