Anita Sethi

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Anita Sethi is a British journalist and writer.

Sethi was born in Manchester, England. [1] She has written for The Guardian, The Observer, [2] The Sunday Times , The Independent , the New Statesman , Granta , and The Times Literary Supplement . In broadcasting, she has appeared as a critic, commentator and presenter on several BBC programmes and is a regular speaker and chair at festivals in the UK and internationally. [3] She has been published in anthologies including 'The Wild Isles', 'Women on Nature', and 'Way Makers'. She was an International Writer in Residence [4] at the Emerging Writers' Festival in Melbourne, Australia. She has been a Judge of the Women's Prize for Fiction, [5] British Book Awards, and Costa Book Awards. She has been a tutor at Manchester Metropolitan University's Writing School. [6]

Sethi is the author of the memoir I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain, published in 2021. [7] [8] In 2021, I Belong Here was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize in the Nature Writing category [9] and won a Books Are My Bag Award. It was also nominated for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize 2022 for an outstanding work that 'evokes the spirit of a place'.

References

  1. ↑ Sanderson, Caroline (22 January 2021). "Anita Sethi - 'Healing comes from keeping open to the world and to other people'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Anita Sethi". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Latitude Festival artist profile". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Anita Sethi". The Wheeler Centre.
  5. ↑ Harry, Aaliayah. "Judges Revealed For The Women's Prize For Fiction 2022". Grazia. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Anita Sethi". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Das, Shanti (18 April 2021). "I Belong Here by Anita Sethi, review — on the trail of identity in the Pennines". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Sturges, Fiona (21 April 2021). "I Belong Here by Anita Sethi review – a healing journey". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (21 August 2021). "Sethi, Winn and Rebanks shortlisted for Wainwright Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 5 August 2021.


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