by Raj K Lal | Aug 15, 2020 | 2020, Blog, Diversity in Writing, Inspirations, My Writing, News, Pandemic, Poetry, Writing group
It has been difficult to write and I’m sure a lot of people have had to change many things in their lives during this strange time of Corona Virus, Covid-19, lockdown and other such words that have become so familiar so early on into this new decade. These past...
by Raj K Lal | Feb 22, 2016 | Book Reviews by Raj, Diversity in Writing, YA Books, YA Writing
I’ve just finished reading Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman (New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2015, originally published in Australia by Text Publishing Company) for a YA Writing Course I’m on at the moment, run by Keris Stainton. Alex As Well is a novel about the...
by Raj K Lal | May 21, 2015 | Blog, Diversity in Writing, Inspirations, Media, Southbank Centre
I attended the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 at the Southbank Centre, London on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May. It was a busy weekend packed with talks, panels, lively debate, a Foyles book stall, book signings, a multitude of writers, activists, politicians,...
by Raj K Lal | May 21, 2015 | Blog, Diversity in Writing, Jaipur Literature Festival 2015 at Southbank Centre, Photo Gallery
I’ve never before been to a literature festival that began each day with live music, or one that ended with a massive musical bang! Both Saturday and Sunday began with the beautiful voice of Saberi Misra, accompanied by Dhanraj Persaud on tabla and Prabhat Rao on...
by Raj K Lal | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Book Reviews by Raj, Diversity in Writing, My Writing, Reviews
I wrote a guest blog about finding a character I could relate to for Leila Rasheed, who writes books for children. It’s about finding a character we can relate to, and one which stays in our memory long after reading the book. I first met her when I was on the MA in...
