Dune Song

‘I came to the Sahara to be buried.’

Anissa M. Bouzaine, author of Dune Song, tells us why she wrote her powerful debut novel.

Dune Song
By Anissa M. Bouzaine
Published by Sandstone Press

Sandstone Press are garnering plaudits for their international outlook in their commissioning, bringing readers in Scotland a fantastic array of writing from around the world. They have just published the debut novel by Anissa M. Bouziane, Dune Song, rooted in the author’s experience of witnessing the collapse of the Twin Towers. First published in French, the novel has gone on to win the Special Jury Prize, Prix Littéraire Sofitel Tour Blanche.

Dune Song is published by Sandstone Press, priced £8.99

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