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Shi Naseer, author of The Cry of the Silkworm

How to write alternating Past and Present chapters

In 2021, Shi Naseer was awarded mentoring as part of our Breakthrough Writers’ Programme for under-represented writers – she worked with her mentor, acclaimed author Nikita Lalwani, for nine months.

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