In exactly 12 weeks The Asian Writer turns three and to celebrate we’ve got an exciting project up our sleeves.
We’re taking the best content and turning it into a collection – that any book lover will treasure. We want you to choose your best bits and pieces, quotes and favourite  books to go in the collection.
That’s not all.
The Asian Writer is inviting writers to contribute new writing on the theme ‘Celebration’ for a collection.
We’re happy for you to flaunt your talent and send us your poems, haikus, …

Tindal Street Press is excited to announce that submissions are now open
for a new anthology of British Asian writing.
Working title Asian Enough? is an anthology of short stories, to be edited
by Tindal Street author Kavita Bhanot, which will be published in October
2011. Kavita says of the project: “This won’t be just a disparate
collection of literary stories by writers who happen to be British and
Asian – this collection is a recognition that writers are not isolated
individuals, that we share something in common, whether it is influence,
experience, or the expectations of others.
“The …

Devastated by his beloved’s betrayal, Om collapses both physically and emotionally. With that begins his ardous battle for peace, The Journey of Om. The Asian Writer caught up with Chandru Bhojwani to find out more.

As I lay here, I feel as if i’m sleeping forever,
The fear of sleeping forever, scares me
It scares me by the way, I hear voices,
Not knowing who it is,
Just laying there sleeping
The sounds of machines beeping
people rushing around weeping
‘He’s gone, she’s gone’
But i’m here just sleeping
wondering whether I’ll be sleeping forever
or will I ever see light again.
My body is numb and lifeless
just sleeping and seeking
I can feel all these tunnels of life within me
but which one do I choose?
I feel my soul walking away from me
I can hear people weeping,
as …

There are many good creative writing classes and writers retreats but at London Writers’ Club we wanted a modern, time-effective solution to helping people learn the craft.
We thought: wouldn’t it be fab if we could give budding writers access to first-rate publishing industry advice without leaving their homes. Learning from the sofa. How noughties can you get.
We decided that a teleconferenced series of classes with the opportunity to ask questions of the experts was the way to go.
And so Make Your Novel a Reality in 2010 was born.
Over four-weeks, this Monday evening …