Untold Narratives
@untold-narratives.bsky.social
A development programme for writers structurally marginalised by community or conflict.
Out now: My Dear Kabul
https://untold-narratives.org/
Out now: My Dear Kabul
https://untold-narratives.org/
We’re hiring an Editorial and Partnerships Manager to join our team in London (hybrid). Learn more: bit.ly/47PDRhA
September 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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
August 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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
We’re hiring a Communications Manager to join our team in London (hybrid). Learn more: untold-narratives.org/opp.../commu...
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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:
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July 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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-...
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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
July 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
With the International Booker Prize announcement on 20 May, we’re reading the shortlisted Heart Lamp (@andotherstories.bsky.social , 2025) by Banu Mushtaq.
May 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
With the International Booker Prize announcement on 20 May, we’re reading the shortlisted Heart Lamp (@andotherstories.bsky.social , 2025) by Banu Mushtaq.
The speakers highlighted the importance of libraries in different parts of the world, with artist and writer Edmund de Waal talking about a library of sanctuary in the US, a library of translation in SE Asia, and a library of play and clay in the UK.
May 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The speakers highlighted the importance of libraries in different parts of the world, with artist and writer Edmund de Waal talking about a library of sanctuary in the US, a library of translation in SE Asia, and a library of play and clay in the UK.
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...
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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...
Writers Irenosen Okojie and Santanu Bhattacharya in conversation with author, @sarajafari.bsky.social , talking about their craft and different career stages. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2lU...
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Writers Irenosen Okojie and Santanu Bhattacharya in conversation with author, @sarajafari.bsky.social , talking about their craft and different career stages. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2lU...
Poetry in translation & zine making workshop with @hiddenkeileon.art with poetry readings from China, Hong Kong, Philippines. An insightful discussion on the political context and what is lost in translation. Learn more about Hidden Keileon: www.hiddenkeileon.art
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Poetry in translation & zine making workshop with @hiddenkeileon.art with poetry readings from China, Hong Kong, Philippines. An insightful discussion on the political context and what is lost in translation. Learn more about Hidden Keileon: www.hiddenkeileon.art
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...
www.spreadtheword.org.uk/projects/dep...
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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...
www.spreadtheword.org.uk/projects/dep...
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
March 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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
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
March 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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
Spread the word about My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) and stand with the women of Afghanistan.
February 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Spread the word about My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) and stand with the women of Afghanistan.
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.
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
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
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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
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.
January 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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.
'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
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
December 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
'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
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