Tawseef Khan
@tawseefkhan.bsky.social
Writer & Immigration Solicitor Buy Determination: https://www.waterstones.com/book/determination/tawseef-khan/9781804442326 Buy Muslim, Actually: How We Get Islam Wrong and Why It Matters - https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/muslim-actually/
And because of this, it has ignored that many of its most glaring issues are the complaints common across all of their losses - the cost of living, public services, feelings of a lack of delivery and change - the key issues that helped Labour into power in the first place.
Published this novel two years ago today. Super proud of it and really thankful for the journey it has taken me on. 💜
Fabulous new issue of the queer lit mag that I co-edit here - please share and enjoy! 🍎 🍉
Fruit Journal@fruitjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Issue 9 is HERE! Featuring an EXCLUSIVE interview with Saleem Haddad and an extract from his new novel Floodlines. Plus all the LGBTQ+ poems, stories and non-fiction you could want. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ... 1/3 🍎Get it here: fruitjournal.co.uk 🥝
Too late as always. The propaganda effect is complete. Thousands of voters will believe that Muslim men’s coercion swung the vote and corrupted “our” democracy because false allegations were reported. This is how right-leaning media have rolled the pitch for Reform. news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election, police say, after Reform complaint
There is no evidence of "family voting" in last month's Gorton and Denton by-election, police say, after a Reform UK complaint following the Green Party win there. And Beth Rigby has spoken to Keir St...
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Really sit with this: most people can't access survival funds or eSIMs. And earning an income also means autonomy & dignity for Palestinians as they face continued engineered hunger. Sustain internet & electricity for a community. Hit "weekly"!! chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…
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The one and only Bryan Washing will be at Blackwell's on Thursday 22nd January! The acclaimed author of Lot, Memorial and Family Meal is visiting the UK for the publication of his latest novel Palaver by @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. Join us to hear him in conversation with @tawseefkhan.bsky.social!
I've been thinking a lot about the impact being a published author has on our self-image, so I wrote about it in my latest newsletter. It led me to think more broadly about who is considered 'marketable' in publishing. You can check it out here: tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
On Appearances
And The Thing Nobody Tells You About Publishing
tawseefkhan.substack.com
I've been thinking a lot about the impact being a published author has on our self-image, so I wrote about it in my latest newsletter. It led me to think more broadly about who is considered 'marketable' in publishing. You can check it out here: tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/on-appeara...
On Appearances
And The Thing Nobody Tells You About Publishing
tawseefkhan.substack.com
Hi writing folks! We've just migrated to bluesky and thought we should introduce ourselves. We're an online queer literary journal, we've been going since 2019 and we love writing that is daring and innovative. We're looking to be connected to the writing community here, so please follow and RT! 🍎🍇
🏳️🌈 QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! 🏳️🌈 We’re now open for submissions until 30th November. We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎 See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/
Spent a month eating at nearly every Afghan restaurant in Manchester and then wrote about it here: hyphenonline.com/2025/10/08/m...
Afghan food is revolutionising Manchester’s culinary scene
From standout rice dishes to fragrant stews and crispy stuffed flatbreads, the flavours of Kabul and beyond have found a new northern home
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Spent a month eating at nearly every Afghan restaurant in Manchester and then wrote about it here: hyphenonline.com/2025/10/08/m...
Afghan food is revolutionising Manchester’s culinary scene
From standout rice dishes to fragrant stews and crispy stuffed flatbreads, the flavours of Kabul and beyond have found a new northern home
hyphenonline.com
I’m actually reeling. They are literally walling people inside Elfashir, so they can exterminate them. And we’re all just watching it happen. The helplessness is soul crushing 😭😭😭 #KeepEyesOnSudan
BSonblast@bsonblast.bsky.social · 11mo ago- Per a report by Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab, RSF has nearly completed building walls around the besieged city. - The berms now stretch "for over 68km around Elfashir, leaving only a 3-4km gap before the city is fully enclosed". (Sudan Tribune) #KeepEyesOnSudan
The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
A vital novel whose complex characters struggle against their own and their family’s expectations, against a society that doesn’t see or value them, and against the random cruelties of the UK immigration system. A thoughtful and touching must-read. @tawseefkhan.bsky.social shorturl.at/topdh
Determination
‘A compassionate, beautifully told portrait’ Guy Gunaratne ‘Absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique’ Tom Benn’A hymn to empathy, …
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John Boyne lives in Ireland where we’ve had self-ID for trans people for over ten years and Boyne (who, just for the record, is vocally anti-trans and supports the views of anti trans hate groups) can’t point to a single instance where this has caused conflict with women’s rights
Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · last yr.Polari prize update: John Boyne has now made a statement. I'm putting it below.
By my count this makes 5 out of 12 authors on the Polari First Book longlist who have withdrawn. It's hard to understate the moral courage this involves, esp for folk launching their first book into the world. As so often, those with the most to lose end up showing the most moral fibre. Solidarity x
Sacha Coward@sachacoward.bsky.social · last yr.Here is my statement about the Polari award with alt text. Sorry for missing this the first time. X
Wrote my latest substack around a question I get asked a lot at literary events: ‘what can we do?’ It’s about voting better, how we can support refugees, and appraising Labour’s record on immigration one year in. It’s also full of food/film/music/book recs! tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/why-you-di...
Why You Didn't Necessarily Vote Better
On the Labour party and its track record on immigration.
tawseefkhan.substack.com
Wrote my latest substack around a question I get asked a lot at literary events: ‘what can we do?’ It’s about voting better, how we can support refugees, and appraising Labour’s record on immigration one year in. It’s also full of food/film/music/book recs! tawseefkhan.substack.com/p/why-you-di...
Why You Didn't Necessarily Vote Better
On the Labour party and its track record on immigration.
tawseefkhan.substack.com
God, the number of people who were willing to believe that the South Yorkshire police were too woke to prosecute sexual abuse cases, when in fact the police force was itself an instrument of patriarchal sexual violence. It’s like a case study in the worst excesses of the British press.
Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers
Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time
theguardian.com
Some personal news… @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are relaunching @therumpus.net!!! And I’m excited to be joining their team as poetry editor! 🤓 WEEEEE!!! You can submit your poetry for consideration here: therumpus.submittable.com/submit
The Rumpus Submission Manager
The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Founded in 2009 and independent from the star...
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2 book year for me – BAD LANGUAGE (Peninsula) in Nov & this amazing compendium I've had the honour to edit w/ Sarah Shin @silver-press.bsky.social in Oct! More Le Guin, this time w/ added Bhanu Kapil, @davidnaimon.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social & more! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin a book by Ursula K. Le Guin, Sarah Shin, and So Mayer.
When Ursula K. Le Guin started writing a new novel, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World is the first publication focusing on maps by the celebrated author, publishing many for the fir...
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Just posted my second newsletter over at the place beginning with ‘S’. It’s about Pride month and reading lists, and the kinds of books and authors they end up excluding. Ignore the fuzzy picture, it’s a good read! 🥰
Another interesting read from my buddy @tawseefkhan.bsky.social’s new substack. This week: on being a queer writer whose work isn’t considered ‘queer enough’ for reading lists… open.substack.com/pub/tawseefk...
Why I've Taken Against Reading Lists
On Pride Month, Queerness and Exclusion
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Just posted my second newsletter over at the place beginning with ‘S’. It’s about Pride month and reading lists, and the kinds of books and authors they end up excluding. Ignore the fuzzy picture, it’s a good read! 🥰
In case you missed it: my first newsletter!
Tawseef Khan@tawseefkhan.bsky.social · last yr.Published my first newsletter today, over at the place beginning with ‘S’. 👀 It’s about getting over my shyness and discomfort with sharing personal things on social media. Can be found under my government name! (Or reply and I’ll send you the link!)
Published my first newsletter today, over at the place beginning with ‘S’. 👀 It’s about getting over my shyness and discomfort with sharing personal things on social media. Can be found under my government name! (Or reply and I’ll send you the link!)
Trying to give you all a break from my incessant self-promotion, but I’m in Newcastle tomorrow talking about Determination and the asylum system, if you fancy coming along. Tickets are free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
Author Talk with Tawseef Khan
An expert on the UK immigration system, Tawseef will share the stage with guests for a discussion of his novel and Q&A.
eventbrite.co.uk
