Author: Commonwealth Writers

The basant party is the first event Khalida attends as a wife. As a mistress, daytime invitations were seldom extended…

Kingston, Jamaica

‘Floods’ is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used…

There is an object on the floor. I am not sure what to do with it. I would like to…

‘Ali na ng’anda yu nana ofuna lini kumvwa m’lilimo waleza.’  She with a leaking roof, does not want to hear…

Abuelo draws maps of London from memory. In the afternoons, he comes home full of coffee and gossip, a copy…

And, after 15 years, you hire a taxi and leave for Aba. It isn’t your preferred destination at this time,…

I’m not sure if it was my daughter, my mother or I who, one fall day after school, threw hollyhock…

‘Lifestyle Guide for The Discerning Witch’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   You will be your…

‘The Stone Bench’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Niccolo rolls 12 cigarettes, one at time,…

Translated from Bangla to English by the author

‘Hot Mango Chutney Sauce’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   It was only yesterday that the…