Welcome to the Website of Bina Shah
Bina Shah is one of a handful of writers in Pakistan who have made their mark in English fiction. She is the author of five books: two collections of short stories, Animal Medicine (1999) and Blessing (2007), and three novels: Where They Dream in Blue (2001), The 786 Cybercafe (2004), and Slum Child, published in Italian as La Bambina Che Non Poteva Sognare (2009). She has also written extensively for Pakistani newspapers, including the Dawn, The Friday Times, Libas, and the Pakistani Web site Chowk.Read More »
Bina Shah new book released in Italy A Season For Martyrs
“Bina’s latest novel, l bambino che credeva nella libertà , was published by Newton Comapton in Italy in March 2010.
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Latest News
* Slum Child will be published in the original English by Tranquebar Press, an imprint of Westland Tata, in 2010
* Children of Sindh/A Season For Martyrs will be published by Newton Compton in Italian, also in 2010
* Look for Bina’s short story “The Believers”, which will be published by the International Literary Quarterly www.interlitq.org in February 2010. The International Literary Quarterly is a prestigious Webzine with contributors such as Reza Aslan, Junot Diaz, Aamer Hussein, and Joyce Carol Oates, and is edited by Peter Robertson in London.
* An extract from “The Believers”, along with a short essay on the environment by Bina, was published in the special issue of the UN Chronicle on climate change in November 2009 www.un.org/wcm/content/site/chronicle/home/archive/Issues2009/pid/5067, to coincide with the Copenhagen conference on Climate Change.
