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As an extension of Farhana Shaikh’s earlier rant about Asian writers being outsiders looking in, I have to confess that watching New Novelists 12 of the Best from The Culture Show left me a little queasy about the lack of diversity in the their list of ‘up and coming’ authors in British literary fiction. The …
A new book of poetry is published this month to mark the 150th birth-anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, India’s first Nobel Laureate. The Sufi’s Garland is a Fakir’s weave of words in poetry. The stony hills of Afghanistan forms the backdrop of this sweet soulful music where the reader becomes a sojourner in a caravan, and …
The Asian Writer speaks to author of A Beautiful Lie, Irfan Master.
1) Could you tell us a bit more about yourself and how you stumbled into writing? I was born and grew up in Derbyshire, in the north of England. After attending the local schools I went to university in London. It was really at university that I started reading novels. At first I think I …
A fantastic video link between Hong Kong and London, announcing this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist. Keep watching to hear more from Monica Ali on what she thinks makes exceptional fiction.
Debut author Sita Brahmachari has won one of the most valuable and prestigious children’s book awards in the country for her striking coming-of-age novel about life, death, friendship and love. Artichoke Hearts was announced as the winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2011 by Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne at an evening ceremony at Waterstone’s …
Anjali Joseph’s Saraswati Park and Manu Joseph’s Serious Men have been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book Prize for the South Asia and Europe Region. Leila Abouleila”s Lyrics Alley has made the shortlist in the Best Book category. (February 11, 2011) The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, internationally recognised for its role in celebrating ground-breaking …
1. Please tell our readers a bit more about yourself. I’m a modern Muslim woman from Brit-Bengali background who hopes to change the stereotypes and misconceptions about Asian women in the cosmopolitan world. I grew up in an England with novels that catered largely for the mainstream reader. The few British Asians novels that existed …
by Lynn Mitchell When I first set up Linen Press, I was a newcomer to publishing and, without an established reputation, relied on unsolicited submissions for possible publications. At first, those that came in were disappointing; I had a feeling I was the last port of call for novels that had been to every other …
Could you please tell us about yourself and how you got involved with writing? I started my journalistic career as a Bollywood journalist – I was Entertainments Editor for Eastern Eye in its early days – and I still spend a lot of time writing features for magazines when I am not working on my …