Fatima Bhutto is working on an initiative to support authors while we’re all social distancing.
The writer collaborated with The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch author Sanam Maher to launch Stay Home – Stay Reading – a project to support all the writers and readers whose work has been affected negatively due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bhutto took to Instagram to reveal the news:
“One video will be a short reading from their own work that they want to share with new readers, and the second video will be them recommending books that they love, or that are bringing them some comfort and solace in these strange moments that we’re going through.”
Sanam Maher@SanamMKhiFatima @fbhutto and I are so pleased to share ‘Stay Home, Stay Reading’, a project we’ve been working on to support writers affected by litfest/event cancellations, shop closures and the need for social distancing. Watch our video for more info #stayhomestayreading
Art: @shehzilm
Sanam Maher added, “What we really want is for writers to have some support right now.”
Both Bhutto and Maher had to cancel their book events due to the spread of the coronavirus.
“We just wanted to allow writers to get some space where they can talk to you about their books, share their work, and just tell you what else they’re reading. Its comforting to be read to, right now. Its quite nice,” explained Maher.
