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Clarkston-based Sumayya Usmani recently turned to narrative writing after having started out writing cookbooks. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Usmani practised law for 12 years before taking up writing professionally, seeking to touch the hearts of Asian readers and inspire others through personal and human stories of food, culture and history. She has written two cookbooks on Pakistani culture – Summers Under the Tamarind Tree, which won the Gourmand Award for Best First Cookbook, ...

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A SHETLAND writer is one of 11 people to receive a prize from a Scottish Book Trust initiative which recognises new talent. Hannah Nicholson, who is originally from Brae, was selected in the fiction and narrative non-fiction category of the book trust’s 2021 new writers awards. This means she will receive £2,000 as well as support including mentoring from writers and industry professionals, training opportunities, and the platform to showcase their work to publishers and agents. 4 of 14...

The new writers will receive £2,000 each (Ryan Phillips/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Scottish Book Trust has awarded 11 new writers a £2,000 cash prize to help boost their careers. With funding from Creative Scotland, the charity selected recipients of its New Writers Awards from authors and poets who had ...

© Kenny Elrick/ DCT Media Councillors Anne Stirling and Anne Simpson with some bears knitted by the Live Life Aberdeenshire libraries knit and natter groups. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aberdeenshire Council is to spend almost £300,000 on new materials to help people of all ages develop a love of reading. The inv...

THREE Scottish-based writers are to be given support as they embark on major projects, with the Scottish Book Trust announcing its Ignite Fellowship awardees for 2021. The panel selected poet and performer Courtney Stoddart and artist and filmmaker Raman Mundair as well as poet and translator Niall O’Gallagher, who receives the Gaelic Ignite Fellowship, funded by the Gaelic Books Council. The Ignite Fellows will receive a £2000 bursary and creative support. Stoddart, from Edinburgh, i...