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 …
The Art of Editing
by Jacqui Lofthouse There are many stages of the editing process – which may be one reason why many writers find editing a confusing and occasionally frustrating process. So often, we enjoy the first rush of enthusiasm that seizes us when we begin writing a book, but it is more difficult to keep that verve …
Suhayl Saadi
“I think that some writers can get too comfortable and complacent in their success and it shows in their work. But you do have to have deep oceans of self-belief if you want to do serious art, because a lot of people – sometimes some of those close to you as well as those in the business and complete strangers – will try to bring you down.”
Suhayl Saadi talks about his journey as a writer and gives us a deeper insight of his latest work, Joseph’s Box.
‘Wham! Bam! Stories, Man.’ Nikesh Shukla
The Asian Writer catches up with emerging talent, Nikesh Shukla to find out what he’s planning on in 2010.
Brixton Beach on TV Book Club this month
BRIXTON BEACH by Sri Lankan author Roma Tearne has been picked for the new TV Book Club which started on More 4 Sunday, 17th January. ROMA TEARNE is the only South Asian author chosen by Amanda Ross for the new show taking over from Richard & Judy’s book club. The programme is produced by Amanda …
Beauty wins Costa First Novel Award
London, 19.30pm 4th January 2010 Former scooter salesman Raphael Selbourne scoops the Costa First Novel Award for Beauty. Beauty – in name and appearance – is a twenty-year-old Bangladeshi, back in England having disgraced her family by fleeing an abusive arranged marriage. Placed on the jobseekers’ treadmill and under continuing domestic pressure, in desperation she …
Like a Diamond in the Sky
Continuing our new series of featuring writers from across the South Asian region, we interview Shazia Omar, dubbed as one of Bangladesh’s most exciting new authors.
Ever thought of becoming a writer?
By Farhana Shaikh You’re having another bad day at the office and quite frankly you’re boss is determined to make things difficult for you…you reach for that bottom drawer, and pull out that manuscript you’ve half written, blushing as you read over the details of that last love affair you had with that boy last …
Dreaming of a Literary Agent
When Abhijit Dasgupta dreamt of writing a novel he never thought the process of getting an agent would take him on such a journey; addicted to that Send button he queried no less than a thousand agents. And rejection was going to hinder him.
10 Top Tips for Getting Started on Your Novel
Part two of top ten writing tips with Jacqui Lofthouse.