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My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024) is a collective diary by Afghan women writers charting the fall of Kabul in 2021. Buy My Dear Kabul from your local bookshop: lnk.to/MyDearKabul

Untold Narratives (@WritersUntold) has appointed Cortina Butler (@cortinab), deputy director of arts at the British Council, as the new chair of its board 👇 ebx.sh/lN7ZFE

My Dear Kabul is an Untold Narratives project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England @ace__london, @BagriFoundation, and KfW Stiftung.

My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024) is a collective diary by Afghan women writers charting the fall of Kabul in 2021. Buy My Dear Kabul from your local bookshop: lnk.to/MyDearKabul

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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird, New Fiction by Afghan Women (@MacLehosePress, 2022) has been published in South Korea by Pacho Publishing. Buy the English edition: bit.ly/4f12NUY

In Reading, We Resist, by Paranda writer Marie Bamyani, was published by The Markaz Review @TheMarkazReview this month. Marie talks about the importance of the Paranda book club, where Afghan women writers select and discuss a variety of books. themarkaz.org/in-reading-we-…

Words Without Borders published A Chapan the Height of Noorjan, a short story by Paranda writer Zaheda, translated from Dari by Abdul Bacet. In this piece, a boy’s playful defiance collides with the weight of war, leaving a family forever changed. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

Tongueless Speaker, a short story by Paranda writer Tamanna Easar, translated from Dari by Abdul Bacet, was published in Words Without Borders. The story follows a woman from Afghanistan as she attempts to adjust to her life in exile. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

Join Paranda writer Tamanna Easar on 24 June at Exiled Lit Cafe (@ExiledWriters) panel ‘Step into my Shoes’, exploring the conflicting sense of self in exile. Get tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/exiled-write…

Read the full correspondence between Kate Mosse and Parand for free for a limited time using this gift link 🎁 With thanks to @WritersUntold @LucyHannah19 @Martin_Hemming ✨ thetimes.com/article/5a3a45…

A great team effort between Untold and @thetimes today. Online and in the mag

Manya Wilkinson has won the Royal Society of Literature's (@RSLiterature) £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel, for her book Lublin (@andothertweets) 👇 #Echobox=1747917716" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thebookseller.com/news/manya-wil…

You can now read International-Booker-Prize-Winner Banu Mushtaq’s acceptance speech, in full, over on our Ampersand blog: andotherstories.org/2025/05/21/ban…

Join us at Brixton Library @lamlibs on 2 June to hear My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) contributor @haidari_batool, co-translator @negeen9 , and one of the book’s editors, Sunila Galappatti, talking about this collective diary by Afghan women writers. eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-dear-kabu…

Congratulations Carys!

Heart Lamp is a short-story collection, originally written in Kannada language, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. The twelve stories depict the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. andotherstories.org/heart-lamp-sel…

With the International Booker Prize (@thebookerprizes) announcement on 20 May, we’re reading the shortlisted Heart Lamp (@andothertweets, 2025) by Banu Mushtaq (@banumushtaq).

A series of film screenings and panel discussions will take place in London on 16th, 19th and 20th May. A world premier for two of the films and a very exciting set of speakers await visitors. The challenges of bringing about accountability and democracy in the new Bangladesh.

Screening of ‘Heroes of July’, a 20-minute documentary on the young women who ignited the July Revolution of 2024, with Q&A, at @frontlineclub on 20 May, 8.30PM @shahidul. Not to be missed, get tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-qa…

Screening of ‘Deepak Kumar Goswami Speaking’, a 21-minute documentary narrated by a member of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, at @SOAS on 16 May, 5PM, with speakers @nomhossain, @francesharris0n, @shahidul, @NowshinNoor_. Register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/de…

Join Shahidul Alam @shahidul and a great line up of speakers for the following events: