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A Suitable Watch? Asha Krishna reviews the BBC adaptation

2 October 202024 January 2021guest
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 202024 January 2021Farhana 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 202024 January 2021Farhana 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 202024 January 2021Farhana 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 20208 February 2021Farhana Shaikh
When did you have the initial idea for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line? When I was working as a reporter in India, [...]

Kia Abdullah: Why I set up Asian Booklist

30 July 20202 October 2020guest
by Kia Abdullah It started with a disastrous radio slot. I was invited onto a programme along with authors Nikesh Shukla, A A [...]

Book review: A Cure for a Crime by Roopa Farooki

22 July 20208 February 2021guest
The cover A Summary The Cure For a Crime is about the twins, Ali and Tulip, whose Mum has got a strange new [...]

Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction now open for entries

4 July 20202 October 2020Farhana Shaikh
The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction, a short story award which promotes science fiction and related genres is now open for entries.  Now [...]

Crime writer shortlisted for major literary prize

11 June 202030 July 2020Farhana Shaikh
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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