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Selected pieces

Journeymen: the best-kept secret in boxing
PA Media Academy

Childless in a houseful of children
The New York Times

Finding freedom in writing a language my parents can’t read
Literary Hub

When my mother said she was lonely, I knew I had to relearn Bengali
The Guardian

I stepped into the boxing ring – and decades of quiet anger lifted
The Guardian

Why I agreed to marry a man I’d only met once
The Telegraph

Fantasy home: an escape to nature inspired by Anne of Green Gables
The Financial Times

Here’s what happened when my friend got rich
Fashion Magazine

On fiction as revenge
Shots Magazine

Moving to the country
The Times

Antarctica: why my seventh continent was more than just an ego trip
Atlas & Boots

Crime by committee
CrimeReads

Breaking into cliquey crime fiction
BookBruch

It is possible to be a secular Muslim
The i Paper

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