Desi Reads

For book-lovers, from book-lovers.📚❤ Helping you discover literary talent from the South Asian diaspora. We are @littlemissymya @HanaKhalique & @SanjayLago👋🏽

[Desi Reads @DesiReads]

📣 It's a new Featured Read alert! 📣

A colourful cast of characters, a genuine page-turner, and keeps you guessing till the very end...

Here's our post on the award-winning #BrothersInBlood by @ameranwar (@dialoguebooks) and why you should read it too:
https://t.co/l8tIrpslOu

[The Whole Kahani @kahani_the]

Please join us for the launch of Tongues and Bellies on Monday, June 13th at @NehruCentre . Free entrance, wine and a chance to hear delectable tales from @writerkavita @Dash2Mona @ReshmaRuia @cg_menon @radhikakapur @NadiaKabirBarb #shortstories #reading #southasianwriters

[Dr Reshma Ruia @ReshmaRuia]

4 Weeks to go! Have you pre ordered your copy of Still Lives? My novel is about love, betrayal and belonging. You can pre order from bookshops, Amazon and directly from my publisher @renardpress Thanks for your support! https://t.co/6dXluhYnUt
https://t.co/M9mD5YyXaT
#newnovel

[Preti Taneja @PretiTaneja]

In conversation with the brilliant Noreen Masud, @NoreenMasud about Aftermath and one of the UK's finest writers, @arshi_mona about #SomebodyLovesYou I'm so looking forward to being in Bristol for this X3 👧🏾 📚 👧🏾📚👧🏾📚

[Amer Anwar 💙 @ameranwar]

Yay, indeed! Thank you for fabulous review @DesiReads.
And of course, I definitely agree with them — if you haven’t read it already, you certainly should!
Check out their review below. ⬇️
😊😊😊👍🏼

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2022InternationalBooker Prize is ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi to English by @shreedaisy and published by @tiltedaxispress

@Terribleman @JeremyTiang @mervatim @VascoDaGappah @VivGroskop

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Announcing winners of the 2022 Jhalak Prize: @sabbakhan_ for #TheRolesWePlay (@MyriadEditions)
And Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize: @MaisieWrites for #DannyChungDoesNotDoMaths (@PiccadillyPress)

[Susmita Bhattacharya @Susmitatweets]

I’m really enjoying this collection of gritty, sexy, honest short stories set in my most favourite place in the entire world. Bombay Hangovers by @rochellepotkar

[Dr Reshma Ruia @ReshmaRuia]

Isn’t this the best feeling in the world! Seeing copies of a book you’ve laboured over for years take physical shape. Welcome to the world Still Lives .Thank you @renardpress for making this happen. #bookpost #novel #readingcommunity #bookclubs #BookRecommendations #Manchester

[Mita Mistry @MitaMistry]

📚 NEWS📚 My first book ‘How to Understand and Deal with Social Anxiety’ is out this September, published by @Summersdale

It’s available to pre-order here:
https://t.co/dareMD9EtC @Waterstones
https://t.co/ett8rbSshk

And I’m very excited to say book two is coming soon too 💕

[Namra @Namrasnarrative]

🚨 CALL OUT 🚨

I want to create a list of Muslim and/or South Asian UK based bookish folk on Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok.

Please retweet and DM me if you’re interested!

[sufiya ahmed @sufiyaahmed]

This new book of mine is out in July. Its about an abandoned Indian ayah and the three English children who love her.

[Branford Boase Award @BranfordBoase]

Congratulations to the debut authors and their editors on the shortlist for the 2022 Branford Boase Award #BBA22 #BranfordBoaseAward #newtalent 👏👏

https://t.co/A0PvPtPO6M

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

#GiveawayAlert as we prepare to announce our annual shortlists, we are giving away a full set of books longlisted for the 2022 Jhalak C&YA Prize (for community & school libraries only). We'll announce the winner tomorrow at 5 pm

Reply & RT for a chance to win.

#jhalakprize2022

[Storyteller Bookstore @StorytellerKol]

Our @PanMacIndia title of the day is #KololoHill by @NeemaMShah

The book is set in Uganda in the background of a devastating decree that said that Ugandan Asians had to leave the country in 90 days.

[GlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative @GlobalLitin]

How Was That Built? by Roma Agrawal, ill. by Katie Hickey.

Join Roma Agrawal, the award-winning structural engineer who worked on The Shard, for an exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the world's most amazing landmarks.

#WorldKidLit #Architecture
#JhalakPrize22Longlist🧵

[Headline Books @headlinepg]

The final cover for #TheMovement by @Ayisha_Malik is here and WOW!

With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up? Coming July 2022, you can pre-order your copy here: https://t.co/OMrJnaHBTQ

[Aanchal Malhotra @AanchalMalhotra]

For years I’ve been recording interviews and writing about the generational memory of Partition; how we speak about historical trauma, or why we may feel an ancestor’s pain. My new book, In The Language of Remembering, is available for pre-order now and in shops on May 10, 2022

[sufiya ahmed @sufiyaahmed]

I love @AbeehaTariqArt illustrations. My fingers are crossed that I'll be able to do a book with her one day. Sweet book written by @ZebaTalk Out today🎈🎉

[Desi Reads @DesiReads]

PS To everyone else who's sent us a review copy over the past year or so - we haven't forgotten about you! We're still making our way through our backlog, but hoping to post all our outstanding Features over the coming months 🙏