Kavita Bhanot introduces 'Too Asian, Not Asian Enough': An Anthology of New British Asian Fiction.

Gavin James Bower is the author of two novels. His second Made in Britain, concerning three teenagers living in a deprived town in the North of England and seeking escape through drink and drugs, has just been published by Quartet. John Lucas interviewed him recently.

‘Put yourself in the story’ is the advice most often given to non-fiction writers, though like all advice, it’s easier said than done. The problem is that everyone’s heard of the unreliable narrator, so the moment you start wielding the upright pronoun your readers’ suspicions are aroused.

Canadian novelist Jean McNeil shares her personal reflections on being in New York on 9/11 in a new memoir piece which is exclusive to the Hub. A harrowing account of the trauma of that day is mixed with reflections on her own upbringing in a haunting piece of work.

The Hub's specialist in Indian Writing in English reviews the work of 'the Jane Austen of India' - a writer who has been able to examine Indian women's lives without being bound by either the strictures of Austen's age, or the fashionable tropes of contemporary popular culture.

With two succesful novels under her belt, and acclaim from the literary establishment, Jenn Ashworth's work ethic carries her through, as she discusses with Hilary Wilce.

Now with a little distance from the 'tornadic swirl' of reviews of DFW's posthumously published unfinished novel, John Lucas examines the work and reflects on Wallace's contribution to post-modern literature.

Conflict-torn lands often produce fiction that goes beyond characters and their historical predicament. In an article that accompanies his interview with Mirza Waheed, author of The Collaborator, Miguel Fernandes Ceia discusses how conflict delves into deep human recesses.