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
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
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
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
This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, TV development producer turned Hackney Therapist Kelly Field proves Wit Therapy is now a thing! Don’t miss!
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-kelly-field/
https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-kelly-field
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
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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/category/battle-of-the-wits
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.
