# Itamar Vieira Junior: Saving the Fire w/ Radha Vatsal

Itamar Vieira Junior: Saving the Fire w/ Radha Vatsal at Books Are Magic, Thursday 29 October 2026, 19:00.

- Venue: Books Are Magic, Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn
- With: Itamar Vieira Junior, Radha Vatsal
- Get tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/17671794664
- Go to page: https://www.booksaremagic.net/

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An in-store book event at the Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic celebrating the novel Saving the Fire. Author Itamar Vieira Junior, whose debut Crooked Plow was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, presents his new story of Moisés and his sister Luzia in a Brazilian village shadowed by the local monastery and the scars of colonialism. He is joined in conversation by Radha Vatsal, author of historical mystery novels set in early 20th-century New York. A signing follows the talk, and each ticket includes a copy of the featured book or a $10 gift card.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 19:00 — Books Are Magic

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