Gautam Malkani, author of the book Londonstani, has been nominated for the Decibel Writer of the Year Award at this year’s British Book Awards. This is a new award for a writer of fiction, narrative non-fiction or poetry who is of African, Caribbean or Asian descent and has made the greatest contribution towards or impact on the literary year.

Set in Hounslow, it’s the story of the lives of a gang of four young Asian men trying to work out a place for themselves in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents’ generation.
Also see: Gautam interviewed for AIM magazine.
www.gautammalkani.com