Five Degrees

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Launched in 2012 The Asian Writer Short Story Prize set out to discover and recognise the very best new writing emerging from Asian writers. presents fourteen short stories short-listed in this year’s competition.Launched in 2012 The Asian Writer Short Story Prize set out to discover and recognise the very best new writing emerging from Asian writers. Five Degrees presents fourteen short stories short-listed in this year’s competition.

The stories reflects not only the depth and quality of writing being produced by new and emerging voices in Britain today but also go some way to challenge the perpetuated myth that Asian writers only produce a certain kind of fiction.

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Featuring short stories by: Deepa Anappara, Reetinder Boparai, Sharmila Chauhan, Amanthi Harris, Priya Khanchandani, Amna Khokher, Kalpana Lamichhane, Yagnya Valkya Misra, Roxanne Paredes, Mahsuda Snaith, GD Stickland, Nilopar Uddin, Jocelyn Watson, Farrah Yusuf

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“at its heart a complex and tender love triangle, one that mixes friendship, loyalty, duty and the desire for independence” Bookmuse