Amitav Ghosh’s Man Booker-nominated novel Sea of Poppies, partly researched at this museum, sets the tone for our closing day taking place on 25th February, 2012.
Set during the Opium Wars, it features a polyglot cast and crew: a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts – people only hinted at in official records. As they sail down the Hooghly River and into the sea, their old family ties are washed away and they forge new lives in remote lands. Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy attempts to fill in the blanks left by the …

The Asian Writer will be hosting a day of workshops and readings at the newly refurbished Central Library as part of the Everybody’s Reading Festival, Leicester. Join us for a day of interactive workshops, book signings with authors, and a fabulous networking lunch.
Draft Programme
9.30-9.45 Registration, grab a cup of tea
10-12am: Interactive workshop: Become a Writer.
Getting your book written and published. A fun interactive workshop with great tips and advice on how to get writing and published.
12.30-1.30: Networking Lunch & readings
2pm-3pm: How to be Asian in Britain (hosted by Leicester Libraries …

Authors Roopa Farooki and Hardeep Singh Kohli are set to take part in a new series of talks to be held in Leicester.
Roopa Farooki: July 21st, 2011
The newly refurbished Leicester Central Library will warmly welcome popular author Roopa Farooki on July 21, 2011.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1974 to a Pakistani father and a Bangladeshi mother, Roopa came to the UK as a baby. After university and a career in advertising, she began to write novels that feature good characters in good stories. Her debut novel, Bitter …

Alchemy is Southbank Centre’s eleven day journey into the richness, contrasts and confluence of the relationship between the UK, India and South Asian culture.
Southbank Centre’s riverside venues and spaces will be suffused with love for the divine as devotional singers and poets gather for Muzaffar Ali’s prestigious Sufi festival Jahan e Khusrau, which provides the focus for the opening weekend of Alchemy – now in its second year. (April 15-25, 2011)
Artists confirmed for Southbank Centre’s 11-day …

DSC South Asian Literature Festival Tour
hosted by Kala Kahani
in partnership with Charnwood Arts and The Asian Writer
 presents…

‘Love in the Modern Age’
Farahad Zama, Anjali Joseph, Hema Macherla, Bhavit Mehta (Moderator)
 
Richard Attenborough Centre, University Of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA
In Partnership with Charnwood Arts & The Asian Word
 
Date: 29th October
Time: Free lunch buffet provided @ 12.30pm. Start time 1.30pm – 3pm
Price: £5
 
Love, marriage (arranged or otherwise), sex and family relationships have historically been a great source of inspiration for many South Asian authors and poets, and those who have travelled or …

The UK’s first major South Asian Literature Festival has announced its full programme of events today alongside the longlist of the DSC South Asian Literature Prize. (September 22).
The DSC South Asian Literature Festival (SALF) takes place over a ten day period from October 15th. SALF  joins an emerging landscape of literature festivals located in South Asia including Jaipur, Hay Festival Kerala, Galle and Karachi Literature Festivals but reflecting the diverse nature of South Asian culture, is a multi-dimensional festival and will explore the politics, languages and literature of the region through music, spoken word, visual …

The Everybody’s Reading Festival takes place between 2nd-10th October 2010. There are a number of fantastic events that hope to inspire  everybody  to get reading.
The Asian Writer is pleased to announce it will be hosting two events as part of the festival.
Readers and Writers Day
Saturday 9th October 10.30-15.30, Hamilton Library Leicester, 20 Maidenwell Avenue, Leicester
The morning will be kicked off with a couple of interactive and informal workshops on creative writing and the web, and manuscript to publication. Creative writing and the web is suitable for all and will introduce …

The Ilkley Festival 1st-17th October 2010
The Asian Writer has spotted some fantastic events at the event which pay tribute to South Asian literature and arts.
Introducing the Festival Mushaira
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010, 12:30 pm at Ilkley Playhouse Wildman
Haven’t been to our Mushaira before, don’t quite know what to expect? Come to this short introduction to the history and form of the Mushaira and ask any questions you want.
Everyone welcome.
Click here for more details.
The Excitement of South Asian Literature – Day School (in English)
Saturday, October 9th, 2010, 10:00 am at Ilkley Lawn …

Writing Industries Conference
Loughborough University, Saturday 9th February, 2008
February 2008 sees the East Midlands host its first Writing Industries Conference, offering local writers an unmissable opportunity to meet professionals from the worlds of writing, publishing and live literature.
The conference will feature panel discussions on a wide range of subjects featuring experts in the field. Topics covered including playwriting, commercial fiction, writing for children, spoken word, poetry and many more and panels will include representatives from BBC, Hodder Headline Publishing, Arts Council England and Theatre Writing Partnership as well as a host …

Sarfraz Manzoor will be one of the several authors speaking at the Readers and Writers Day to be held at the Birmingham Library Theatre, this month (September 22).
Publishers, Bloomsbury and Faber will be attending the event giving wannabe authors a fantastic opportunity to network with some of the biggest names in the publishing world as well as gain a rare insight into the realities of being a published writer. Liz Jensen, Nadeem Aslam, The Birmingham Poet Laureate, and Daljit Nagra will also be speaking during the day. This is a free event and open …