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Following on from my conversation with poet, humanitarian and Afghan women’s rights advocate Shikha S Lamba that was published this week in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, I wrote a short news piece for BUZZ on Shikha’s latest initiatives and how you can help! Thanks to BUZZ editor Robin Bradbeer for publishing.

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/09/from-poetry-to-action-shikha-s-lamba-lights-the-way

You can read our conversation in Cha, Challenging the Patriarchy with Poetry & Prose here: https://chajournal.com/2026/09/19/shikha-s-lamba

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BUZZ have just reprinted my conversation about Art, Memoir and The Books that Read Us with the amazing Holly Sykes that was first published by The Hooghly Review. Thanks to editor Robin Bradbeer for championing not just me but the writers and artists I am fortunate enough to work with and champion. Buzz and The Hooghly Review have reciprocal arrangement where Buzz reprint The Writer’s Gauntlet as Battle of The Wits within 48 hours of The Hooghly Review publishing it.

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/09/judging-books-judging-us-art-memoir-and-the-books-that-read-us-sadie-kaye-and-holly-sykes-go-beyond-the-book-cover

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Bestselling author Nadia Hashimi is the latest intrepid writer to brave my Writer’s Gauntlet. For once though, you won’t need a box of tissues. She’s witterific! Her take-down of the patriarchy aptly coincided with the news feminist icon Gloria Steinem had passed. (RIP) It’s Nads!!!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-nadia-hashimi

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/09/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-nadia-hashimi

Nadia on Goodreads

Nadia’s website

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The latest wit to brave my Writer’s Gauntlet is so English he bleeds Earl Grey tea. His profile pic is a whodunnit. It’s writer, editor and raconteur Julian Lyden…in the kitchen…with the cucumber…🥒 He’s also the co-founder of a brand new publisher Inbound Outbound Books along with another great wit and Gauntlet survivor, Jonathan Han! 

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-julian-lyden

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-julian-lyden

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye Art Witch and playwright Lindsey McAlister starts glitter-fuelled revolution in teen mental health! The vibes are immaculate but impossible to vacuum…

This is my second detour down memory lane (as an alumnus of the HKYAF) with local legend Lindsey. We were caught waving frantically at life in Cha in July!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-lindsey-mcalister

The weekly reprint (with permission of The Hooghly Review) has just gone live in BUZZ:

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-lindsey-mcalister

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, witty novelist and essayist Nathan Lauer shows how far up the glass escalator this mediocre white man can fall. (There’s nothing ‘mediocre’ about this man..!)

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-nathan-lauer

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/the-battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-nathan-lauer

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Joãowow Lucas survived a near-fatal choking by American crime novelist Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to duel with me on this week’s rendition of The Writer’s Gauntlet! The first rule of The Writer’s Gauntlet is you cannot talk about The Writer’s Gauntlet….

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-joaowow-lucas

@jhlucas03 @chuckalahniuk @kayesadie @thehooghlyreview

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BUZZ have been granted permission by The Hooghly Review to reprint my weekly column, The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye. They chose a different title for it though! Battle of The Wits is also the name of the affiliated podcast, which will be launching in all the usual podcast places (and some unusual ones) later this year! You can also follow our playlist of music from the IG posts of the columns on Spotify. Enjoy!

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/06/the-hooghly-review-presents-the-writers-gauntlet-with-sadie-kaye-featuring-helen-lederer

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/category/battle-of-the-wits

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Thanks to my old comrades at Buzz for the coverage of the London premiere of To Love A Narcissist at Everyman Cinema and screening at Century Club!!

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/05/sai-kung-media-star-sadie-kaye-to-premiere-new-movie-in-london

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/06/sadie-kaye-attends-london-premiere-of-to-love-a-narcissist

Photos from London premiere at Everyman Cinema and VIP screening of To Love A Narcissist at Century Club, Shaftesbury Ave, London 9 May 2026. Sadie pictured with director Raffaello Degruttola, stars of the film Lyndsey Marshal and Sule Rimi, TJ Morgan, Geoffrey Nganga and other invited guests.