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Latest Posts

Finding Home – A Q&A with the writers

3 August 2022Farhana Shaikh

Finding Home marks the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus. In August 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the country’s Indian and Pakistani communities [...]

Tomb of Sand wins The 2022 International Booker Prize

1 June 2022Farhana Shaikh

Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, was announced as the winner of the 2022 International [...]

Orion launches new scheme for underrepresented writers

12 April 20221 June 2022Farhana Shaikh

A new literary scheme Space To Write is looking to support writers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who want to write or are [...]

Books

Ajay Chowdhury: I could murder a biryani

28 May 202112 September 2021Farhana Shaikh

In the kitchen, Maya and the three under-chefs were busy with the night’s dinner. The smell of fried onions, garlic and ginger filled [...]

Writing for children: AM Dassu

25 February 202128 May 2021

Writing for children: Hiba Noor Khan

25 February 202128 May 2021

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