Farhana Shaikh is a writer and publisher born in Leicester. She is the founding editor of The Asian Writer, an online magazine championing Asian literature. In 2010 she established Dahlia Publishing to publish regional and diverse writing talent. She has facilitated creative writing workshops and judged competitions in the UK and India.

In 2010, Farhana received an Arts bursary from the Royal Shakespeare Company. This gave her the opportunity to venture into arts journalism and be mentored by the Independent’s art editor, David Lister. Farhana now regularly reviews productions for The Public Reviews. She writes feature articles, poetry, short stories and scripts.

Farhana lives in Leicester with her husband and their two children. She is a social media enthusiast and tweets about books and publishing.