2010
MWA judges panel 2010
Shemiza Rashid is a teacher of English and Expressive art, and visiting lecturer at Bedfordshire University in the creative arts science and technology department. She is an Interfaith Art Consultant and the...
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Leila Aboulela is the Sudanese-born author of, The Translator, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Minaret – both novels were long listed for the Orange Prize and IMPAC Dublin Award. She...
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Bhavit Mehta, born in London, studied Biological Sciences at Queen Mary and worked at UCL before entering the world of Children's books in 2007 with 'Saadhak Books', an ...
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Alveena Malik is Principle Associate at the Institute of Community Cohesion with lead responsibility on Education and Cohesion policy. She has responsibility for providing strategic direction on the role...
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Moazaam Begg is the director for the prisoner human rights organisation, Cageprisoners and has appeared on numerous radio and television interviews including the BBC's Hardtalk, Newsnight and Panorama...
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Subnum Hariff has returned to Bolton MBC after having completed a successful year on the prestigious Clore Leadership Programme where she worked on as secondment for Creativity Culture and Education (CCE...
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DIPNET is an organisation that aims to redress the balance of equality in the UK publishing sector through organizing networking events, raising the profile of publishing to traditionally underrepresented...
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Anna Perera was born in London to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father and grew up twenty miles away with her head planted firmly in a book. She taught English in two London secondary schools and later became...
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Zahid Hussain was born in Lancashire, studied I.T. and business in France and Spain and ended up running community projects in Cheetham Hill. Somewhere in between he tripped over a pen, won the North West...
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Rebecca Wilkie studied English at University College London and has worked with children’s books since graduating in 2001, first as a bookseller, then for a leading literary agent and now for Booktrust....
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After a long and successful career in publishing, David Godwin became one of the leading and best-known agents in the UK. He represents writers including Aravind Adiga, Kirin Desai and Claire Tomalin. His...
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Founder and long-time editor of the respected Muslim lifestyle magazine emel, Sarah Joseph is also an international commentator on British Muslims. She has been writing on broadcasting on Islamic issues for...
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Following the success of her irreverent memoir Love in a Headscarf, about a British Muslim woman looking for love, Shelina Janmohamed has written articles for The Times, The Guardian, The National, The Muslim...
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