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		<title>Winner of the 2019 Judith Khan Memorial Poetry Prize Announced</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waqas Naeem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The $250 poetry prize is awarded to an English-language poet who self-identifies as Pakistani.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Ants Among Elephants by Sujatha Gidla</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Himali Kapil reviews Sujatha Gidla's book Ants Among Elephants, which has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2018.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DWL Short Story Contest 2018 Now Accepting Submissions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waqas Naeem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deadline for the contest is 7 Dec 2018. Three winners will receive $100 each and be eligible for the PKR 50,000 Dastaan Award.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Sami Shah, author of Boy of Fire and Earth</title>
		<link>https://desiwriterslounge.net/blog/2018/08/interview-sami-shah-boy-of-fire-and-earth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waqas Naeem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sami Shah speaks with the DWL blog about writing his compelling fantasy novel Boy of Fire and Earth]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Shazaf Fatima Haider, author of A Firefly In The Dark</title>
		<link>https://desiwriterslounge.net/blog/2018/08/interview-shazaf-fatima-haider-a-firefly-in-the-dark/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Minahil Hussain Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shazaf Fatima Haider speaks about fantastic tales, sexual abuse, and writing a book about growing up.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows</title>
		<link>https://desiwriterslounge.net/blog/2018/08/interview-balli-kaur-jaswal/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waqas Naeem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Balli Kaur Jaswal speaks about her most recent novel Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, her worldview as a writer, and her most challenging characters.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: Mannequin by Manjima Bhattacharjya</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooja Pande]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pooja Pande sees a multi-layered picture of the working women of India's fashion industry in Manjima Bhattacharjya’s Mannequin.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winners Announced: DWL Short Story Contest 2017</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waqas Naeem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DWL's annual short story contest was started to encourage and support new talent in short fiction around the globe.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NaNoWriMo 2017, here we come.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Afia Aslam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[November is just around the corner and for us at DWL that only means one thing &#8211; NaNoWriMo 2017 is upon us! For the third year in a row, Desi Writers&#8217; Lounge and NaNo&#8217;s Pakistan Municipal Liaison, Slay Belle, are teaming up for (Inter)National Novel Writing Month. During the month of November, participants will attempt [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: The High Priestess Never Marries by Sharanya Manivannan</title>
		<link>https://desiwriterslounge.net/blog/2017/10/book-review-high-priestess-sharanya-manivannan/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooja Pande]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pooja Pande reviews Sharanya Manivannan's debut collection of short stories and feels it could have benefitted from less wordplay and more realism.]]></description>
		
		
		
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