“The books that I am writing would have been immensely helpful to my younger self, who was trying to navigate being this very specific identity that nobody else seemed to have. Being Bangladeshi and Irish, queer and Muslim, and many other things outside of that too. ” Adiba Jaigirdar
Award-winning Adiba Jaigirdar tackles racism, homophobia and cultural appropriation using her own unique blend of emotional depth, humour and compelling storytelling.
In Nadia Islam, on the Record aspiring journalist Nadia Islam hates that she’s missing out on spending Ramadan with her best friend to go to Bangladesh. But the trip unexpectedly puts her reporting skills to the test. Her journalist aunt - Nadia’s khalamoni - is in Bangladesh too, but not just for Ramadan or Eid, like Nadia. She’s there to write a story on the increasing climate change problem in Bangladesh and how people are being affected by it. The more Nadia learns from her khalamoni, the more eager she is to help. Her brother and cousins try to distract her with a Ramadan competition. She wants to beat them all - of course! - but her aunt needs her too.
Adiba Jaigirdar was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and has been living in Dublin from the age of ten. An award-winning, critically acclaimed, and bestselling author. She writes across young adult, middle grade, and adult fiction and non-fiction. The Henna Wars was selected as one of Time Magazine’s best YA books of all time, and Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating won the YA Book Prize.