28/10/22
I’ve been longlisted for the 4thWrite Prize!
10/9/22
Biriyani flash: building up the layers of flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique
5/09/22
Green chutney sandwiches, my novella in progress, longlisted for the Morley Prize!
1/9/22
I have a poem shortlisted for the Spectrum poetry anthology from Renard Press!
23/6/22
Families and other natural disasters reviewed by Sarah Tinsley!
18/6/22
Flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique for National flash fiction day 2022!
16/6/22
Top tips for running a writing workshop post on the Koyal Writers blog
20/3/22
Experimenting with story structure workshop for the Crow Collective
27/11/21
‘Baseline measurements’ nominated by Arachne Press for a Pushcart!
24/11/21
‘Things to do the week after you promised to change the smoke detector battery’ nominated by Stanchion for a Pushcart!
15/11/21
Winners event for the Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize, for whom I judged the Fiction 31 and over category
22/10/21
10QA, interview on DesiBooks as part of the ‘Where we find ourselves’ blog tour
9/10/21
Building your house: Laying the foundation for fabulous flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique
19/9/21
‘Green chicken curry‘ is the runner up in the technical challenge category of the August Flash Fiction Festival competitions
6/8/21
The Travelling Notebook: A conversation about connection with the Koyal Writers on YouTube as part of South Asian Heritage Month
27/7/21
What really gets you is the rising heat‘ on YouTube as part of An evening of Women’s Flash Fiction Readings for South Asian Heritage Month
20/6/21
Layers in Flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique for National Flash Fiction day on the 26th June!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=160188392795
recording and handout available:
‘Layers in Flash’ Workshop: Recording & handout available
4/6/21
Erosion (first published by Lunate Fiction) is on the 2021 Wigleaf Top 50 list!
6/5/21
Layers at Flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique for the Stay at Home lit Festival!
20/4/21
I’ll be reading again this year for the FlashFlood!
15/4/21
‘Let’s sing all the swear words we know’ featured in a Kathy Fish newsletter!
11/1/21
The first chapter of my novella is in the London Library Emerging writers anthology Vol 1
4/12/20
I’ll be teaching on the A Brief Pause programme from Dalia publishing
21/10/20
Families and Other Natural Disasters reviewed by Emma Lee
29/9/20
Families and Other Natural Disasters reviewed by Judy Darley at the skytrain blog
25/9/20
Families and Other Natural Disasters reviewed by Charles Rammelkamp at London Grip
Lovely review of Families and Other Natural Disasters at the in under 300 blog!
8/9/20
It’s publication day for Families and Other Natural Disasters! Out now from the fabulous Reflex Press
5/9/20
Flash fiction workshop with Farhana Khalique for the Homeby10 Festival
How to obey gravity published by Into the void made the BIFFY50 2019-20 list
20/8/20
‘Families and Other Natural Disasters‘ flash fiction collection now available for preorder from Reflex Press!
16th June 2020
How to obey gravity on #LittleReadings from Into the Void
6th June
‘Home made food is made with love‘ on You Tube as part of the National Flash Fiction Day 2020 Anthology virtual launch
30th May 2020
‘Door Jamb Armor’, first published on Necessary Fiction, made the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist
28th May 2020
I talked about ‘Writing families’ at the South Asian Literary Festival
27th April
Shout out to ‘How to obey gravity’ by Neil Clark in his interview with Tommy Dean!
19th April
Flashback Fiction was short-listed for Best Magazine in the 2020 Saboteur Awards!
1st March 2020
Jude Higgins used ‘Ringlets’ as an example in an article about flash fiction for The Asian Writer!
7th Dec 2019
Elephants Never nominated ‘Herds’ for a Pushcart!
25th Nov 2019
Third Point Press nominated ‘Counting magpies’ for Best Microfictions 2020
1st Nov 2019
Into the void nominated ‘How to obey gravity’ for Best Microfictions 2020
25th Oct 2019
I have a blog post about the ‘Becoming a writer’ course on the Asian Writers website
17th Oct 2019
I won the 2019 Salisbury Story prize!
11th Oct 2019
I made the shortlist for the 2019 Salisbury Story Prize
1st Oct 2019
I made the Reflex Autumn 2019 long-list
30th Sept 2019
JMWW nominated ‘Various histories of sea serpents’ for Best of the Net!
28th Sept 2019
Lost Balloon nominated ‘Let’s sing all the swear words we know’ for Best of the Net!
23rd Sept 2019
I was interviewed by New Flash Fiction Review for their series about writers in best Microfictions 2019
15th Sept 2019
I’m the featured author at the Insignia Series blog!
1st September 2019
‘Various histories of sea serpents’ published by JMWW made the BIFFY50 2018-19 list!
25th August 2019
My debut flash collection ‘Families and other natural disasters’ will be published by Reflex Press in 2020!♥
5th July 2019
Flashback Fiction took part in the Flash Histories Symposium
1st June 2019
I made the Micro Madness longlist
2nd May 2019
I’m one of the London Library’s 2019 Emerging Writers!
6th April 2019
I had a great time at the Flashback Fiction/Word Factory workshop at the Tara Arts Theatre
1st April 2019
My flash collection was short-listed for Spotlight Books
I made the Spring long-list for Reflex Fiction
20th March 2019
I won this week’s Ad Hoc fiction!
12th March 2019
I have a post about my writing day at the My (small press) writing day blog!
A selection of essential (knots) was reviewed by Neil Wilcox on his blog Night of the hats
5th March 2019
My work was on Mr Bears’s Violet Hour Saloon!
27th Feb 2019
My flash collection made the Ellipsis Zine competition longlist!
20th Feb 2019
I’m on The Other Stories podcast!
4th Feb 2019
‘Frau Roentgen’s Left Hand’ was reviewed by Matt Kendrick on his blog ‘Pratttlefog and Gravelrap’ with some amazing stories
1st Feb 2019
‘Frau Roentgen’s left hand’ and ‘Let’s sing all the swear words we know’ made it into Best Microfictions 2019!
31st Oct 2018
‘What actually gets you is the rising heat’ was reviewed by Neil Wilcox on his blog ‘Night of the hats’
13th Oct 2018
Frau Roentgen’s left hand was featured on the Wilds
July 2018
I read a story at MIR Live
Coffee and Paneer 