Writing seriously in Pakistan is a rare sight, and any work being done in that direction is commendable. The annual LUMS Young Writers workshop founded in 2012 is one such amazing opportunity. Deadline to apply: May 25, 2024.
This short story course is for children who want to write, who know they can write but just don't see much motivation to actually do the writing. It is a 12-session workshop starting June 9th 2023 in DHA phase II Islamabad.
I blamed my age. I turn 29 soon, and I told myself that the country-hopping and digital-nomading had run its course. I wanted to settle, dammit, a word I had scorned all my life. And I wanted it now, with my airfryer, and I wanted no arguments. Because I said so. I don't have children, but I had turned into an Amma.
A few days ago I saw some of my favorite authors in one frame, and I thought, hey. I want to listen to this. It was the Reverie Publishers panel refereed by Safinah Danish Elahi in the Ananke Women’s Literary Festival, Day 2, today. She talked to Moni Mohsin, Osman Haneef and Zain Saeed for 50 minutes. Here are my favorite parts from it.
The competition is open to all women with Pakistani nationality or heritage, I remember reading on the website. It was the first time I’d fit into a contest criteria, especially one so narrow.
Biryani and Tahchin is my work-in-progress, a 68,000 word novel set in Karachi and Tehran about a second chance at life and love.
In 2012, participating in a nationwide literary contest organized by The Times of Oman her story ‘Blue Book’ was one of the ten honorary mentions following the three winning stories.
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