The Asian Writer’s first collection Happy Birthday to Me : A collection of contemporary Asian writing is due for release on October 30th 2010.
The collection features new writing by emerging writers on the theme of celebration, a selection of interviews from the last three years of The Asian Writer as well as an advice section for those looking to get published.
The launch event will take place during the Everybody’s Reading Festival Leicester Readers and Writers Day on Saturday 10th October 2010. To book your place at the event please email editor@theasianwriter.co.uk A London launch event is still currently being organised but please email me to register your interest.
Happy Birthday to Me is published by Dahlia Publishing and priced at £8.99 + £2.50 p+p. To pre-order your copy please email orders@dahliapublishing.co.uk with your name, address and the number of copies you wish to order.
Congratulations to the following writers for contributing to the collection. (named here with their respective contributions)
Pervin Saket Happy Birthday to Me
Sharmila Chauhan Tiny Steps
Niven Govinden The Writer’s Wife
Godwin Tan Love Letter
Rani Joshi Find Love
Paul Lobo Portugés Valentine
Ashaur Rahman Captivate
Yu Min (Claire) Chen Haiku
Rukhsana Bhatti Mr Right
Athena Kashyap My Wedding
Yagnya Valkya Misra The Procession
Sweta Srivastava Vikram The Celebration of Life
Roopa Farooki My Son’s Mother
Sala Choudhury Lucky Socks
Narinder Dosanjh Prize Giving
Vibha Batra Does It Happen To You
Hema Raman Baby Oh Baby
Asim Khan Harvest Doggerel
Farhana Khalique Southend in January
Shamshad Khan The Gathering
Arun Budhathoki An Elegy
Nabila Jameel Peshawar
Shereen Hussain Rose of England
Debjani Chatterjee Colours of Holi & Special Days
Nikesh Shukla White Diwali
Rabiah Hussain I am the Child of the Colony
Ashoka Sen Trailing Behind a Shadow & Celebration
Amita Murray Retuning to Delhi
Fehmida Zakeer Twilight Sojourn
Simran Oberoi Life
Abha Iyengar Smash Cake
Narinder Dosanjh The Long Goodbye
Suneetha Bala With Love from Kunjeli
