STOP PRESS! Due to the huge volume of top-notch entries we’ve received so far, we’ve extended our Utopia Writing Competition deadline to March 30th 2010. So hit the keyboard and let your creativity flow!
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It’s All Go!
It’s exciting times for us at Revenge Ink. Our authors and books are in demand, and we’re busy just trying to keep up.
For starters, Kia Abdullah gave another inspirational talk, this time at Idea Store Bow (in East London). Here’s an author who’s absolutely committed to spreading the message about the importance of reading, and how it led to her becoming an author. She also shared some exciting insights into her book, “Child’s Play,” and revealed useful tips to aspiring writers.
Kia will also be speaking at the upcoming Wisewords Bookfest on Saturday 13th March. Wisewords is a female-focused two-day literary event and will be held at the London Metropolitan University in Aldgate, E1. Click here for more information.
You can also catch Kia speak on April 30th at the launch event for Vaani. Meaning “the voice,” it’s a small Asian women’s writers group based in Ilford, East London, whose aim is to encourage Asian women to voice their opinions via writing in the English language.
The event will be part of the Redbridge Book and Media Festival. Kia will talk about her experiences as a writer and about the publishing industry, as well as the importance of using writing as a way to way for Asian women to express themselves.
Date: April 30th
Times: 18.30-20.30
Where: Valentine Mansion, inside the Valentine Park, Ilford
And finally, there’s a great article that’s recently appeared on Kia in Eastern Life. Check it out here:
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Brand New Titles for 2010
If you haven’t already, make sure you check out our new titles for 2010.
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For another chance to meet and hear from Kia Abdullah, join us at Idea Store in Bow (East London) this Saturday January 30th. Kia will be talking about her experiences as a writer and in developing “Child’s Play,” as well as sharing tips for aspiring writers. This is a great opportunity to connect with a writer known for her strong ideas and voice, as well as by her refusal to be categorised as “just another Asian writer.”
Details as follows:
Date: this Saturday, January 30th
Time; 2- 4pm
Location: Idea Store, Bow (in the café)
Address: 1 Gladstone Place, Roman Road
Bow, London, E3 5ES
For further details, contact: jobina@revengeink.com
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We’ve been incredibly busy over here at Revenge Ink, mostly with getting the word out to the UK public that there’s a different kind of publishing company that’s here to stay. Over the month of March, you’ll see Revenge Ink adverts in publications from Brighton to Newcastle and in-between. You’ll see us in magazines from Mslexia, the magazine for women who write, to lesbian mag Diva, and from the socially-conscious Big Issue to the fashionable Dazed, just to name a few.
Under the banner of ‘a Fiercely independent provocative fiction’, we’re promoting our four titles, including London-based Kia Abdullah’s new book ‘Child’s Play’.True to form, the authors on our roster aren’t afraid to speak their minds, nor tell stories outside of what others have decided is ’safe’.
And if you’ve clicked onto our website, then you’re telling us that you’re bored with reading the same humdrum stories, and looking for a book to shake you out of your one-dimensional world. You’ve come to the right place, we have enough to keep you occupied and satisfied.
The response to our advertising so far has been fantastic, and our book sales are on the rise. We’ve always known that there’s been an audience for fiction with a bite, and it’s encouraging to find readers who agree. Even better are the number of submissions writers have begun sending us for publishing off the back of our advertising. Our mission has always been to support writers of provocative fiction, and we’re delighted you’ve chosen to trust us with your work. We’re reading your submissions as quickly as we can, so stay tuned to find out who we’re going to publish next.
Click here to see the full pdf.
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CHILD’S PLAY, by Kia Abdullah
We’re excited to announce that Kia Abdullah’s new book, Child’s Play was launched on December 4th, and its already getting lots of attention from readers and the media alike. Child’s Play isn’ t your typical sweeping romance from an Asian writer. Instead, Kia’s second novel is controversial, violent and sexually charged, and shatters the delicate sensibilities that seem to govern output from British-Asian writers. Kia’s not afraid to tell a challenging tale, and in Child’s Play she does it with haunting characters and a darkly addictive storyline. We’re delighted that there’s been a lot of great media coverage for Child’s Play. Click on these links to read and hear reviews of the book and interviews with Kia: Here is the coverage from Asians in Media Magazine. Click here to see it online.
Click here to see the piece online.
And click here to read the Ethnic Now piece online.
And Kia was interviewed on the BBC Asian network. Click here to listen.
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BOOK-SIGNING
Kia was invited to speak at the Idea Store in Whitechapel (London) on Dec 12th, as part of Reading Week. We were delighted with the turnout of so many people who came to hear her ideas in writing Child’s Play as well as about her experiences as a writer. Not to mention getting a book signed by Kia herself! If you missed that event, you can catch Kia again on Saturday January 30th at the Idea Store in Bow. Click here for details. More details to follow asap. Find out what all the fuss is about, and get your own copy of Child’s Play at your local bookshop or online.
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India: THE REVENGE INK ANTHOLOGY OF REAL INDIAN WRITING Edited by Gopal and Amita Mukerjee, Foreword by Shobhaa De
Authors: Hema Koppikar, Ketan Joshi, Varsha Pillai, Rochelle Potkar, Rohit Bhatia, Kinjal Banerjee, Eva Bell, Sandeep Shete, Pranab Mazumdar, Chandrima Pal, Shireen Bharucha, Gautam Mirchandani, Akanksha Aurora, Neil Fernandes, Ashley Suvarna
We’re also excited to share that the Anthology of Real Indian Writing was launched in India last month. The Anthology features the best submissions we received in response to our quest to prove that REAL Indians were writing REAL contemporary stories, and not just about caste oppression, arranged marriages, and Sati. This collection of stories is as diverse as the writers, who hail from all over India. The Anthology is already available in bookstores, and we’ve had some fantastic media coverage. In 2008 in the presence of cult Indian writer Shobhaa DE, we launched a competition whose goal was to prove that Indian writing is not all about caste oppression, arranged marriages and Sati. And that REAL Indians were writing REAL contemporary stories. Writers from all of India’s cities and of varied backgrounds sent their work in to the competition, and proved us right. We decided to honour their effort by putting together an anthology with a fantastic collection of the best writing we saw and which has proved as diverse as the writers themselves.
Revenge Ink announces the UK launch of its showcase books The Armageddon Mandala and Ugly Duckling in February 2009. Both books written by Revenge Ink co-founders and siblings, Gopal and Amita Mukerjee were launched in India in March 2008 in the presence of reputed Indian novelist Shobhaa De.
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Revenge Ink signs with cool young novelists
Revenge Ink signs with cool young novelists Kia Abdullah and Luc Richard. Kia’s crime novel about a young girl entangled in a bizarre investigation of a dangerous pedophile was released in December 2009. And Luc’s novel about the sexy and strangely melancholic life of a young professional seeking Nirvana in a reputed holiday resort will be released in July 2009.
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Revenge Ink signs with Luc Richard
Revenge Ink signs with Luc Richard, handsome young French professional sports trainer for a book about the sexy and depraved life of a young professional seeking Nirvana in a reputed holiday resort. Scheduled release : Summer 2009.
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