Interviews, reviews and first person pieces on South Asian literature and writing.
I’ve wanted to write a novel since I was 16. Even though teachers and lecturers knew I could write well, none ever suggested
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CG Menon’s debut collection Subjunctive Moods, is published by Dahlia Press and the predominant mood of it could be what the last story
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Early on in my writing career I attempted to write a police procedural featuring a lead character that was British Asian. Scouring the
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It is universally acknowledged that it is important for children to see themselves reflected in the books they read. It is also important
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I first had the pleasure of reading Priya Sharma’s work when I was a judge for the British Fantasy Awards in 2016, where
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Dr Rangan Chatterjee never set out to write a book but following his hit TV show, Doctor in the House, he had significant
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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
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When did you decide that this story needed to be written? There are two moments that are crucial: there was one point within
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Following a whirlwind romance with a Yorkshire man, Shreya Sen-Handley left a successful career as a TV producer in India, to start a
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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
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