So tell our readers more about your book? Who is it for and who do you think will be interested in reading it? The book Our Stories Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices began as a vision designed to explore the insights and experiences of Muslim women in Bradford. Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, …
Delia Nadarajah: Writing Children of Ricon
Children’s fantasy novelist, Delia Nadarajah talks to The Asian Writer about her journey as a writer and the challenges of getting her work published.
The Sangam Experience
Arshia Sattar’s mail plopped into my Inbox on Jan 11, 2009, Hi Suneetha Happy New Year we have a vacancy at sangam house from Jan 12 to Feb 8 Would you be able to come? Arshia Remember what Danny Boyle did on stage after taking his Oscar statuette into his hands? I did something similar! …
Urban Writers Retreat
by Suhel Ahmed Transforming the desire to write to the actual act of writing has become something of a struggle lately. Every time I open up my notepad, it’s as if I’m standing at the bottom of a rock-face, staring up at the glorious summit, yet at that moment a vertiginous feeling courses through me …
Try Me with Farah Damji
In this rare interview we talk to the controversial ex-socialite Farah Damji about writing her dark history of crime, drugs, her fascinating life in arts, and reinventing herself.
There is no spoon by Vaskar Szen Kayastha
I am not an intelligent man, nor handsome, sensible or even pragmatic. I’ve never been popular or well known; often reminding people of my name and what I do as they easily forget who I am. Finding me in a myriad of faces is virtually impossible and trying to distinguish my age and ethnic origin, …
Introducing Kavita Jindal
1) Have you always been comfortable with the idea that you were a writer? If not when did you accept yourself to be one? I started writing poems when I was six and my first publications were in school magazines from the age of eight and then in my teens I had humorous articles published …
In the hot seat with Mahjabeen Zafar
1) I first heard about you when I was on toowrite.com where you’d just been named the winner of their short story competition…what impact did that have on you as a writer? Well, writing is one of the most solitary arts, you sort of scribble away in your room, regardless of whether you are going …
Finding the One with Shelina Janmohammed
The Asian Writer catches up with Shelina Janmohammed to find out more about why she felt compelled to write her first book, Love in a Headscarf… Followers of your blog will see you as a serious writer, who likes to address the issues about British Islam and the muslim struggle, did you feel that you …
Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi was born in Madras to a Welsh mother and a Gujarati father, and is based in India, after periods living in America and England. Her first book of poems, Countries of the Body won the 2006 Forward prize for best first collection. She was the winner of the 2006 All-India Poetry Competition, and …