SheReads South Asia

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Inspired by 2014 being celebrated as the Year of Reading Women Writers, SheReadsSouthAsia is an initiative to discover, celebrate and discuss works by South Asian women writers. By involving both writers and readers, SheReadsSouthAsia aims to facilitate discussion, interaction and dialogue among the women writers from the region and their global readers.

The visual representation and anchor of SheReadsSouthAsia are the series of bookmarks depicting women readers. The back of the bookmarks has a list of well-known (and some newer) female South Asian writers of literature and mainstream fiction. The printable versions of the bookmarks can be downloaded here.

There are many ways you can get involved.

As a reader,

  • Follow @SheReadsSA on twitter, and on FB.
  • Check the #SheReadsSouthAsia and #SheReadsSA hashtags frequently to discover more amazing writers from South Asia. Read their works, and tweet what you thought of their work – a micro-review – using #SheReadsSouthAsia or #SheReadsSA
  • Authors thrive on feedback about their work. Remember to rate and review (on Amazon, Goodreads and your favorite online bookstore) the books that you’ve read. The authors will be thankful for your feedback, and you will be helping other readers discover great books they might like.
  • Send the SheReadsSouthAsia bookmarks to five friends on twitter (copying their handles), copying @SheReadsSA and including #SheReadsSouthAsia / #SheReadsSA to receive a free gift from Indireads.
  • Whenever you find a quote – or an amazing sentence – in a book, tweet it and put it on Facebook/Goodreads.  Quotes have a much bigger impact and pull than book titles.

As an author,

  • Follow @SheReadsSA on twitter, and on FB.
  • Tweet out using the #SheReadsSouthAsia / #SheReadsSA hashtags to let more and more readers discover your works.
  • If you would like your name to appear on the bookmarks, please tweet to us at @SheReadsSA, including the hashtag, and let us know about your work.
  • Follow the  #SheReadsSouthAsia / #SheReadsSA hashtags to discover more fellow female writers from South Asia.
  • Encourage your readers to review your books and send out using #SheReadsSouthAsia / #SheReadsSA hashtags.

As a blogger

  • Follow @SheReadsSA on twitter, and on FB.
  • Show your support by encouraging your twitter followers to follow @SheReadsSA on twitter, and on FB.
  • Tweet out using the #SheReadsSouthAsia / #SheReadsSA hashtags to let more and more readers discover great authors.
  • Write about this initiative. You can link back to this page or copy and share the bookmarks on your blog. Mention your favorite South Asian women writers. Start a challenge on your blog.

And, finally, subscribe to our SheReads South Asia newsletter for recommendations on the best, latest and most read books by South Asian women writers.

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We thank you for your support.

The SheReadsSouthAsia team

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