Started my day today with some Annie Ernaux. Every time I get stuck with writing, I return to books that gave me confidence in it in the first place. Books that feel like they are inventing a new form of writing. Books that reveal something new every time you re-read them. #reading #books #writing
Eid Mubarak to all celebrating ✨
Pleased to be Disability Arts Cymru's March Artist of the Month, and to talk about my interdisciplinary practice as a researcher, writer, tutor, artist and my solo exhibition which presents a counterarchive of the experience of seeking sanctuary and asylum. www.disabilityarts.cymru/post/artist-...
Graphic with logo on top with text in white and book jackets for longlisted books for the three awards below
My proudest achievement is building a book family that powers this prize
In 10 years, Jhalak Prize has grown from a single prize to a portfolio of 3 awards:
1. Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize,
2. Jhalak Poetry Prize
3. Jhalak Prose Prize
BEHOLD THIS EXCELLENCE!
#jhalakprizeat10
Thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
+ @durreshahwar.bsky.social’s “cynefin” which is absolutely captivating and I couldn’t have read fast enough🇵🇰🏴 @foldingrockmag.bsky.social
A man?? winning the Booker prize????? Is that even possible? It hasn't happened since the far-flung days of 2023. Our legends say that a man also won it in the ancient, prehistoric era of 2021, but surely that is just an old wives tale meant to frighten MFA students before bed.
Writing for Wellbeing – South Asian Stories. Guided creative writing workshops for South Asian people, exploring wellness and mental health.
We’re happy to announce three workshops in partnership with @durreshahwar.bsky.social: Writing for Wellbeing – South Asian Stories.
Each one is a ‘standalone’ workshop, and you can register for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/writing-f...
It was an honour to be in conversation with Sara Ahmed last week about her new book, No Is Not A Lonely Answer. I've been reflecting on things I've said no to, the spaces that make it hard to advocate for better, and the changes that arise from complaint. I really recommend everyone read it.
If there's one thing you read today, read Camilla Grudova's essay on the precariousness of making a living from writing when you're from an underprivileged background and the ways that writers shift and adapt snd often have to make do. I felt so incredibly seen by it.
Thank you, Gita 💚
Last week, for Refugee Week, I reflected on what nature taught me about migration and how you see your place in the world when you have been a former refugee. You can read it here on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/durre/p/...
Cardiff primary school teachers and similar folks, you should go to this. Darren is brilliant.
It was a delight to be a judge for this anthology that celebrates South Asian poetry, and to get to read such a range of excellent submissions on so many different themes.
Spotted at @queeremporium.bsky.social Cardiff @suchmayer.bsky.social
Saw this on another platform today and it resonated deeply.
Congratulations, Okka! I look forward to reading it.
PRE-ORDERS NOW OPEN, w 10% discount!
Please buy & spread the word—this is the book of my life, & pre-orders are v impt for its flight.
First blurbs have come in, from Bhanu Kapil & Jeremy Tiang, am so honoured &constantly verklempt 🤍 #CripLit
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My creative non-fiction piece, Making/Unmaking, written for @nvpoco.bsky.social is now available to read online for free! Bringing together themes of sustainability, ancestral connection across continents, regional practices, making and unmaking of cultural identity.
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Such a huge loss. I was writing and researching the hierarchies of language when I came across his work and felt a huge shift in my own due to it. Rest in power. What a legacy you leave behind.
Once again had poems rejected by a Serious Grown-up Magazine.
So if you want a poem (unserious? too serious? too many raging puns?) in ur inbox, lmk & I'll send you one.
The theme was so brilliant. I missed a few talks, but even from the rest that I attended, the range of ways that it was addressed was impressive!
Me too. I am already looking forward to next year.
Had the most wonderful time at #awwe25. Have come away inspired, fulfilled, moved by good people and incredible papers, with new knowledge and lots of photos of beautiful Wales. Have been trying to go to #awwe conference for a few years now. Third time lucky. Diolch o galon.
Thank you so much. This means a lot.
Image promoting Masterclass on Environmental Writing. It features a photo of foliage, green text on a pink background and photos of the three participants: Durre Shahwar, Owen Sheers and Taylor Edmonds
Eisiau ysgrifennu am natur a'r argyfwng hinsawdd? Dyma'r dosbarth meistr i chi.
Book Inclusive Journalism Cymru's free Zoom masterclass on environmental writing! 🌱
Gwesteion/Guests: @durreshahwar.bsky.social, Owen Sheers, Taylor Edmonds
21/5 19:00
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Very happy to have written a piece drawing on the themes of sustainability, regional practices, and making/unmaking, building upon research from my Future Wales Fellowship for @nvpoco.bsky.social. The magazine is brilliantly curated and is launching tomorrow with an online event.
📍The launch will take place 7th May 19:00-20:30 GMT Online
🎟️ Register here for a free ticket: www.eventbrite.com/e/nvpoco-mag...
Join us in celebrating the work of our authors, learning more about NVPoco, and discussing the future of postcolonial studies. The launch will include readings of creative/critical works by Alan Palacios, Sonakshi Srivastava, @durreshahwar.bsky.social, James Lapping, George Harris, and Owen Buchan
We're delighted to announce the launch of the latest issue of of New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine edited by Soph Harris-Nijmeijer and Juni Kvarving (@juni-kvarving.bsky.social) on the theme of "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"!