Tag: 2022 books

• Maya Prasad Shares The Recipe For Romance: A Charm Spell & Also Recommends Rom-Com Books

• “In the context of exotic vistas, I seek to be a humble merchant of tales, eager to give the world a glimpse of our desi riches”

• “There have definitely been ups and downs, but I always remind myself that first and foremost, [writing] has to bring me joy in order to keep doing it”

• Bright Ruined Things: Samantha Cohoe Creates An Average Magical 1920s Fantasy that Features Spirits, Secrets, and a Determined Heroine

  

• A River Enchanted: Rebecca Ross Explores Music, Myths, and the Meaning of Home in This Scottish-Inspired Fantasy

  

• Sofi and the Bone Song: Adrienne Tooley Hits the Right Notes in This Magical & Musical Fantasy of Self-Discovery and Deception

  

• An Arrow to the Moon: Emily X.R. Pan Beautifully Blends Love and Lore in This Magical Mix of Romeo & Juliet and Houyi & Chang’e

  

• 10 New SFF Books of May 2022 To Read

  

• A Magic Steeped in Poison: Judy I. Lin Brews Loyalty & Treachery in Beautiful Cups of Aromatic Magic

  

• Salma Hussain Recommends Twelve Canadian Writers Creating Stories Around Muslim Characters

• “It has been a pleasure to craft…an embrace of warmth and acceptance around a young brown girl”

• “I hope that young queer Muslim readers understand that you’re perfect just the way you feel”

• “Both [my] characters soon come to realise that, like everything that ascends, they must come down eventually where their problems still remain”

• “As a writer, I believe it’s extremely important to try and create, as much as possible, diverse stories about a community”

• “I wanted a brown kid at the center, the protagonist of her own life, abolishing the misconstructions society has of Desis and Muslims”

• “I wanted to explore Aafiyah’s denial, acceptance, and guilt…but also show that she is much more than a bad habit”

• “Faith is not a static thing; it may ebb and flow, and I attempted to illustrate the same fluctuations”

• “I honestly don’t think it’s possible for me to write a story that doesn’t have a healthy dose of family drama”

• “An Urdu phrase I loved including was ‘aaj jaane ki zidd na karo,’ which…loosely translates to: today, don’t insist on leaving”

• 12 Adult SFF Books of 2022 By Authors of Colour You Can’t Miss

  

• “Every time someone connects with Michie I feel like I’ve given a voice to this thing that no one really talks about”