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by Jacqui Lofthouse 1. Set aside a regular time each week for your writing and make it sacred. Even if you can only find a single time slot, for example Sunday evening, put it in the diary and make it A FIXTURE. Tell everybody you know that you’re busy and honour this time. It may …
So tell our readers more about your book? Who is it for and who do you think will be interested in reading it? The book Our Stories Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices began as a vision designed to explore the insights and experiences of Muslim women in Bradford. Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, …
Children’s fantasy novelist, Delia Nadarajah talks to The Asian Writer about her journey as a writer and the challenges of getting her work published.
Arshia Sattar’s mail plopped into my Inbox on Jan 11, 2009, Hi Suneetha Happy New Year we have a vacancy at sangam house from Jan 12 to Feb 8 Would you be able to come? Arshia Remember what Danny Boyle did on stage after taking his Oscar statuette into his hands? I did something similar! …
by Suhel Ahmed Transforming the desire to write to the actual act of writing has become something of a struggle lately. Every time I open up my notepad, it’s as if I’m standing at the bottom of a rock-face, staring up at the glorious summit, yet at that moment a vertiginous feeling courses through me …
What a night! I spent the last few hours in the company of some of the richest, diverse and talented writers. The first thing that struck me, I was listed for a VIP table. I don’t know if it was a mistake but I wasn’t about to complain. I guess wearing a sparkly gown, headscarf …
In this rare interview we talk to the controversial ex-socialite Farah Damji about writing her dark history of crime, drugs, her fascinating life in arts, and reinventing herself.
Please tell our readers a little bit about what you do, and what your background is? As a literary agent I sell the right to publish books of the authors whom I represent. I manage an author’s career right from the time I receive a manuscript to the book being in a bookstore. This involves …
Sala Choudhury and Gurpal Stickland have triumphed in The Asian Writing New Writing Competition. Sala Choudhury’s entry The Critic was chosen as the overall winner in the competition. Playing on the Mountain by Gurpal Stickland was chosen as the winner in the Poetry Category. Both writers win a £50 Waterstones Vouchers. The competition attracted a …
I am not an intelligent man, nor handsome, sensible or even pragmatic. I’ve never been popular or well known; often reminding people of my name and what I do as they easily forget who I am. Finding me in a myriad of faces is virtually impossible and trying to distinguish my age and ethnic origin, …