We are excited to tell you about our latest signing. Broken Horses is a novel that is both epic and intensely personal, a story of female agency set in the…
Jess Watts’ short, poetic, powerful memoir The Sun-Room came in as an unsolicited submission and within a page I was captivated by the energy of her raw-to-bleeding cry of anger…
After putting out a call for poems and short-form prose for an anthology which speaks of the past year and its aftermath – both politically and personally – we have…
An online practical workshop to give you the best chance of success when submitting your writing to agents, publishers and competitions with Avril Joy and Lynn Michell. Sunday 11th February…
Charlotte Faibairn in conversation with Imogen Davies about her fourth novel Cried Out the River For Love How would you describe your book in a few sentences?
The Whole Kahani Writers’ Collective provides support to writers of South Asian descent living in the UK. The Collective has just published its third anthology of short stories, Tongues and…
I used to love sliding a Linen Press book into a padded envelope and addressing it by hand. A business card went inside and a tiny sticker sealed the flap.…
It worries me that the literary world continues to turn away from talented older writers while young authors, especially young first-time authors, are sought out and celebrated.
In January 2019 The Whole Kahani released May We Borrow Your Country to a packed hall at Waterstones Gower Street. Our first reviewer, Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone wrote: ‘...while these stories might…
Avril Joy is no stranger to quiet but significant achievement. In her previous life, she worked for twenty-five years as a teacher and then Senior Manager in HM Low Newton,…
"I’m so excited! My book came in the post this morning1. I’m holding it in my hands. The cover is gorgeous." A small indie press talks to a ‘little known…
The Whole Kahani is in a celebratory mood. The writing collective has just been nominated and shortlisted for the 2019 Saboteur awards for our second anthology of short stories and…
Mona Dash's first child is born with SCID (Severe Combined Immuno-Deficiency) for which there is no treatment in his country. And so begins her roller-coaster journey which spans ten years,…
With only a fortnight to the launch of May We Borrow Your Country, the new anthology from The Whole Kahani (TWK) collective, I’m being asked more frequently about the title…
We have branched out with a flourish. Adding to our list of novels and memoirs, this is the first book of short-form writing to be published by Linen Press as…
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