{"id":1523,"date":"2018-08-31T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:02:12","slug":"mst-tutor-roopa-farookis-si-leeds-literary-prize-reading-14-sept-2018-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1523","title":{"rendered":"MSt tutor Roopa Farooki’s SI Leeds Literary Prize Reading, 14 Sept 2018, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki will be reading for SI Leeds Literary Prize Readings at Richmix in London,\u00a0 14 September<\/p>\n

About the prize, from their website:<\/p>\n

“The SI Leeds Literary Prize<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women in the UK. The prize aims to act as a loudspeaker for Black and Asian women’s voices, and a platform to discover exciting new talent from a group largely under represented on our bookshelves. The prize works closely with a range of other established\u00a0 literary partners to enable increased support for our winning writers including Arvon, The Literary Consultancy and New Writing North.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Friday, 14th September 2018
\nTickets: \u00a35 – \u00a37.50 (+booking fee \u00a31.50\/no fee for members)<\/p>\n

at Venue 2, Richmix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA<\/p>\n

More information and tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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