Behind the Shadows: Contemporary Stories by African and Asian Writers
My short story "Call Centre" has found a home. It is actually the first story in this new collection (October 1) edited by Rohini Chowdhury and Zukiswa Wanner. Here is a press release: MEDIA RELEASE : BEHIND THE SHADOWS E-Launch Date: October 1, 2012 Behind the Shadows , the anthology of African and Asian short stories will be launched electronically on Amazon at 12 GMT. The anthology is an idea born out of a meeting facilitated by the British Council at the London Book Fair in 2010 between Indian and South African writers, Rohini Chowdhury and Zukiswa Wanner. In March 2011, Chowdhury and Wanner, with the objective of bringing together the two continents of Africa and Asia, sent out a call for short stories with the theme outcast , to be interpreted by the writers as they pleased. The writers could be from Africa or Asia, or in the Diaspora, but it was necessary that their stories deal with the theme as experienced by Africans and/or Asians. Chowd