Spanning New York, Karachi, New Jersey, and Melbourne, Chasing Shadows in Borrowed Light follows four friends bound by a shared past that refuses to stay buried. At the heart of the story is Areen, a brilliant but troubled artist whose sudden silence draws her oldest friends back into her orbit, where each friend is forced to confront the lives they’ve built, the wounds they’ve carried, and the ties that still hold them together.

Safinah Danish Elahi—lawyer, poet, novelist, and founder of Reverie Publishers—is an internationally recognised voice in contemporary fiction. Shortlisted for the Asian Fiction Prize and nominated for the International Writers’ Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, her latest novel is published by Dubai-based publisher, The Dreamwork Collective.

Celebrate the release of this powerful new novel with an afternoon of conversation, reflection, and connection, as we step into a story about long-distance friendship, fractures, and the enduring light we find in one another.