Raising the profile of South Asian writers since 2007
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 – International ‘Bring a Dish’ Lunch Day! Date: 30 November 2017 at 10:00:54 GMT To: allstaff@mb.com On the 12th December @ noon, please bring in an international dish to share. Let’s celebrate the diversity of our teams …
Without going into detail, my second novel The Girl in the Broken Mirror was triggered by incidents in my childhood, by the patriarchal sense of entitlement that some men feel they possess, by the fact that in many communities’ men and boys think they are somehow better than women and girls and are treated differently. In …
We’re thrilled to announce this year’s winning stories of The Asian Writer Short Story Prize 2018. First prize – Formations by Mona Dash Second prize – Savour the Moment by Nilesha Chauvet Stories on this year’s shortlist include: Gulab Jaman by Hana Riaz Bed Blocker No. 10 by Selma Carvalho Beginnings and Endings by Sidra …
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 an easily accessible plan for taking control of your health and your life.Everyday health revolves around Dr Chatterjee’s four pillars: relaxation, food, sleep and movement. By making small, achievable changes in each …
Dr Rangan Chatterjee never set out to write a book but following his hit TV show, Doctor in the House, he had significant interest from publishers. The 4 Pillar Plan is Dr Chatterjee’s blueprint for how to live well in the modern world. It divides health into four pillars; diet, sleep, movement and relaxation. Dr …
Writers Nadeem Aslam and Meena Kandasamy have made the shortlist of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year. The prize, first awarded in March 2017, seeks to celebrate books by British Black, Asian, Ethnic Minority writers and provide an exciting snapshot of the incredible array of writers of colour in Britain today. The shortlist …
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 a full-time lawyer, missing Pakistan and the food that she grew up with. She noticed that no-one was representing Pakistani cuisine, or what made it distinctive from its neighbours. Usmani began writing …
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 such few debuts published by British Asian writers. It’s a strong year for non-fiction, with two books by Asian writers already hitting the best seller lists and more crime-series fiction from Vaseem …
When did you decide that this story needed to be written? There are two moments that are crucial: there was one point within my marriage when I knew that I had to write out what I was living through because it seemed so improbable, incredible and horrendous and above all, frightening. I knew that to …
Following a whirlwind romance with a Yorkshire man, Shreya Sen-Handley left a successful career as a TV producer in India, to start a new life in Sheffield. Soon she discovered that life and love was not all that it appeared to be. Her new husband was violent and controlling, and deeply in debt. The chance …