Winner of the English Media Award - Anand Raj OK of Friday Magazine The inaugural Media Awards have been announced and we would like to extend our gratitude to our winners, Rasha Al Maleh from Al Bayan and Anand Raj OK from Gulf News Friday Magazine, for their ardent support covering the 2017 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. The Festival has enjoyed being centre-stage in the UAE media’s publications with countless interviews with Festival authors and staff and we would like to bring those behind the scenes into spotlight. The interviewers now become the interviewees! Hear from the English language winner below:
- Congratulations on your win. What does this award mean for you?
- Can you tell us a little about how you got into writing?
- Who is your favourite author and what is your favourite book?
- Could you share one of your favourite encounters at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature?
- Who would be your dream guest author for the Festival?
- What are your thoughts on the importance of literature and reading in the UAE?