Series name | Publications |
Description | In 1990, the Asian Women Writers Collective published ‘Read On’, an in-house compilation of thirteen new writings from some of its members. The digitised stories include “Diwali Mubarak” by Daljit Sandhu, which deals with the issues of lesbianism and coming out and the pressures of conforming to traditional norms and “Them and Us” by Afshan Malik, a dialogue between two teenage male characters revealing a rather misconstrued perception of their female counterpart. |
Date of Creation / Publication | 1990 |
Creator | Asian Women Writers Collective |
Associated Person/ Organisation | Randhawa, Ravinder; Grech, Joyoti |
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Collection and Reference Number | Asian Women Writers Collective (AWWC) (GB 2661 AWWC) |
Catalogue Number | AWWC/PUB/RO |
Copyright | Asian Women Writers Collective/ individual writer / publisher |
Access to originals | The originals are located in the SALIDAA archive. |
Series notes | The Asian Women Writers Collective published two major anthologies of short stories and poetry, 'Right of Way' in 1989 and 'Flaming Spirit' in 1994. Both anthologies required a lengthy and intensive selection process as the AWWC received a large volume of submissions. They also published an in-house collection of new works, 'Read On', in February 1990, and a collection of poetry, 'Read On 2' in 1994. Their fifth publication, 'When I Say No' contains writings from workshops conducted in five cities throughout England. |
Collection notes | The materials from the Asian Women Writers Collective archives consist of two categories: items which belong to publications such as short stories, poems and writings from workshops and administrative and outreach material such as membership information, correspondence and information about events hosted by the organisation. |