“In a thriller, nowhere is safe” – Sanjida Kay on the importance of setting
There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office blocks in the city centre. I head home,
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AuthorFarhana Shaikh
Formations – The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 1st prize
Rukmini wills herself to stay lying on the sofa. Om, Om Shanti, she chants. The ghosts dance, screaming in a frenzy, wild shapes
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Savour the Moment – The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018 Runner Up
Ever since the email went out at the end of November, food was all anyone could talk about. From: Culture Comms Subject: Important Staff Event
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Savita Kalhan
Without going into detail, my second novel The Girl in the Broken Mirror was triggered by incidents in my childhood, by the patriarchal sense
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The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018 – announcement
We’re thrilled to announce this year’s winning stories of The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018. First prize – Formations by Mona Dash
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6 Non-fiction books to read before summer
Practical and potentially life-changing, The Four Pillar Plan is an inspiring and easy-to-follow guide to better health and happiness. Dr Rangan Chatterjee presents
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Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee never set out to write a book but following his hit TV show, Doctor in the House, he had significant
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Aslam and Kandasamy make Jhalak prize shortlist
Writers Nadeem Aslam and Meena Kandasamy have made the shortlist of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year. The prize, first awarded
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Sumayya Usmani
It was Sumayya Usmani’s longing for home that led her to start a memoir-based food blog. At the time, she was working as
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Books to read in 2018
I’m coming into the year with relative optimism that publishers may have stumbled upon some literary gold but I’m also nervous to see
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