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Happy Independence Day Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰, keep writing. . . . #bookstagram #books #bookish #bookworm #books #bookstagrammer #pakistanibookstagram #pakistan #pakistanibooks #pakistaniauthors #pakistaniwriters #bookphotography #booksofinstagramfeature #booksofinstagram #bibliophile #pilesofbooks #bookcommunity #readersofinstagram #readersofig #instabook #booksofinsta #diversifybookstagram #readingpakistan #diversebooks

“Freeing yourself was one thing. Claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” (Beloved, 1987) . There are some writers you come across that completely change everything for you. Toni Morrison was foremost among them. Her writing is something else. I’m struggling to find the words to describe how her words have the power that they have. Words that questioned, words that were deeply honest and truthful, often painful to read, words touched by anger and grace. The power of a voice that does not bend to the expectations of the powerful. . She spoke to the world on her terms. She wrote for black people, black women in particular, and she said so plainly in her interviews. “What I’m interested in is writing without the gaze, without the white gaze. … In so many earlier books by African-American writers, particularly the men, I felt that they were not writing to me. But what interested me was the African-American experience throughout whichever time I spoke of. It was always about African-American culture and people — good, bad, indifferent, whatever — but that was, for me, the universe.” . At another time: “I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of Dublin. Never. And I don’t know why I should be asked to explain your life to you.” . She gave language to the incomprehensible. She gave language to feelings with no names. “Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names,” she said in her 1993 Nobel address. “Language alone is meditation.” . She was a single working mother and she woke up at 4 o’clock every morning to write books that needed to be written, and we are all better for having read them. Rest in peace, Toni Morrison. #tonimorrison

☀️⛈🌈🌿📚✏️This summer’s creative writing workshop for young writers ended last week. Over two (rainy) weeks we learned how to write stories, and describe character and setting using our five senses. We experimented with dialogue, learned new words, and analysed the plots of our favourite movies and books: The Lion King, Room on the Broom, Mary Poppins, Spider Man, Matilda. We got loud and rowdy when coming up with ideas, and quietly listened to instrumental music during writing time. We helped each other come up with ideas, and shared stationary and worksheets. Every year we come up with new ideas, activities, and exercises. Every year, we discover new books to read. Every year, our writing gets better and better! Until next time, kids. 🧡 #creativewritingclass #creativewriting #creativewritingworkshop #lahore #pakistanibookstagram #pakistan #howtowriteastory #writing #youngwriters #youngwritersprogram #iteachwriting #summercamp #summerwritingprogram #youngwritersclub #creativewritingforkids

Who has always wanted to write a novel? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️Here is a chance to take the leap: Our 6-week WRITING FICTION online course starts 15 August 2019! Now in its third year, this unique course brings together aspiring writers from around the country (and beyond) to learn and practice the art and craft of writing a story. In the past we’ve had students aged 16 to 60, full-time students, parents and professionals, from Pakistan and abroad. The course covers the essentials of writing fiction and is taught entirely online, which means you can work at your own pace and set your own hours. All you need to do is read the weekly lesson and submit a weekly assignment. Every week, your instructor will return your assignments with detailed edits and feedback. The online discussion forum and related assignments make it easy to talk to and engage with your fellow students. Questions? Please get in touch! Send me a DM for details regarding the course fee or anything else. Visit our website (link in bio) to see a course outline and to sign up. I can’t wait to read your writing and get started! Application deadline: 11 August 2019. #writersofinstagram #writersofig #onlinewritingcourse #bookish #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #readersofinstagram #readersofig #creativewritingworkshop #creativewritingcourse #aspiringwriter #writerscommunity #writinganovel #writingfiction #pakistanibookstagram #pakistan #pakistaniwriters #pakistaniwriterscommunity #books #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile

After reading both of Sally Rooney’s novels back to back, I’m itching to dive into another absorbing story. Which one should I read next? Has anyone read either of these? #bookish #bookworm #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #readersofig #readersofinstagram #reading #southasianliterature #indianauthors #southasianliterature #novels #bookishdecisions #tishanidoshi #fatimafarheenmirza #amreading #instabook #instaread #booksbooksbooks

Some books should be picked up and read without knowing too much about what happens in the story. This is one of those books. I started reading it on my phone during a road trip (I get carsick reading books but somehow don’t get as carsick when reading on my phone), and couldn’t put it down. Frances is a twenty-one year old student living in Dublin. She’s an aspiring writer, and performs spoken word poetry with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When Frances and Bobbi are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter into a strange relationship with the couple and into a world where boundaries are unfamiliar and consequences more serious. Like Normal People (Sally Rooney’s second novel which I read first), the novel is filled with sharp, clever, insightful prose that shines a light on the very messy nature of human relationships, and of trying to find out who you are (and therefore, what you want). Like Normal People, the characters sometimes annoyed me. I wanted to shake Frances by the shoulders many times. Rooney’s goal has never been to give us “likeable” characters to root for, and in this way her novels are different from most others. Reading them, you feel as if you’ve just happened upon the lives of some people and are just witnessing them living. This realism makes her characters very relatable and, well, realistic. And because of her skilled writing, the mundane doesn’t comes across as boring, at least not to me. For me, the book is about confronting your vulnerabilities, about recognising what causes you pain. It’s about finding out who you are and being comfortable with your friends and family knowing that part of you too. It’s about young people trying to grapple with their lives and relationships while forming opinions about world issues and making decisions about what they value. If you like psychological portraits of characters who seem very real and live messy lives that remain messy even after the last page, read Salley Rooney! #bookstagram #books #sallyrooney #conversationswithfriends #bookish #bookstagrammer #instaread #booksofinstagram #reading #bookcommunity

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