Desi Writers' Lounge

Online writers' workshop, blog, book club, events and digital resource for South Asian literature. Publisher of Papercuts magazine.

[Aleph Book Company @AlephBookCo]

#ANewHistoryOfIndia by Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobita Punja and Toby Sinclair hits the top spot as the number 1 Bestseller under the Indian History category on Amazon. Need we say more to get yourself a copy?

[Women Unlimited @unlimited_women]

Never before has a single volume featured non-fiction writing by women from Pakistan, India & Bangladesh on India’s Partition. Here are Ismat Chughtai, Sara Suleri,Anis Kidwai, Phulrenu Guha, Shehla Shibli & others, on communalism & literature https://t.co/Md6UWiEMo5 @dillivali

[Musharraf Ali Farooqi @microMAF]

Thanks to Faiz Festival and Asghar Nadeem Syed sahab for an exploration of the world of Tilism-e Hoshruba, and what it tells us about our past and the present. I was joined on the panel by @DrOsamaSiddique, co-founder of the Hoshruba Project.

[Desi Writers' Lounge @desi_writers]

Two weeks left before the deadline for @TheSalamAward Workshop in Speculative Fiction. Apply now: https://t.co/4e5UUWfT95

[Desi Writers' Lounge @desi_writers]

Excellent opportunity for Pakistani writers! Apply by 31st December!

[The Salam Award @TheSalamAward]

ANNOUNCING: Our first ever in-person workshop in LUMS! We are accepting applications from all over Pakistan, and have a roster of brilliant sessions planned. Apply here by Dec. 31, 2022: https://t.co/oa6GRv7vkD

[Aleph Book Company @AlephBookCo]

This Hindi Diwas, celebrate the finest short stories in Hindi literature from the literary masters in #TheGreatestHindiStoriesEverTold, selected and edited by Poonam Saxena.

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

🚨Call for editors!🚨

Here at adda we're always looking for editors, writers, poets, illustrators & more from underrepresented communities. (1/3)

[The Aleph Review @thealephreview]

Latest on the website are two exclusive poems from @RakhshanRizwan's upcoming debut poetry collection 'Europe, Love Me Back', published by @TheEmmaPress. Rakhshan is a former Aleph contributor (Vol. 2, 2018) and we're excited for her new work. https://t.co/kiq2PbDuPR

[Aleph Book Company @AlephBookCo]

In the #TheFirstFirangis, Jonathan Gil Harris tells the stories of foreigners, or firangis. These gripping accounts are of healers, soldiers, artists, ascetics, thieves, pirates and courtesans who were not powerful or privileged.
Intrigued? Read the book to know more!

[The Aleph Review @thealephreview]

Thank you for your submissions for our seventh print volume. Our editors are now excited to go through your work and will be getting back to all potential contributors by early September. Acknowledgement emails will be sent out this week.

[Desi Writers' Lounge @desi_writers]

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[KITAB @KITABcompk]

MONSTER FOLKTALES FROM PAKISTAN
Available from KITAB for delivery across Pakistan
Order here: https://t.co/BTD1HJm4hQ

[Musharraf Ali Farooqi @microMAF]

Entries now open for the fifth Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English translation.Send your unpublished translations of short stories by 30 September, 2022.

Details: https://t.co/F6YQSYpMxI

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

Looking for an opportunity to showcase your writing? We will soon be announcing details of a new adda Call for Submissions on the theme of healthy communities.

We are excited to share more details with you. Keep your eyes our feed for more updates on this opportunity ✨ ✍️

[Desi Writers' Lounge @desi_writers]

Opportunity for desi romance writers! @HarperCollinsUK and @thegoodagencyuk are accepting applications for a mentoring scheme for writers of romantic fiction. £1,000 writing grant + 1-year mentoring support.
Tight deadline: 1st August '22. More details: https://t.co/p6bmrhMPTg

[CinemaRare @CinemaRareIN]

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

#AGirlWalksHomeAloneAtNight (2014, Persian) by #AnaLilyAmirpour, ft. #SheilaVand, now streaming on @PrimeVideoIN.

[The Aleph Review @thealephreview]

Start your week with an excerpt from @omariftikhar 's unpublished sci-fi/horror novel. Curated for the website by digital guest editor for July, @JavariaFarooqui. Original artwork sourced from #HassanSheikh.

https://t.co/SVprM4g0cW

[Anupama Raju @anupamaraju]

Friends in Mumbai, pls join as ⁦@mahimkajerry⁩ Jerry Pinto launches my first novel, C, written in poetry & prose, from ⁦@AlephBookCo⁩, Friday July 29, 6 pm at ⁦@titlewavesMUM⁩ Bandra. C & I look forward to seeing you all in one of my fav cities!

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

🚨Opportunity alert!🚨

@englishpen is open for submissions until 31 July.
Click here for more info: https://t.co/oRVJWp8q2Q

[IPP Talk @IPPTalk]

The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has been concluded in a hybrid avatar... https://t.co/vpf7pTSns3

@JaipurLitFest @SanjoyRoyTWA #TeamworkArts #DalaiLama #AamirKhan #APJAbdulKalam #RishiKapoor #ShatrughanSinha