A world of
new fiction

I wrote eighty short stories before I got one published, it’s persistence beats resistance.

D.W. Wilson

I remember thinking that if I were to be on my deathbed without having written a novel, it would be a bad situation. I didn’t know if I could do it or not,
but I realised that at some point, I had to make that leap.

Rana Dasgupta

If you’re serious about writing, then every piece of writing has to push you a little further…you must always take risks.

Kamila Shamsie

I don’t think WHAT an aspiring writer reads is important. What matters is that she or he should read. It also helps to RE-read books that have particularly spoken to you, to try and work out how the author did it, and to find solutions to your own problems.

Harriett Gilbert

For me there’s almost a burning passion to see that many more African stories are told by Africans.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie