Crime writer shortlisted for major literary prize
Crime writer Abir Mukherjee has been shortlisted for a major literary prize. Mukherjee’s third book, Smoke and Ashes is one of six titles
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Books
Books by South Asian writers and those that are about South Asia
Life in Prison: Time for a new point of view
by Farah Damji I helped to set up The View Magazine, a publication by and for women in the criminal justice system, with
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Authors shortlisted for top literary prize
Debut novelist Emma Smith-Barton and Costa winner Jasbinder Bilan have been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Emma’s novel The Million Pieces
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Review: The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan
by Leela Soma Set in South India, in the tiny cantonment of Nandagiri The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan traces the lives of the
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20 Books by Asian authors to read in 2020
Brace yourselves, 2020 sees Asian authors returning to what they know and love: literary fiction. I don’t remember a time quite like it.
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Review: Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy’s latest novel, Exquisite Cadavers began as a response to her second novel, When I Hit You. It follows the story of
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Indian writers dominate The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist
Indian writers once again dominate the shortlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, which was announced earlier this month (November
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Review: Crossroads Festival, Saturday 5 October 2019
Rehearsal Room 1 of Leicester’s Curve Theatre has mirrored walls, free-standing doors, and a staircase to nowhere. An appropriate setting for the inaugural
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Review: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
‘Imagine building an observatory over St. Paul’s Cathedral?’ A provocative question posed by Amitav Ghosh at the National Book Festival, in D.C. Ghosh was replying
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Becoming a Writer – what I learnt
I was lucky enough to be on the The Asian Writer’s ‘Becoming a writer’ course early last year, at a time when I
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