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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, and Mountain Berries and Desert Spice, which was shortlisted for the Food and Travel Awards. Usman...

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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 14Adverts Nicholson, who now lives in Aberdeen, is known to write in Shetland dialect. She won the She...

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 not yet published a full-length book or collection. The judging panel included Scots Makar Jackie Ka...

© 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 investment has been praised by community leaders and a national charity, who say the new lockdown means...