by Qaisra Shahraz | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog, Events & News, Manchester, News, News, Previous events
Elizabeth Gaskell House It was great to take part in Manchester Literature Festival and to launch my new book “The Concubine and the Slave Catcher”. I was doubly delighted to be hosted in Gaskell House, home of one of my favourite women writers –...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Oct 12, 2017 | #WeStandTogether, Events & News, Previous events, Travels
Introduction It was wonderful to be hosted by Ernest Mach Gymnasium in Hurth. School of my German host, Frau Thekla Von Dubois. The largest group I ever had in one hall – 370 students and a dozen of English teachers. I was warmly welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Aug 30, 2017 | Events & News, News, News, Previous events
Books Launched The Concubine and the Slave-Catcher Qaisra Shahraz Published by HopeRoad Synopsis by Dr. Claire Chambers, author and editor of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, University of York’ An old man in Manchester dreams of his previous...
by Qaisra Shahraz | Aug 30, 2017 | Events & News, News, News, Previous events
Country: United Kingdom/PakistanQaisra Shahraz is an award-winning British-Pakistani novelist and scriptwriter. She recently won the prestigious National Diversity Lifetime Achiever Award for Services to Literature, Education, Gender and Interfaith Activism. She was...
by Qaisra Shahraz | May 28, 2017 | Blog, Books, Events & News, Previous events, The Holy Woman
I was hosted by the Confucius Institute, University of Manchester by Karen Wang and Tabea in the Manchester Museum, Kanaris Theatre. With my Chinese readers reading extracts from my Chinese The Holy Woman. Reading from my novel “Typhoon” and talked...