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Orion launches new scheme for underrepresented writers

12 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
A new literary scheme Space To Write is looking to support writers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who want to write or are [...]

Indian author shortlisted for the International Booker prize

12 April 202212 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree is one of six books in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize. It is the first [...]

Asma Khan

10 April 202211 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
Asma Khan’s latest cookery book, Ammu is a delightful collection of childhood recipes that celebrates the power of home cooking and the inextricable [...]

Reshma Ruia

7 December 202112 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
The characters in your short story collection Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness come from widely ranging backgrounds and ethnicities. Was it difficult to [...]

Shazia J Altaf on winning the Creative Future Writers’ Award

7 December 202112 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
Why did you enter the Creative Future Writers’ Awards?  I have been on a strange journey with writing and life up until this [...]

Sarah M Jasat on The Mismatch by Sara Jafari

6 December 202110 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
The Mismatch by Sara Jafari is relatable, honest and romantic.  One family, two women and a secret that threatens to ruin them both. [...]

Mona Dash

12 September 202113 February 2022Farhana Shaikh
Every year we host students from the University of Leicester for a 10-week placement. The scheme run by the university provides students with [...]

Ajay Chowdhury: I could murder a biryani

28 May 202112 September 2021Farhana Shaikh
In the kitchen, Maya and the three under-chefs were busy with the night’s dinner. The smell of fried onions, garlic and ginger filled [...]

All Stories Mentorship – now open for applications

22 May 202110 April 2022guest
by Catherine Coe I’ve been a children’s book editor for twenty years, and a freelancer for the last ten. As well as working [...]

Stories of 71: Journeying Back project at Toynbee Hall

8 April 202110 April 2022Farhana Shaikh
26th March 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh war, struggle and subsequent Independence. East London is home to a vibrant and dynamic [...]

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