ILFD is delighted to present Leïla Slimani, who has been in huge demand on the global literary circuit since becoming the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, for her second novel Chanson douce.

The internationally bestselling author of The Help discusses her new book The Calamity Club, a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women fighting for what’s rightfully theirs – and the power of friendship to change everything.