Q. Please tell us a bit about yourself and how you launched into a writing career? I had always been surrounded by books and writing. Grandpa, dad, some aunts and uncles all lawyers were all involved in writing and editing Law Journals in India so from birth books were part of my upbringing. I used …
Sweta Vikram
On the release of her recent novel, Perfectly Untraditional, The Asian Writer caught up with author and poet Sweta Vikram
Muslim Writers Awards
The Muslim Writers Awards was celebrated in an evening of glitz and glamour at the Shakespeare’s Globe in London (November 22, 2011). Guests included notable authors Aamer Hussein, Roopa Farooki, Irfan Master and Shelina Janmohamed amongst wider literary and publishing industry figures. Shahriar Mandanipour won the published novel category for Censoring an Iranian Love Story whilst …
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Shortlist announced
The 2nd annual DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist was announced at a prestigious gala event at London’s Globe Theatre, October 24. Guests were treated to a performance by award-winning producer and Tabla player Talvin Singh, alongside Sarod maestro Soumik Datta, while the winner of the first DSC Prize, Pakistani writer H.M. Naqvi gave a …
Imran Khan’s Pakistan: A Personal History
Imran Khan, former cricketer turned politician, kicked off his book tour in Leicester last month (September 17, 2011). Imran Khan’s Pakistan: A Personal History takes a closer look at the country’s history and its politics. Khan said he wrote the book to tell the world about the two things he knows and loves, Pakistan and …
Kavita Bhanot on Too Asian, Not Asian Enough
Please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into the world of writing? I was born in London and lived in Birmingham for many years before moving to India. I now live in Manchester. The best thing I have done is spending two years running a small guest house Seclude, in the mountains in …
Aamer Hussein
“The greatest homage you can pay the artists you admire is to find your own palette, of colours that cast new lights and new shadows on your chosen genre.”
Fresh Impetus For Asian Literature at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
by Yagnya Valkya Misra Rahul Bhattacharya at Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh is the place to be in August. Buzzing with festivity, the city becomes a cultural paradise playing host to numerous excellent festivals and events. Yet, among all these fests rocking the city, it’s the International Book Festival that turns out to …
Bobby Nayyar
Q. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your book, West of no East? West of No East is my first published novel. Previously, I’ve been published by Tindal Street Press, Wasafiri, and Aesthetica Magazine. I live in east London, where I also manage a small indie publisher, Limehouse Books and work as …
Imran Ahmad
The Asian Writer meets author of Unimagined, Imran Ahmad as he talks candidly about his memoir, memories and Muslims.