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 [...]
Anuk Arudpragasam wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 20 November 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh Anuk Arudpragasam has been named the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 for his novel, The Story of a Brief [...]
Qaisra Shahraz 20 November 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh Firstly congratulations on being the most influential woman in Manchester. What does this achievement mean to you and how you would you like [...]
The People of Partition in Birmingham opens 20 November 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh An exhibition of new artworks exploring The Partition of India in 1947 has opened at Soho House in Birmingham. The People of Partition [...]
Roopa Farooki keynote – The Asian Writer Festival 24 October 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh What an honour to be asked to speak here, at the inaugural Asian writer festival. Celebrating ten years of celebrating work by Asian [...]
Rabiah Hussain 18 October 2017Farhana Shaikh Tell me more about your play and the themes you explore. I wrote Where I Live And What I Live For as part [...]
Home and Away: A literary agent’s perspective 13 October 201720 November 2017Farhana Shaikh This month’s feature puts a spotlight on UK based writers who have found publication success in India. We spoke to India’s youngest literary [...]
Home and Away: meet the UK writers only published abroad 13 October 201720 November 2017Farhana Shaikh This month’s feature puts a spotlight on UK based writers who have found publication success in India and yet, at home, their novels [...]
10 reasons to attend The Asian Writer Festival 10 October 201713 April 2018Farhana Shaikh 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 [...]
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 shortlist dominated by Indian writers 4 October 201718 October 2017Farhana Shaikh The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 shortlist was announced last month. Authors in contention for the $25,000 prize include Man Booker [...]