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Skip to Content THE ASIAN WRITER Raising the profile of South Asian writers since 2007 Close * Writing opportunities * Author Interviews * Books * Festival * About * Becoming a Writer course * Write for The Asian Writer * Competitions and Call Outs Search for: * * Headline SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE Headline SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE Headline SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE Headline SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE Headline SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE prev next Latest PRETI TANEJA’S ‘UNFLINCHING WORK OF NARRATIVE NON-FICTION’ WINS GORDON BURN PRIZE Aftermath by Preti Taneja has been named the winner of the tenth annual Gordon Burn Prize at Durham Book Festival (13 October). Taneja’s second book Aftermath strives to make sense of the London Bridge terror attack in 2019. Usman Khan was a convicted terrorist who spent eight years in prison and went on to kill … Read More Author Interviews Features NORMAN ERIKSON PASARIBU Norman Erikson Pasaribu can light up a room. I remember first meeting him in my hometown of Leicesster where he was – at the time – on tour with the British Council, having been touted as a young Indonesian writer to watch. I was sad not to be able to attend the session he delivered … Read More Latest OF MANGOES, MANCHESTER AND THE INDIAN DIASPORA In this exclusive feature for The Asian Writer, Selma Carvalho and Reshma Ruia discuss Ruia’s latest novel Still Lives which explores, with complexity and nuance, a life in crisis. SC: The protagonist of Still Lives, PK Malik is a first-generation Indian immigrant, trapped between modernity and tradition, between desire and restraint, between personal fulfilment and … Read More Latest HOW WRITERS CAN BUILD A STRONGER PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE ONLINE With the help of social media and the internet, aspiring writers have a new avenue to share their stories and make themselves known to audiences and publishers. Many successful authors today actually started their writing careers online. Bestselling book authors like E.L. James and Anna Todd wrote their first published books as fanfictions online. Meanwhile, Lang … Read More Latest FINDING HOME – A Q&A WITH THE WRITERS Finding Home marks the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus. In August 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the country’s Indian and Pakistani communities to leave within 90 days. Many of the displaced were British citizens and, as a result, around 27,000 people emigrated to the UK, with thousands settling in Leicester. Finding Home features three new … Read More Latest TOMB OF SAND WINS THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, was announced as the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize last week (26 May). Tomb of Sand is the first book in any Indian language to win the prize, and the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognised by … Read More Latest ORION LAUNCHES NEW SCHEME FOR UNDERREPRESENTED WRITERS A new literary scheme Space To Write is looking to support writers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who want to write or are already writing commercial fiction. Launched with Orion Publishing, Metro.co.uk and The Arvon Foundation, the project is inspired by Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams’ journey to success. The Project aims to give prospective authors the access, time and space … Read More Latest INDIAN AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree is one of six books in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize. It is the first Hindi novel to be shortlisted for the prize in its seventeen year history. Translated by Daisy Rockwell from Hindi and published by Titled Axis Press the novel was originally published as Ret … Read More Author Interviews Features ASMA KHAN Asma Khan’s latest cookery book, Ammu is a delightful collection of childhood recipes that celebrates the power of home cooking and the inextricable link between food and love. Published by Ebury, the book features more than 100 recipes alongside a wonderful memoir which captures Khan’s childhood and the woman who taught her how to cook, … Read More Author Interviews RESHMA RUIA The characters in your short story collection Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness come from widely ranging backgrounds and ethnicities. Was it difficult to make this leap of imagination or do you engage in research? The characters in Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness reflect the world we live in- in all its fractured yet glorious technicolour … Read More POSTS NAVIGATION Page 1 Page 2 … Page 53 SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER CATEGORIES * Archive * Author Interviews * Books * Features * Fiction * Get Published * Headline * Latest * Poems * Reviews * Short Stories * Theatre LATEST TWEETS © The Asian Writer 2007-2022 Blossom Chic | Developed By Blossom Themes. Powered by WordPress. TOP