Creative Conversations: Mohamed Tonsy
Author Mohamed Tonsy in Conversation
Creative Conversations
Date: Monday 28 September 2026
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed is a queer Egyptian writer and ceramicist. Formerly an architect and a triathlete representing the Egyptian Triathlon Federation, he completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. His writing has appeared in Mizna and Epoch Press and was shortlisted for MFest’s 2021 Short Story Competition.
You Must Believe in Spring is his first novel.
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