I was that woman Albino Gecko Animal Antics Namaskar : New and selected poems Words spit and splinter Do you hear the storm sing?
Poetry anthologies
Rainbow world : Poems from many cultures Masala : Poems from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka The Redbeck Anthology of British South-Asian Poetry Let's celebrate! Poems about festivals from around the world Let's play! Poems about games and sports from around the world
Prose
Who cares? Reminiscences of Yemeni carers Mango Shake
Translations
Album by Uma Prasad Mukherjee Existence by Sanjay Bhattacharyya Deep Dark Sigh by Sanjay Bhattacharyya
Awards and prizes
2016 - Word Masala Excellence in Poetry Award 2015 - Word Masala Lifetime Achievement in Poetry 2014 onwards - Royal Literary Fund Associate Fellow 2012, 2013, 2014 - Royal Literary Fellowship at Leeds Trinity University 2012 - Olympic Torchbearer in Sheffield 2011 - Paper Tigers chose Let's Celebrate! Festival Poems... as Book of the Month 2009 - 1st Prize in Muse India Poetry Translation Competition with poems & songs by Kazi Nazrul Islam 2008 - Runner-up in Muse India Short Story Competition 2008 - MBE for 'services to Literature' in the Queen's New Year Honours 17 March 2008 - Irish Community Recognition & Honour Award from Sheffield Irish Society 2007 - Mango Shake selected Book of the Birmingham Festival 2006-2009 - Royal Literary Fellowship at York St John University 2004 - Rainbow World selected as EMMA Finalist 2006 - Honorary Life Membership & Certificate from Nasir Kazmi Society, Lahore, for fulfilling the Society's aims & especially for her work in editing and translating Generations of Ghazals: Ghazals by Nasir Kazmi & Basir Sultan Kazmi 21 Nov. 2002 - Honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University for 'outstanding contribution to Literature, the Arts & Community Service' 2000 - Raymond Williams Runner-up Prize for The Redbeck Anthology of British South Asian Poetry 1999 - 'Khitish' shortlisted by Matthew Sweeney as one of the best poems published by Crocus in Manchester 1997 - 'Fifty Years Late' selected Poem of the Month by the Poetry Society 1995 - Arts Council 'Women in the Arts Travel Award' 1995 - Yorkshire & Humberside Arts Writer's Award for poetry 1994 - Bengali Women's Support Group won a National Adult Learners' Group Award for their contribution to the Sahitya Press anthology Sweet & Sour / Omlo Modhur 1992 - 2nd Prize for 'Visiting E M Forster' in the Southport Writers Circle Open Poetry Competition 1992 - 'Invitation to the Party' won Special Mention in the Ripley Poetry Competition 1992 - 'Words Between Us' Highly Commended in the Bournmouth International Festival Poetry Competition 1992 - 'Koinobori' Commended in the English Explorer Magazine National Poetry Competition 1990 - First Prize for Barbed Lines / Katar Rekha in the Raymond Williams Community Publishing Competition 1990 - The Elephant-Headed God & Other Hindu Tales selected for Children's Books of the Year 1989 - Lancaster Litfest Poetry Prize for 'The Elephant' 1989 - Peterloo Poets Prize for 'The Parrot Fortune-Teller' & 'To the English Language' 1989 - 'Two-faced' shortlisted for Artrage Literature Awards 1989 - 'Paolozzi's Magic Kingdom' shortlisted for Artrage Literature Awards 1968 - Shankar's International Children's Prize for Poetry OTHER PRIZES, AWARDS & HONOURS June 2010 - Finalist for the Lesley Pearse Woman of Courage Award, Penguin Books 17 March 2009 - Irish Festival Certificate for 'outstanding contribution to the Irish community & Irish festivals', from Sheffield Irish Society 1976 - Senate Studentship at the University of Lancaster 1969, 1971, 1972 - President's Scholarship, American University in Cairo 1968, 1970 - Full Tuition Scholarship, American University in Cairo
