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Image: The author’s back, after all, this piece is about BACKstabbing
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Another article that received much praise, so if you’d like to read it too, Please click here
Image: The author looking glum, therefore appropriate!
Author, columnist and playwright Shreya Sen Handley hosts the second Beyond The Spectrum masterclass.
In the pandemic, Shreya discovered she was autistic. She’s written about it at the end of her third book, Times of India Best Nonfiction Book 2023 longlisted ‘Handle with Care’ (HarperCollins 2022), and her newspaper columns. Her play on the subject, ‘Quiet’, premiered at award-winning Tara Theatre in London, alongside new work by Hanif Kureishi, in 2021.
In this writing masterclass, Shreya explores how being Autistic gives her writing unique perspective and shares her best tips for aspiring novelists.
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For the full (lighthearted, for these cold, dark months, and yet making a few points) article, please read here
(Image: Not in her pyjamas for a change))
Shreya’s last newspaper column of 2023, published on its last day, offers a (light-hearted) method of dealing with the misery of the year just gone! Please click here to read it in full.
Featuring Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, toilet bowls and marathon men, the article captures (as the newspapers have put it) the ‘highs and hilarities of cricket’. Read here
(Image: At Trent Bridge with kids, taken by Stephen Handley)
Shreya will lead workshops with students, professional development for teachers, with the production of a wonderful anthology of students’ writing, or joyful, creative event, at the end of the project. Please watch this space for updates!
Featuring in Scroll’s popular books section, Shreya’s article on Joseph Conrad and Krakow is also an Editor’s Pick (“The best of Scroll”). Please click here to read.
First Story is Britain’s leading creative writing charity, and it works with a whole host of organisations, especially secondary schools, with a focus on those with fewer opportunities, to ignite a love for creative writing https://firststory.org.uk/
Its collaborating writers include well-known names such as Tracy Chevalier (‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’), one of their ambassadors, as well as Neil Gaiman, Elif Shafak, Michael Morpurgo, Ian Rankin, and more, contributing writers to their current campaign, a ‘Six Word Stories’ auction that will raise money to support disadvantaged young writers https://ww2.emma-live.com/FirstStory/?list_lots
Find out more about the wonderful work they do, the people they work with (including Queen Camilla, First Story Patron), and Shreya’s place within it here
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