Cortina Butler, deputy director of arts at the British Council, joins Untold Narratives as chair of the board of directors. www.thebookseller.com/news/untold-...

We’re hiring an Editorial and Partnerships Manager to join our team in London (hybrid). Learn more: bit.ly/47PDRhA

Today marks four years since the Taliban re-took Kabul. It is also one year since the publication of My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024). Here’s a sample of how Afghan women writers described the events of that day and its aftermath. Buy the book: lnk.to/MyDearKabul

The Bagri Foundation’s series, A Woman Hums: Women, Voice, Creativity, brings together women curators, artists, filmmakers and writers from across Asia and its diaspora. www.stirworld.com/see-news-the...

We’re hiring a Communications Manager to join our team in London (hybrid). Learn more: untold-narratives.org/opp.../commu...

We’re hiring a Finance and Office Co-ordinator to join our team in London (hybrid), one day a week. Learn more: untold-narratives.org/.../finance-...

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird, New Fiction by Afghan Women (MacLehosePress, 2022) has been published in South Korea by Pacho Publishing. Buy the English edition: bit.ly/4f12NUY

In Reading, We Resist, by Paranda writer Marie Bamyani, was published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social this month. Marie talks about the importance of the Paranda book club, where Afghan women writers select and discuss a variety of books. themarkaz.org/in-reading-w...

On 7 July, @wwborders.bsky.social published A Chapan the Height of Noorjan, a short story by Paranda writer Zaheda, translated from Dari by Abdul Bacet. In this piece, a boy’s playful defiance collides with the weight of war, leaving a family forever changed. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

📣 We're recruiting! English PEN is looking for a Campaigns Officer to join the team (full-time, permanent). Application deadline: 10am BST, Monday 21 July 2025 Apply & share ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/jobs/vacancy...

Part of a series of writing by Afghan women, this story by Zaheda (tr. Abdul Bacet, produced in collaboration with @untold-narratives.bsky.social ) narrates the US invasion of Afghanistan through the eyes of a young boy. Read it on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Tongueless Speaker, a short story by Paranda writer Tamanna Easar, translated from Dari by Abdul Bacet, was published in @wwborders.bsky.social. The story follows a woman from Afghanistan as she attempts to adjust to her life in exile. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Bestselling British author Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social joined Jane Garvey & Fi Glover on their radio show, Off Air. Kate talked about her letter exchange with Afghan writer, Parand. Listen below (13 June): www.thetimes.com/podcasts/off...

Read a letter exchange between Paranda writer Parand and best-selling British author @katemossewriter.bsky.social published in The Sunday Times. The writers discuss their craft and the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan. www.thetimes.com/article/5a3a...

Join Paranda writer Tamanna Easar on 24 June at Exiled Lit Cafe panel ‘Step into my Shoes’, exploring the conflicting sense of self in exile. Get tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exiled-wri...

Developed in partnership with @‌untold-narratives.bsky.social‬ , this story by Farishta Salehi (tr. Abdul Bacet) narrates an unlikely but meaningful friendship between two women. Read it on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Join us at Brixton Library on 2 June to hear My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) contributor Batool Haidari, co-translator Dr Negeen Kargar, and one of the book’s editors, Sunila Galappatti, talking about this collective diary by Afghan women writers. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-dear-ka...

We are recruiting: Programmes and Partnerships Manager London £29-30K, (FT/0.8) - to ensure the programme is delivered at a high level to existing and new schools. Partnerships Officer £27-28K (PT, 0.6) - to research funders and schools. Both roles close 27 May 2025. firststory.org.uk/vacancies/

With the International Booker Prize announcement on 20 May, we’re reading the shortlisted Heart Lamp (@andotherstories.bsky.social , 2025) by Banu Mushtaq.

We enjoyed the @britishlibrary.bsky.social launch of Knowledge Without Borders – a report on the library’s work with its global partners. blogs.bl.uk/living-knowl...

Running on Time, a non-fiction piece by Paranda writer Nooria Fakhree Aryan, was published in Exiled Ink Magazine. Nooria’s story follows one day of her life in exile in Germany, in which she explores her relationship with time. Read (p39): www.exiledwriters.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Tehran Book Fair Uncensored showcases a wide variety of books censored inside Iran, featuring Persian-language publishers Nogaam Books, aasoo, and more. The bookfair runs across Europe, and the US from 25 April to 13 June. Check the dates in your location: uncensoredbookcom.wordpress.com

My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024) contributor Rana Zurmaty will speak at Sydney Writers Festival on 22 May. The event is fully booked, but you can join the waiting list. www.swf.org.au/program/seas...

My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024) was highlighted by Elif Shafak, Turkish-British novelist and essayist, as one of the five reads that have inspired her writing. inews.co.uk/culture/book...

Last weekend we attended Deptford Literary Festival by @spread-the-word.bsky.social featuring 70 local writers, artists and performers. Get the anthology: www.spreadtheword.org.uk/projects/dep...

📣 Calling all Caribbean Short Story Writers! We’re looking for 2 writers to take part in our new project, Mouth Mek Fi Nyam, aiming to capture the richness of Caribbean heritage Submissions open today and close 25 April 2025 For more info and to apply - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Good luck!

Join Afghan writer Batool Haidari, translator Dr Negeen Kargar, and Untold director Lucy Hannah at Cambridge Literary Festival to discuss My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024), with journalist Mary Hockaday. www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/afgha...

At Untold, we work with writers to develop and publish their work in local languages and globally in translation. Our Paranda project is a network of local Afghan women writers and those in the diaspora. Read their work: untold-narratives.org/new-writing-...

Afghanistan's poetic tradition dates back over 800 years to Rumi. Explore Afghan poetry with @poetrytranslation.bsky.social including women poets Shakila Azizzada and Parween Faiz Zadah Malaal. t.co/5JW1Td7Bog

For #WorldPoetryDay, read Forty Names (@carcanet.bsky.social, 2021) by Parwana Fayyaz, an Afghan poet and academic, co-editor and co-translator of My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024). Buy the book: bit.ly/4bJls61

Happy World Poetry Day!🖊️✨ To celebrate, here's some recommendations from the Carcanet archive... www.carcanet.co.uk/index.shtml

The Rights Monitor (RM) Media is a digital platform for underrepresented voices from Afghanistan. thermmedia.com/red-lipstick...

For International Women's Day, @wwborders.bsky.social features eight women writers who debuted in English this past year #IWD2025 wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

To mark International Women’s Day, we’re quoting excerpts from My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024) in which Afghan women writers were reflecting on their situation, three years ago. #IWD2025

#WorldBookDay celebrates reading for pleasure and encourages children to build a habit of reading. Learn more: www.worldbookday.com/about-us/

Nominate a writer for the 2025 International Writers Programme by @rsliterature.bsky.social. Writers must have published at least two works in English or in translation and cannot be UK residents or citizens. Public recommendations are open until 27 April. rsliterature.org/rsl-internat...

Send a message of support to an Afghan woman – translated by AfghanAid team and shared with a woman participating in an Afghan Aid project #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction www.afghanaid.org.uk/forms/send-a...

My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) is Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. For the next week, actresses Juliet Stevenson, Indira Varma, Chipo Chung, and Shala Nyx will read an abridgement of My Dear Kabul. Listen to the episodes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Spread the word about My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) and stand with the women of Afghanistan.

My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) was featured by Martin Wright for Positive News, including an interview with Marie, one of My Dear Kabul’s Afghan women writers. www.positive.news/society/keep...

Thought provoking 2025 Annual Justice Lecture by Lawyers for Justice in Libya and @soasuni.bsky.social, delivered by Fawzia Koofi, Afghan women’s rights activist, peace negotiator, former politician, the first female Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament.

Inspiring line-up at Jaipur Literature Festival. Author Saad Mohseni and former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra will discuss Afghanistan’s political and social change.

My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) was featured by Debasree Purkayastha @debasree.bsky.social in The Hindu @thehindu.com as part of a selection of books that explore the lives of women in Afghanistan. bit.ly/4hro8GP

2024 was a challenging year for Afghan women. @zantimes.bsky.social recaps key events, from harsher restrictions like blocking windows overlooking women’s spaces to inspiring moments of resilience and strength #AfghanWomen zantimes.com/2025/01/09/t...

We joined The Conversation series at St Martin-in-the-Fields with Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social, who spent nearly 40 years covering conflict from Rwanda and Kosovo to Ukraine and Palestine. She reflected on the importance of poetry in time of war with poems read by Lisa Dwan.

We are delighted to announce the winner of the #2024MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing: Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil (translated by Joshua L Freeman. Congratulations to Tahir and Joshua! #nonfiction #literaryprize #books #China #Uyghurs

Two of the 21 women writers of My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024), Marie and Fatima shared the story behind the collective diary with Noshaba Ashna and Roshaan Norzai from Voice of America @voanews.com.web.brid.gy Read the full article: www.voanews.com/a/how-sister...

'My Dear Kabul: A year in the life of an Afghan women's writing group' Thanks to Coronet Books & all involved in this project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and the Bagri Foundation. Buy here: lnk.to/MyDearKabul