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Stories of 71: Journeying Back project at Toynbee Hall

8 April 2021Farhana Shaikh

26th March 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh war, struggle and subsequent Independence. East London is home to a vibrant and dynamic [...]

Bhanu Kapil’s “radical and arresting” collection wins TS Eliot Prize

8 February 20218 February 2021Farhana Shaikh

Bhanu Kapil has won the 2020 T. S. Eliot Prize for her collection How to Wash a Heart (24 January). Judges Lavinia Greenlaw, Mona [...]

New prize hopes to discover ‘sorely underrepresented’ crime fiction writers

7 January 202124 January 2021Farhana Shaikh

HarperFiction has launched a new competition to encourage submissions from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic writers. Killing It: The Killer Reads Competition for [...]

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Megaphone scheme opens for children’s writers

24 January 20217 February 2021Farhana Shaikh

A talent development programme, for writers of colour who are writing for children, is open for applications until the end of the month. [...]

Review: Just So You Know

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Extract: Of Necessity and Wanting ~ Sascha A. Akhtar

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Writing for children: AM Dassu

Writing for children: Hiba Noor Khan