Ayesha Farhat Moosa

Ayesha lives in Norway with her husband and two beautiful daughters. She was raised in Pakistan and worked for several years in Islamabad before moving to Norway, where she currently has a day-job as head of a product team. In 2022 she won a bursary for Jericho Writer’s Self-Edit Your Novel course. Her work has been long-listed in the Bath Novel Award 2021 and 2022, and shortlisted in the Page Turner Writing Mentorship Award 2023. Her short story ‘Once Upon A Fly’ is published in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Anthology 2023.

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Writing Mentorship Award 2023
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Comments

Tracy Stewart Tue, 08/08/2023 - 17:31

Excellent scene setting within these opening pages, well-written tension and you can feel the sensation of overwhelm of the lead character.

There is also a subtle but effective sense of place and culture that makes me want to read on.

The opening sequence of the exchange of letters to the magazine is an unusual but effective device to draw in the reader.

A very promising start and I think the premise. holds great potential for a modern, relevant and fresh story.

Ayesha Farhat Tue, 15/08/2023 - 20:09

Thank you Tracy for the lovely and uplifting comments. I'm so encouraged by this feedback and thrilled to be on the longlist!