Jun 14, 2019 | Features, Interview
Sonali Misra (SM): Firstly, I must applaud you both, along with the other contributors of the Magical Women anthology, for producing such a gorgeous book promoting women’s writing in a genre that has been overshadowed by male writers in mainstream Indian publishing....
Jun 7, 2019 | Features, Interview
Robin Brown (RB): What does the word ‘transformation’ mean to you? How did you approach this theme in your work? Rhiannon Grist (RG): I’ve been thinking a lot about what gets left behind. Odin’s eye. The selkie’s skin. I think transformation requires giving something...
May 17, 2019 | Features, Interview
Taliha Quadri (TQ) When did you realise you wanted to be a writer, and what was the journey in getting your first book published like? Layla AlAmmar (LA): I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, and it grew naturally out of an early love of reading, so I...
May 10, 2019 | Features, Interview
Anita is the author of ‘Girl Who Drew Shadows’, a short story featured in The Selkie’s anthology, States of Transformation. States of Transformation is a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that is either by writers from underrepresented/marginalised...
May 3, 2019 | Features, Interview
Robin Brown (RB): What does the word ‘transformation’ mean to you? How did you approach this theme in your work? Swara Shukla (SS): It is a pretty interpretive and connotative word. When I saw the call for submissions, the word worked so well as a thematic...
Apr 19, 2019 | Features, Interview
Christa Marie (CM): What does the word ‘transformation’ mean to you? How did you approach this theme in your work? Peter Collins (PC): For me, transformation is about shifting paradigms – overturning old understandings and forging a new consciousness. This was largely...
