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New prize hopes to discover ‘sorely underrepresented’ crime fiction writers

7 January 20217 January 2021Farhana Shaikh
HarperFiction has launched a new competition to encourage submissions from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic writers. Killing It: The Killer Reads Competition for [...]

New prize launches for fiction writers of colour

16 December 202016 December 2020Farhana Shaikh
Avon Books UK has partnered with Silé Edwards at Mushens Entertainment to launch a competition exclusively open to un-agented, unpublished writers of colour. [...]

Review: Just So You Know

3 December 20203 December 2020Farhana Shaikh
Just So You Know, a collection of essays by underrepresented writers from Wales, instantly transports you to a world different to your own. [...]

Extract: Of Necessity and Wanting ~ Sascha A. Akhtar

23 November 2020Farhana Shaikh
Of Necessity & Wanting is a collection of lyrical, atmospheric stories of varying lengths set in urban Pakistan. At its forefront are the [...]

A Suitable Watch? Asha Krishna reviews the BBC adaptation

2 October 20202 October 2020guest
When the BBC televised its first episode of A Suitable Boy, I recalled reading it as a 15-year-old but retained nothing except the [...]

Amanthi Harris

2 October 20202 October 2020Farhana Shaikh
Tell us about your novel, Beautiful Place and what inspired you to write it? Beautiful Place is set in a villa by a [...]

Learning to master Mughal Miniature Art

7 September 20207 September 2020Farhana Shaikh
by Alia Raffia It was during a family trip to the magical city of Lahore aged fourteen that I fell in love with [...]

Bookouture partners with The Asian Writer for exclusive call out

2 August 20202 August 2020Farhana Shaikh
Bookouture and Dahlia Books join forces on an exclusive call-out for writers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds – open Bookouture, in [...]

Vikram Seth’s epic novel makes screen debut

30 July 20202 October 2020Farhana Shaikh
Set in vibrant 1950s India, A Suitable Boy, an epic tale of life and love based on the classic novel of the same [...]

Deepa Anappara

30 July 2020Farhana Shaikh
When did you have the initial idea for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line? When I was working as a reporter in India, [...]

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