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Glasgow s Sumayya Usmani named Scottish Book Trust s Next Chapter Award winner for 2021
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Clarkston-based Sumayya Usmani recently turned to narrative writing after having started out writing cookbooks. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Usmani practised law for 12 years before taking up writing professionally, seeking to touch the hearts of Asian readers and inspire others through personal and human stories of food, culture and history. She has written two cookbooks on Pakistani culture – Summers Under the Tamarind Tree, which won the Gourmand Award for Best First Cookbook, and Mountain Berries and Desert Spice, which was shortlisted for the Food and Travel Awards. Usmani is currently working on a food memoir, Andaza, about her upbringing on merchant navy vessels and in Pakistan. The book is set against the backdrop of political unrest and challenges in the country during the 1980s. She additionally runs Kaleyard, Glasgow’s first non-profit social enterprise cook school. Usmani said: “I’m honoured to win this award and thank Scottish Book Trust for this