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A Suitable Watch? Asha Krishna reviews the BBC adaptation

2 October 20202 October 2020guest

When the BBC televised its first episode of A Suitable Boy, I recalled reading it as a 15-year-old but retained nothing except the [...]

Learning to master Mughal Miniature Art

7 September 20207 September 2020Farhana Shaikh

by Alia Raffia It was during a family trip to the magical city of Lahore aged fourteen that I fell in love with [...]

Bookouture partners with The Asian Writer for exclusive call out

2 August 20202 August 2020Farhana Shaikh

Bookouture and Dahlia Books join forces on an exclusive call-out for writers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds – open Bookouture, in [...]

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Vikram Seth’s epic novel makes screen debut

30 July 20202 October 2020Farhana Shaikh

Set in vibrant 1950s India, A Suitable Boy, an epic tale of life and love based on the classic novel of the same [...]

Kia Abdullah: Why I set up Asian Booklist

30 July 20202 October 2020

Book review: A Cure for a Crime by Roopa Farooki

22 July 202022 July 2020

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