Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025
Embracing the bizarre and ‘An Eye and a Leg’
The Asia regional winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Faria Basher, in an interview with The Daily Star, opens up about her journey from lifelong reader to emerging writer.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Faria Basher named Asia Regional Winner of Commonwealth Short Story Prize
She is the first writer of Bangladeshi origin to win the regional prize
14 May 2025, 10:46 AM
Bangladeshi writer Faria Basher shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025
“An Eye and a Leg” has been described as "a darkly humorous and surreal take on the trope of the ‘expiring’ South Asian woman"
15 April 2025, 15:00 PM