Stories by 18 writers from the Write Afghanistan project were published in the UK in My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women (MacLehose Press, 2022).
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird is a landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women, with an introduction by Lyse Doucet and an afterword by Lucy Hannah.
It has been published in the USA, Japan and Korea. Individual stories have been published online in many literary journals around the world.
“Powerful, profound and deeply moving, these stories will expand your mind and elevate your heart” – Elif Shafak
“This book is a precious collection of work, the first and maybe last of its kind. My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird is a huge accomplishment” – Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
