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Writing

(click on the titles of the books or use the menu for more information and reviews)

Across the Lakes
Phoenix House UK & Penguin India, 1998,
a novel set in Kolkata/Calcutta.

Representations of India, 1740 - 1840:
the creation of India in the colonial imagination
Macmillan UK & St Martin's Press USA, 1998.

"Destiny", an excerpt from my novel-in-progress, Nirvanas,
in the bookzine Atlas:01, 2006.

Film

I was part of the team (story) for the Amsterdam 48 hour film project, Sense of Direction, in 2007.
 

Awards & Residencies

In 1998, the Scottish Arts Council awarded me a Writer's Bursary. The same year, I was shortlisted for the first Crossword (India) Book Award in the category English Fiction. In 2001, I was shortlisted for the Creative Scotland Awards.

In 2000, I was a Writer-in-Residence at the Ilkley Literature Festival in Yorkshire, England,  and collaborated with Bill Broady & Paul Houghton to write and present "The Perforated Spirit: Three Eerie Tales". The short story I contributed was called "Birth".  

Articles in the Media

  •  "Break down the door", on UK immigration policy, Product, Edinburgh, UK, August 2000.
  •  "Men one cannot do business with", on representations of Saddam Hussein and Tipu Sultan, The Independent, London, UK, June 1998.

Teaching

I am currently a tutor on the University of Oxford's MSt in Creative Writing programme and a language consultant & trainer (see tomali languages for details). In the past I have been:
  • Lecturer, English, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
  • Tutor, English as a Foreign Language, University of Glasgow, UK.
  • Tutor to Testamur, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, University of Exeter, UK.
  • Lecturer, ESOL & Communication, Langside College, Glasgow.

Education

Email me at:
amal [AT] tomali.net
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