#Fundamentally

Author of 2025 Women’s Prize shortlisted #Fundamentally and 2026 Discoveries judge @nussaibahyounis shares with us her top-three tips for writing humour in fiction. Being funny on the page is a real skill! How do you include comedy in your writing? Let us know in the comments.

this book might have won our highest rated book club book yet award ?!! So many 5s can I get a hell yeah? Just a reminder that our next fiction book club will be 30th June so save the date cause I am so buzzing to share what the next book of the month will be !!! Stay tuned Ly Lucy x #lucysbookclub #fundamentally #bookreview #bookstoread #books #bookclub

Enjoying an evening hosted by @eastcroydoncool at #braithwaitehall #croydon for #litnight - tonight we have @nussaibahyounis reading from her book #fundamentally - hilarious, dark, beautiful - a 2025 must read and shortlisted for the #womensprize

This week, I’m delighted to have @nussaibahyounis on Read This: Books Under the Radar. This is where I invite an author to pick three books which they feel deserve more readers. Nussaibah’s debut novel is Fundamentally, a dark comedy about a heartbroken academic who accepts a UN job deradicalising ISIS brides in Iraq, and it will be published in February 2025 - available to pre-order now! And this video features some decorative paper stars from @cambridgeimprint Nussaibah has picked novels by @frauvolckmer nickhornbywriter and Yasmin Zaher. To find out more about why Nussaibah chose these books and why you should read them, follow the link in my bio to Read This, or visit my website: www.clairefuller.co.uk. If you’d like to see all the books selected for this series so far and to buy any visit the @bookshop_org_uk link in my bio. #readthis #booksundertheradar #bookrecommendations #NussaibahYounis #Fundamentally #NickHornby #YasminZaher #KatharinaVolckmer

Former do-gooder and novelist @nussaibahyounis in conversation with comedian @sara.pascoe spoke on our roof terrace last night to reveal how she went from being a deeply religious teenager to writing her hilarious debut novel Fundamentally on the unlikely subject of ISIS child brides in Iraq. #NussaibahYounis #SaraPascoe #Fundamentally #DebutNovel #AuthorTalk #BookLovers #ComedyWriting #LiteraryConversations #WomenWriters #Storytelling

Meet your women’s prize for fiction shortlist 2025 🥳 🥳 Will you be reading some / all of this list before the announcement in June? I managed to guess 3 of the shortlist this year and so far I’ve read 2 of these books: the safekeep and fundamentally which are both brilliant reads. I’m so excited to read the rest!! Ad pr copies of shortlisted books: The safekeep by yael van der wouden Tell me everything @lizstroutauthor All fours by miranda july Fundamentally @nussaibahyounis The Persians @sanammahloudji Good girl @aria.aber Huge congratulations to all shortlisted authors 👏 👏 @womensprize #womensprizeforfiction #womensprizeshortlist #womensprize #womenwriters #femalefiction #bookstagramreel #bookishreel #booksworthreading #bookstodiscover #bookrec #literaryprize

This week’s @TanyaTimeBookClub picks on Atlanta & Co are here! I shared FOUR fabulous new picks that I think y’all are going to love ❤️⁣📚✨⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 💫 As You Wish — leesacrosssmith⁣ 🐎 Love Is a War Song — @danica_nava⁣ 🪄 The Bewitching — @silviamg.author⁣ 🌍 Fundamentally — ⁣@nussaibahyounis⁣ ⁣⁣ Follow @TanyaTimeBookClub and come read with us! 💕⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ PLUS — mark your calendars 📅 — on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 8 PM ET we’re hosting a special Author *full spoiler convo* Zoom Party with @Amerie (yes, THAT Amerie — Grammy-winning singer AND bestselling author 🎤📖) on her debut novel This is Not a Ghost Story!⁣ ⁣⁣ Sign up at the link in my bio to get the invite!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #TanyaTimeBookClub #BookLovers #AtlantaAndCo #AsYouWish #LoveIsAWarSong #TheBewitching #Fundamentally #BookClubLife #Amerie #ReadersOfInstagram #BackToSchoolReads #readwithus #booklcub⁣⁣

⭐️ BEST DEBUT LONG LIST ⭐️ Here you go, our fabulous 2025 Best Debut Long list: Fundamentally by @nussaibahyounis The Correspondent by @virginia.l.evans Nesting by @roisinodonnellwriter Show Me Where It Hurts by @clairegleeson_writer A Family Matter by @clairellynch The Eights by @joannamillerauthor The Names by @florenceknapp_ The Artist by @lucysteeds Huge congratulations to all our long listed authors. I’ve got three of these to read and given how much love they’ve had I cannot wait to pick them up. Next week, it’s time to get voting. I do not know how you are all going to choose between these brilliant books. I can feel my stress levels rising just thinking about it. What do you think of this list, are any of your favourites on

Happy publication day to @nussaibahyounis's FUNDAMENTALLY, out today from @tinyrepbooks! 🔸⚪🔸 “Tart, tender, trenchant, and hilarious, FUNDAMENTALLY is a brilliant novel about faith and friendship that refuses to be any one single thing—because it is EVERYTHING. Nussaibah Younis is a genius.”—Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich . . . . #fundamentally #nussaibahyounis #debut #femaleauthors #reading #trellisliterarymanagement

#Fundamentally

What a wonderful week of book clubs, with a staggering majority of readers (120+) loving the book choice #fundamentally Monday night had lots of newbies and tonight we had the funny and brilliant @nussaibahyounis as our author guest - at @churchsttavern after an Author Talk at @redlionbooks Lots to discuss in the book and I highly recommend it to other book clubs. We have a few signed copies left at Red Lion Books Thank you Nussaibah. We can’t wait to see you again #bookclubofinstagram #bookclubsofcolchester #colchester

The @olivetreepros team (with some photographic input from @ameenarojee) have nailed it again - with this video that captures last Thursday’s Lit Nights beautifully 🤩. It seems our modern-day literary salon is fast becoming a staple on South London’s cultural calendar 😉. Hosted by @izzymks, this second edition welcomed peacebuilding practitioner and debut author, @nussaibahyounis to Braithwaite Hall for a rich, wide-ranging conversation that tackled various societal hot topics. From radicalisation and Islamophobia to family dynamics, identity, religion, (and romance in the halls of the UN!), nothing was off the table - and everything was handled with the nuance, depth and humour Lit Nights is becoming known for. After a Q&A, guests continued the conversation in true Lit Nights style: 📚 Book signings drew a steady crowd to the @waterstonescroydon stall, with Nussaibah signing copies and chatting one-on-one with guests. 🎵 @ambomagic kept the energy high with a genre-blending set – expertly weaving in songs from Nussaibah’s curated playlist for an added personal touch. 🍸 @teamcrazyco served up a special menu of five bespoke gin cocktails, each inspired by different themes from the evening (and just as bold as the talk itself). 🖊️ The Zeitgeist Wall invited guests to weigh in on a range of reflective questions. For more photos and videos (and info on how to help us secure funding so we can run another event!), click the link in our profile. Thank you to everyone who joined us on the night (and good luck to Nussaibah who finds out on Thursday 12 June if she has won the coveted @womensprize for fiction). 🤞 #EastCroydonCool #EastCroydon #Croydon #Cronx #TheCronx #London #SouthLondon #local #community #LitNights #LiteraryEvents #LiteraryEventsLondon #BookEvents #Fundamentally #WomensPrize #NussaibahYounis