I’m pleased to announce the winning entry for The Asian Writer New Writing Competition… (drum roll) Well done to GD Stickland (who you may remember also won the poetry category in our 2008 competition). Roads, North and South A pantoum My friend, when you were only four and dreaming of owning a …
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee wins the Guardian First Book Award
“a gripping, enlightening read”
Two Asian authors make Guardian First Book Award 2011 shortlist
The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed and The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee have both made the shortlist for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award. The award which recognises the finest new authors who have had their first book published in English in the last year. A winner will be now be selected by …
Muslim Writers Awards
The Muslim Writers Awards was celebrated in an evening of glitz and glamour at the Shakespeare’s Globe in London (November 22, 2011). Guests included notable authors Aamer Hussein, Roopa Farooki, Irfan Master and Shelina Janmohamed amongst wider literary and publishing industry figures. Shahriar Mandanipour won the published novel category for Censoring an Iranian Love Story whilst …
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Shortlist announced
The 2nd annual DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist was announced at a prestigious gala event at London’s Globe Theatre, October 24. Guests were treated to a performance by award-winning producer and Tabla player Talvin Singh, alongside Sarod maestro Soumik Datta, while the winner of the first DSC Prize, Pakistani writer H.M. Naqvi gave a …
Imran Khan’s Pakistan: A Personal History
Imran Khan, former cricketer turned politician, kicked off his book tour in Leicester last month (September 17, 2011). Imran Khan’s Pakistan: A Personal History takes a closer look at the country’s history and its politics. Khan said he wrote the book to tell the world about the two things he knows and loves, Pakistan and …
Fresh Impetus For Asian Literature at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
by Yagnya Valkya Misra Rahul Bhattacharya at Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh is the place to be in August. Buzzing with festivity, the city becomes a cultural paradise playing host to numerous excellent festivals and events. Yet, among all these fests rocking the city, it’s the International Book Festival that turns out to …
Anjali Joseph wins Desmond Elliot Prize 2011
Anjali Joseph was tonight (Thursday 23 June) named as the winner of the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2011 for Saraswati Park, published by Fourth Estate. The Prize is awarded annually to the best first novel and Anjali Joseph’s portrayal of modern-day India was selected for its enchanting narrative and assured style. Edward Stourton, Chair of …
Anjali Joseph shortlisted for The Desmond Elliot Prize 2011
Former commissioning editor of ELLE Magazine India, Anjali Joseph has been shortlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize alongside Dazed & Confused writer Ned Beauman and unemployed civil servant Stephen Kelman. Both Beauman and Joseph had been working as journalists when they wrote their first novels, whereas Kelman had just been made redundant from his job …
Introducing Urbantopia and teenage novelist Mina Bint Muhammad
Continuing with our series highlighting independent publishers we caught up with Ola Laniyan-Amoako and author of See Red, Mina Bint Muhammed