10 reasons to attend The Asian Writer Festival
We’re celebrating our tenth birthday with an all-day festival on Saturday October 21st 2017 at Royal Asiatic Society in London. For one day
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AuthorFarhana Shaikh
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 shortlist dominated by Indian writers
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 shortlist was announced last month. Authors in contention for the $25,000 prize include Man Booker
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Abda Khan: Why I’m crowdfunding a novel about modern slavery
There are reported to be over 13,000 slaves in Britain, and over 40 million worldwide, so why are they missing from contemporary fiction?
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Kamila Shamsie
Q. Where did the inspiration for Home Fire, and to write a contemporary version of Sophocles Antigone, come from? The inspiration came entirely from Jatinder Verma
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Hijabi Monologues
Hijabi Monologues started life more than a decade ago when university friends Sahar Ullah, Dan Morrison and Zeenat Rahman were socialising following a
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‘Exceptional qualities’ on DSC Prize for South Asian Literature longlist
The long-list for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 has been announced. The long-list of 13 novels was unveiled at the
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Sanjida Kay
Q. Where did the inspiration for The Stolen Child come from? A friend of a friend wanted to adopt a child. She’d heard
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Vaseem Khan
Vaseem Khan wrote his first novel at seventeen. As a bright young man on the cusp of adulthood he printed out his work,
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Karachi Literature Festival
The first Karachi Literature Festival held at Southbank (May 20) brought together Pakistan’s finest writers, old and new, and a passionate audience eager
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Dividing Lines: writing short stories
In April this year, The Asian Writer launched a collection of short stories featuring exciting new voices featured on this year’s The
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