Savita Kalhan 13 April 20188 March 2020Farhana Shaikh Without going into detail, my second novel The Girl in the Broken Mirror was triggered by incidents in my childhood, by the patriarchal sense [...]
The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018 – announcement 27 February 20188 March 2020Farhana Shaikh We’re thrilled to announce this year’s winning stories of The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018. First prize – Formations by Mona Dash [...]
6 Non-fiction books to read before summer 23 February 201825 November 2019Farhana Shaikh 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 [...]
Rangan Chatterjee 23 February 201818 June 2018Farhana Shaikh Dr Rangan Chatterjee never set out to write a book but following his hit TV show, Doctor in the House, he had significant [...]
Aslam and Kandasamy make Jhalak prize shortlist 21 February 201813 April 2018Farhana Shaikh Writers Nadeem Aslam and Meena Kandasamy have made the shortlist of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year. The prize, first awarded [...]
Sumayya Usmani 9 February 201818 June 2018Farhana Shaikh 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 [...]
Books to read in 2018 25 January 201825 November 2019Farhana Shaikh 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 [...]
Meena Kandasamy 21 December 201723 February 2018Farhana Shaikh When did you decide that this story needed to be written? There are two moments that are crucial: there was one point within [...]
Shreya Sen-Handley 19 December 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh Following a whirlwind romance with a Yorkshire man, Shreya Sen-Handley left a successful career as a TV producer in India, to start a [...]
Winnie M Li 30 November 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh Q. Tell us more about your novel, Dark Chapter It’s about a crime, and the two people who are connected by that crime: the [...]