@Susmitatweets

The Normal State of Mind @parthianbooks Table Manners @dahliabooks Winner #sabawards19 Tutor. Mentor. rep’d @thegoodagencyuk

 Winchester, England
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What a lovely book launch that was! Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the book, Flash Fusion, edited by @HanaKhalique @coffeeandpaneer & me! Published by @DahliaBooks You can buy a copy here: dahliapublishing.co.uk/produ… PDF version: dahliapublishing.co.uk/produ… @SAHM_UK
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The Hooghly Review@HooghlyReview12 Apr 2025
Our ASAP Corner has a brand-new review. "Bouquet of Diverse Voices — Bridges Not Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing" by Asha Krishna thehooghlyreview.com/bouquet… #WritingCommunity
ASAP Corner - Books Bouquet of Diverse Voices — Bridges Not Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing 12 April 2025 Asha Krishna

ALT ASAP Corner - Books Bouquet of Diverse Voices — Bridges Not Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing 12 April 2025 Asha Krishna

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I’m on 🦋 now. Trying to figure it out. bsky.app/profile/susmitab.bs… Please follow, dear writers, and I’ll follow you back.
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Beautiful day at the #wellsliteraryfestival - Really enjoyed the poetry readings and it was fun to announce the short story winners and so hard to judge. Such a great variety and quality of stories.
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Diane Simmons 💙@scooterwriter20 Oct 2024
I love this collection!
Susmita Bhattacharya@Susmitatweets12 Oct 2024
To celebrate this week of Table Manners on BBC Radio 4 Extra and @BBCSounds Sounds, my lovely publisher, @DahliaBooks , is doing a special offer on the book. Get it for £5 + p&p. It’ll make a lovely present for anyone who enjoys short stories 😊😊 dahliapublishing.co.uk/produ…
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Sarah McPherson@summer_moth20 Oct 2024
I already own Table Manners, but if you don't, take advantage of this great offer and treat yourself to some fab short stories!
Susmita Bhattacharya@Susmitatweets12 Oct 2024
To celebrate this week of Table Manners on BBC Radio 4 Extra and @BBCSounds Sounds, my lovely publisher, @DahliaBooks , is doing a special offer on the book. Get it for £5 + p&p. It’ll make a lovely present for anyone who enjoys short stories 😊😊 dahliapublishing.co.uk/produ…
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Shahriar Shaams@shahriarshaams21 Oct 2024
My copy of Bridges Not Borders arrived today! Can't thank @WriteBBorders enough for including my story 'A Good Mother' in it!
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Laura Besley@laurabesley20 Oct 2024
For #shortstory lovers & listeners, do tune in to five wonderful stories by @Susmitatweets on @BBCRadio4Extra from her collection TABLE MANNERS. Not only are all 5 truly wonderful, but they are so beautifully read. A real delight. @DahliaBooks #shortstory #fiction #shortfiction
Susmita Bhattacharya@Susmitatweets7 Oct 2024
Lovely surprise today! Good Golly Miss Molly was aired on @BBCRadio4Extra today. You can listen on @BBCSounds Photo from 2020 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dp…
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To celebrate this week of Table Manners on BBC Radio 4 Extra and @BBCSounds Sounds, my lovely publisher, @DahliaBooks , is doing a special offer on the book. Get it for £5 + p&p. It’ll make a lovely present for anyone who enjoys short stories 😊😊 dahliapublishing.co.uk/produ…
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THE BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE will soon be opening for entries, and oh my goodness, do we have a white-hot list of judges this year! Get your stories ready! Guidelines: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/gui…
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One of the fab writers we're working with in Southampton in 2024-25 #NoPlaceLikeHome - Susmita Bhattacharya
Susmita Bhattacharya@Susmitatweets11 Oct 2024
The last story from #TableManners is on @bbcsounds today. Mango Season. A story of making mango pickles, grandmothers, secrets and more. Hope you enjoyed listening to the stories and thank you for listening. 📷 Fruit stall at Dadar TT, Mumbai bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dr…
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Last night at @WinCathedral #lawweekfestival Thought-provoking talk by @AndyWPhilosophy about the concept of freedom and incarceration. Who is really free? The Cell Quilt is a life size representation of a 2 man cell in HMP Bullingdon, created by @finecellwork
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Don’t buy this house, they said. It’s haunted. She bought it anyway & on the first night, she had a visitor. A shadowy apparition. ‘Welcome to your new home.’ She thanked her. ‘No, thank YOU. Live happily in my home, now I can leave, knowing it is in good hands.’ #9forNavaratri
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The last story from #TableManners is on @bbcsounds today. Mango Season. A story of making mango pickles, grandmothers, secrets and more. Hope you enjoyed listening to the stories and thank you for listening. 📷 Fruit stall at Dadar TT, Mumbai bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dr…
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#9forNavaratri She’d play Karma Chameleon on loop every day until her mother wd beg her to stop. ‘It’s selfish to hog the airwaves in a 1-bed flat.’ She now lives in a mansion. Everyone shut in their rooms. No music. No chatter. She longs for the crush & noise of her childhood.
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Lori Fontanes@LoriFontanes10 Oct 2024
Replying to @Susmitatweets @BBCSounds
loved your book already as I think you know but these drawings so amazing & wow the full BBC treatment (sound effects!) bravo! 👏👏👏
A copy of Susmita Bhattacharya’s book “Table Manners” on a table in a Paris restaurant.

ALT A copy of Susmita Bhattacharya’s book “Table Manners” on a table in a Paris restaurant.

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I found an old notebook - so many stories and drawings by 13 yr old me. Writing was always my go-to escape from the everyday. So was drawing. I am so grateful that both these are part of my job now. Today’s story on @bbcsounds is ‘In the Lap of the Gods’. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dr…
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The next story on @BBCSounds is Letters Home. I was an ESOL teacher in Cardiff. Sometimes, the experiences of the refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants who were students there were hard to digest. They'd gone through so much to be here, and yet ... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dq…
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This story is inspired by my time working in that school, no actual experiences of the students are included. Maybe some of my experiences are included - maybe! Image is of the published version in @parthianbooks anthology Rarebit. The illustration is by John Abell.
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Audrey Niven@NivenAudrey8 Oct 2024
Replying to @NinaMD1 @authorsudha @srilatha91 @sudhasubraman @SridharViji @AkTalwar1
Ayee! The colour of dust you are, she shouts when he comes home from school. Save me from this grubby lad, lounging around eating gol gappas. When he enlists he arrives in uniform, shining, upstanding with pride in khaki. Pray god he does not return as ashes. #9forNavaratri
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‘Can I have the khaki flavour please?’ ‘That’s coffee, not khaki,’ the vendor said. She shook her head vehemently. ‘It’s khaki.’ Her mother nodded, ‘Of course.’ ‘I want everything to remind me of Papa.’ ‘I know, my child. Can we have two khaki ice-creams please?’ #9forNavaratri
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