The Asian Writer caught up with Priya Basil to discuss her latest novel, The Obscure Logic of the Heart.
In the Hot Seat with Roopa Farooki
My favourite author is Tolkien, as Lord of the Rings is still my favourite book. My bedside read Currently a pile of parenting books (I have five month old twin girls) and my students’ MA assignments. The most inspiring person I’ve ever met My mother, who believes that everything is possible. My writing ritual Sitting in …
The Reluctant Author: Sagheer Afzal
I arrange to meet Sagheer Afzal, author of The Reluctant Mullah, after meeting him at a book signing in Leicester. He is well mannered and eager to to talk about his book which has been recently been published. Fed up with the books he was reading, the former Science teacher, Afzal took up writing as …
Rana Dasgupta wins The Commonwealth Writers Prize
Rana Dasgupta becomes Best Book Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize (April 12, 2010) The judges chose Solo for its innovation, ambition, courage and effortlessly elegant prose. A remarkable novel of two halves, this is a book that takes risks and examines the places where grim reality and fantastical daydreams merge, diverge, and feed off …
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Announced
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature to celebrate the rich and varied literature connected to the subcontinent has been announced. The prize will award US$50,000 to the winner starting from 2011. The award will recognize writers of any ethnicity writing about South Asia and its Diasporas. The books competing for the prize must be …
DSC South Asian Literature Festival Announced
With an anticipated forty events over ten days, the DSC South Asian Literature Festival is to be Britain’s major event celebrating the rich and varied cultures of the South Asian region, through the world of literature. The Festival stream of events will be held at cutting-edge London arts venues including Kings Place (King’s Cross), Rich …
Writing Industries Conference 2010
The Writing Industries Conference 2010 took place March 6th, 2010. The tone of the day was set by Graham Joyce’s fabulous key note speech. Which you can listen to in its entirety by clicking here. It was hard for anything to follow that. Everything that needed to be said was, and I had the pleasure …
A Writer’s Journey
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.
Sleeping
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 …
Shamini Flint on Inspector Singh Investigates
For readers new to your work, what would you say defines your writing? I have to confess that I don’t think there is a single strand or theme that defines my writing. Perhaps it is a combination of factors that conspire to create a unique voice. First and foremost, place. Each Inspector Singh novel is …