The Asian Writer caught up with Sanjida O’Connell to talk about stepping outside of the mould of “ethnic literature”…
Safiya Hussain
Q. Please tell us about your book, Three Thousand Miles for a Wish? My book is about my journey to Mecca on the Hajj in a quest to find happiness. It is a unique story that covers the experience of Hajj from a very personal and emotional perspective. Q. Why did you decide to …
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Hardeep Singh Kohli, writer, broadcaster and Celebrity Masterchef finalist, is planing a cookery book with a difference on crowd-funded publisher Unbound.co.uk A Month of Sundays will chart his journeys over the next nine months as he answers culinary call outs from people around the country. Readers can makes suggestions to Hardeep through the Unbound.co.uk website. Each week he’ll make the journey to cook up a feast for the most interesting …
Last Man in Tower – Aravind Adiga
21st Century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future. His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury apartments, will make each of its residents rich – if all agree to sell. But …
Under the Hawthorn Tree
A Chinese blog which was turned into a book and feature film has been published in English. The Ai Mi blogs were first seen on the Chinese blogosphere where they became an instant hit with readers. The author, whose identity remains anonymous, won a traditional publishing contract and went on to sell a million copies …
Mini Nair
Author of The Fourth Passenger, Mini Nair talks to The Asian Writer.
Kavita Jindal wins The Haruki Murakami short story competition
Poet and fiction writer Kavita Jindal has won this year’s Haruki Murakami short story competition. Organised by Foyles, and judged by Haruki Murakami’s publisher, Liz Foley of Harvill Secker. Haruki picked a line from his latest work, 1Q84 and writers were invited to write a short story of no more than 1500 words with the …
Mustafa Abubaker
Mustafa Abubaker (pictured on the left) with actor and comedian, Aziz Ansari Q. Please tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into writing? I’m a freshman at High PointUniversityin North Carolinabut I live in Atlanta, Georgia. I got into writing as early as the fifth grade when my class was assigned to …
Chinaman wins the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was awarded to Singapore based Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka for his debut Chinaman (Johnathon Cape). The $50,000 (around £32k) DSC Prize 2012 was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka at a ceremony attended by eminent literary figures, renowned authors and a diverse literary audience at this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival. Ira …
Are you Writing Hard, or Hardly Writing?
With the launch of The Flying Man (Headline) this January, Roopa Farooki has published five novels in five years – here are her tips on how she starts a novel, and how she manages to finish what she starts! What inspires you to write? Like many writers, I am inspired by what is closest to …