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Twenty-five years is a long and a short time in the life of the written word. Since Scottish Book Trust was founded in 1998, hundreds of Scottish…
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Twenty-five years is a long and a short time in the life of the written word. Since Scottish Book Trust was founded in 1998, hundreds of Scottish…
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...