Dear all, I know I haven't been around here much, but I wanted to make sure all Writelinkers were aware of our new anthology, Foreign Flavours, which would make an excellent Christmas gift!     Foreign Flavours: A Ne... Read more

Acid violence is a cruel form of assault which is most often perpetrated against women. It is particularly horrific because it is premeditated: the assailant has to procure the acid and get access to the victim. The acid thrown in the victim's face... Read more

You may have noticed a theme running through my recent blog posts - five book reviews - and every one of them has a Bangladesh connection.    Why the sudden interest?  Well, from 15 January, Dhaka, a city of 12 million peop... Read more

I bought the Bradt Guide to Bangladesh prior to a recent week-long visit to the country, and was amazed at how well-laid-out, up-to-date and accurate it was.  I was not able, on this occasion, to explore very far, but thanks to the guide I disco... Read more

To celebrate National Short Story Week, our online group, Writers Abroad, has published an anthology of short stories reflecting expat life.  We were delighted to have the support of Writelink's own Lorraine Mace, who wrote the foreword.  H... Read more

Muhammad Yunus, together with his Grameen Microcredit Bank, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering work in the field of microcredits. I picked up his latest book, ‘Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That ... Read more

If you happen to be in the pretty hilltop town of San Valentino in Abruzzo on 10 November, as I was a few days ago, you will witness a rather unusual parade which opens the four days of festivities around the feast of St Martin. Saint Martin, ... Read more

Although Brick Lane was published in 2003, I have only just got round to reading it.  In the novel, Monica Ali tells the story of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman who moves to London as a result of her arranged marriage to a man twenty years older t... Read more

  Yesterday, in the Flemish town of Tongeren, 26-year-old school teacher Els Clottemans was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the murder of  fellow-skydiver, 38-year-old married mother-of-two Els van Doren.  Both women belonged ... Read more