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Inside Wasafiri 123, you'll find interviews with Andre Bagoo and Christina Sharpe, a lead feature poem by Devika Rege, our 2024 Essay Prize winning articles…
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📣 Orders are now open for our latest issue, Wasafiri 123!
Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
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Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
Find slowness, rest, healing, and growth in your writing practice in 2026 with our new Writer in Residence, Cara Thompson 🌿
The first workshop on Tuesday, 13 January will experiment with restorative, unhurried writing that embraces slowness as a creative companion.
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The first workshop on Tuesday, 13 January will experiment with restorative, unhurried writing that embraces slowness as a creative companion.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Find slowness, rest, healing, and growth in your writing practice in 2026 with our new Writer in Residence, Cara Thompson 🌿
The first workshop on Tuesday, 13 January will experiment with restorative, unhurried writing that embraces slowness as a creative companion.
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The first workshop on Tuesday, 13 January will experiment with restorative, unhurried writing that embraces slowness as a creative companion.
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And we're out! 👋
The Wasafiri office is now closed until Monday, 5 January. All new orders will be shipped in the first week of January.
Wishing you all a safe and merry festive season. We especially hope you can catch up on reading!
With love, warmth, and solidarity,
The Wasafiri team
The Wasafiri office is now closed until Monday, 5 January. All new orders will be shipped in the first week of January.
Wishing you all a safe and merry festive season. We especially hope you can catch up on reading!
With love, warmth, and solidarity,
The Wasafiri team
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And we're out! 👋
The Wasafiri office is now closed until Monday, 5 January. All new orders will be shipped in the first week of January.
Wishing you all a safe and merry festive season. We especially hope you can catch up on reading!
With love, warmth, and solidarity,
The Wasafiri team
The Wasafiri office is now closed until Monday, 5 January. All new orders will be shipped in the first week of January.
Wishing you all a safe and merry festive season. We especially hope you can catch up on reading!
With love, warmth, and solidarity,
The Wasafiri team
Our Associate Editor Zoe Norridge reflects on her experience co-editing Wasafiri 104: Human Rights Cultures and how the magazine is a great place for amplifying writing from non-English languages in the Anglosphere and beyond.
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If you also value Wasafiri's work, then please support: buff.ly/B6eOI5K
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Our Associate Editor Zoe Norridge reflects on her experience co-editing Wasafiri 104: Human Rights Cultures and how the magazine is a great place for amplifying writing from non-English languages in the Anglosphere and beyond.
If you also value Wasafiri's work, then please support: buff.ly/B6eOI5K
If you also value Wasafiri's work, then please support: buff.ly/B6eOI5K
In this moving tribute – with an accompanying visual travelogue spanning South Africa and Scotland – Kai Easton explores the legacy of late South African writer, Zoë Wicomb, reflecting especially on her relationship to photography.
All images courtesy of Kai Easton.
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All images courtesy of Kai Easton.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In this moving tribute – with an accompanying visual travelogue spanning South Africa and Scotland – Kai Easton explores the legacy of late South African writer, Zoë Wicomb, reflecting especially on her relationship to photography.
All images courtesy of Kai Easton.
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All images courtesy of Kai Easton.
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From powerful, provocative arguments to candid, intimate insights into the labyrinths of the publishing world, our four most-read online pieces this year were by Abeera Khan, Sawad Hussain, @antonhur.com, & Sasha Debevec-McKenney.
Which Wasafiri piece stayed with you this year? Let us know!
Which Wasafiri piece stayed with you this year? Let us know!
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From powerful, provocative arguments to candid, intimate insights into the labyrinths of the publishing world, our four most-read online pieces this year were by Abeera Khan, Sawad Hussain, @antonhur.com, & Sasha Debevec-McKenney.
Which Wasafiri piece stayed with you this year? Let us know!
Which Wasafiri piece stayed with you this year? Let us know!
Have your say in shaping the growth and future of a leading literary publication – our short readership survey offers a space for you, as our readers, to give feedback on our work and share ideas on how we can grow as a magazine in the coming years.
Closes at 11.59pm on 19 Jan.
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Closes at 11.59pm on 19 Jan.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have your say in shaping the growth and future of a leading literary publication – our short readership survey offers a space for you, as our readers, to give feedback on our work and share ideas on how we can grow as a magazine in the coming years.
Closes at 11.59pm on 19 Jan.
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Closes at 11.59pm on 19 Jan.
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As part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, @divyaghelani.bsky.social spoke with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder of Hopscotch Reading Room, a Berlin-based English-language bookshop since 2017 and a haven for the intellectual – and political – bibliophile.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, @divyaghelani.bsky.social spoke with Siddhartha Lokanandi, founder of Hopscotch Reading Room, a Berlin-based English-language bookshop since 2017 and a haven for the intellectual – and political – bibliophile.
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3 DAYS LEFT! Our festive sale ends on 16 December - sign up now for a one-year Wasafiri digital subscription for the reduced price of £20.
Gain access to our entire 40+ years archive and early digital access to all our forthcoming issues as soon as they release.
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Gain access to our entire 40+ years archive and early digital access to all our forthcoming issues as soon as they release.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
3 DAYS LEFT! Our festive sale ends on 16 December - sign up now for a one-year Wasafiri digital subscription for the reduced price of £20.
Gain access to our entire 40+ years archive and early digital access to all our forthcoming issues as soon as they release.
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Gain access to our entire 40+ years archive and early digital access to all our forthcoming issues as soon as they release.
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In collaboration with UK Small Press Futures – a collective of UK independent publishers – Wasafiri is hosting an afternoon of panels dedicated to the future of independent presses.
When: Wed, 21 January, 2-6pm GMT
Where: BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London
Tickets: £15
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When: Wed, 21 January, 2-6pm GMT
Where: BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London
Tickets: £15
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December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In collaboration with UK Small Press Futures – a collective of UK independent publishers – Wasafiri is hosting an afternoon of panels dedicated to the future of independent presses.
When: Wed, 21 January, 2-6pm GMT
Where: BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London
Tickets: £15
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When: Wed, 21 January, 2-6pm GMT
Where: BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London
Tickets: £15
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Weaving in her own personal experiences, Nathalie Teitler draws on the work of British Latinx writers Juana Adcock, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Patrizia Longhitano, and Marina Sánchez to explore the physicality of women's writing, migration, (dis)embodiment, and more, in this essay: buff.ly/p7eFCJc
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Weaving in her own personal experiences, Nathalie Teitler draws on the work of British Latinx writers Juana Adcock, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Patrizia Longhitano, and Marina Sánchez to explore the physicality of women's writing, migration, (dis)embodiment, and more, in this essay: buff.ly/p7eFCJc
Wasafiri's Deputy Editor, Vamika Sinha, spoke to Botswana-based writer Lauri Kubuitsile about her novel, THE SCATTERING — a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the Herero and Nama genocide and Second Anglo-Boer War in southern Africa.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wasafiri's Deputy Editor, Vamika Sinha, spoke to Botswana-based writer Lauri Kubuitsile about her novel, THE SCATTERING — a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the Herero and Nama genocide and Second Anglo-Boer War in southern Africa.
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Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia - British Latinx Writing & Art is now available to read for our digital subscribers and those with access to Taylor & Francis 💻
If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue: buff.ly/OWMJ4pb
If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue: buff.ly/OWMJ4pb
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia - British Latinx Writing & Art is now available to read for our digital subscribers and those with access to Taylor & Francis 💻
If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue: buff.ly/OWMJ4pb
If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue: buff.ly/OWMJ4pb
'There's never been a more important time to champion Wasafiri.'
Our Trustee, Anjali Ramachandran, speaks about our magazine as a vital place for international writing in the contemporary landscape, and a platform that has helped many great writers break through.
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Our Trustee, Anjali Ramachandran, speaks about our magazine as a vital place for international writing in the contemporary landscape, and a platform that has helped many great writers break through.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
'There's never been a more important time to champion Wasafiri.'
Our Trustee, Anjali Ramachandran, speaks about our magazine as a vital place for international writing in the contemporary landscape, and a platform that has helped many great writers break through.
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Our Trustee, Anjali Ramachandran, speaks about our magazine as a vital place for international writing in the contemporary landscape, and a platform that has helped many great writers break through.
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We are honoured to publish two new poems – 'Bird' and 'Just A Simple Life' – by Haia Mohammed, a 22-year-old poet from Khan Younis in Gaza, reflecting some of her experiences, pains, and dreams living through occupation and genocide.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We are honoured to publish two new poems – 'Bird' and 'Just A Simple Life' – by Haia Mohammed, a 22-year-old poet from Khan Younis in Gaza, reflecting some of her experiences, pains, and dreams living through occupation and genocide.
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Read here: buff.ly/318kw57
Celebrate our forthcoming issue Wasafiri 124: Presencia & Resistencia, guest co-edited by Karina Lickorish Quinn and Leo Boix. This special event @britishlibrary.bsky.social brings together leading British Latinx writers including Juana Adcock and @yararf.bsky.social.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Celebrate our forthcoming issue Wasafiri 124: Presencia & Resistencia, guest co-edited by Karina Lickorish Quinn and Leo Boix. This special event @britishlibrary.bsky.social brings together leading British Latinx writers including Juana Adcock and @yararf.bsky.social.
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Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia – British Latinx Writing & Art, is available to preorder now!
Guest edited by Leo Boix & Karina Lickorish Quinn, this issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latin American & Latinx communities.
Guest edited by Leo Boix & Karina Lickorish Quinn, this issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latin American & Latinx communities.
Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia — British Latinx Writing & Art
Our winter special issue, guest co-edited by Leo Boix and Karina Lickorish Quinn…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia – British Latinx Writing & Art, is available to preorder now!
Guest edited by Leo Boix & Karina Lickorish Quinn, this issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latin American & Latinx communities.
Guest edited by Leo Boix & Karina Lickorish Quinn, this issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latin American & Latinx communities.
Our festive offers are not over just yet! We're offering one-year Digital Subscriptions to Wasafiri for the reduced price of £20 ✨
Sale ends Tuesday 16 December. Don't miss this huge discount!
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Sale ends Tuesday 16 December. Don't miss this huge discount!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our festive offers are not over just yet! We're offering one-year Digital Subscriptions to Wasafiri for the reduced price of £20 ✨
Sale ends Tuesday 16 December. Don't miss this huge discount!
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Sale ends Tuesday 16 December. Don't miss this huge discount!
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🎁 ONE DAY LEFT FOR OUR FESTIVE SALE: All Wasafiri bundles (four magazines curated around a specific subject, theme, or major writer in our archive) are on discount at £30 only until 1 Dec!
The perfect gift for any literature/book lover in your life.
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The perfect gift for any literature/book lover in your life.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎁 ONE DAY LEFT FOR OUR FESTIVE SALE: All Wasafiri bundles (four magazines curated around a specific subject, theme, or major writer in our archive) are on discount at £30 only until 1 Dec!
The perfect gift for any literature/book lover in your life.
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The perfect gift for any literature/book lover in your life.
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Read an extract from a new anthology from @commapress.bsky.social, PALESTINE - 1: STORIES FROM THE EVE OF THE NAKBA, a collection of Palestinian writing, ed. by Basma Ghalayini. 'I Swear, This All Happened' is a magical realist short story by Liana Badr, trans. by Maisa Almanasreh.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Read an extract from a new anthology from @commapress.bsky.social, PALESTINE - 1: STORIES FROM THE EVE OF THE NAKBA, a collection of Palestinian writing, ed. by Basma Ghalayini. 'I Swear, This All Happened' is a magical realist short story by Liana Badr, trans. by Maisa Almanasreh.
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We're delighted to be partnering with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature on two events in Jan.
'Writing Home' considers writing about where we come from when home is no longer what it was.
'A Family Affair' explores what holds families together & what tears them apart.
'Writing Home' considers writing about where we come from when home is no longer what it was.
'A Family Affair' explores what holds families together & what tears them apart.
Wasafiri at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
We're delighted to partner with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature on two special events in January.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We're delighted to be partnering with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature on two events in Jan.
'Writing Home' considers writing about where we come from when home is no longer what it was.
'A Family Affair' explores what holds families together & what tears them apart.
'Writing Home' considers writing about where we come from when home is no longer what it was.
'A Family Affair' explores what holds families together & what tears them apart.
Join three online workshops – curated and led by Wasafiri's Writer in Residence Cara Thompson – to explore how the earth’s natural rhythms can nurture a softer, more sustainable writing practice and directly inspire the works that we create.
Concession passes available.
Concession passes available.
Slow Poetry: Writing through Hibernation workshops with Cara Thompson
Attend three online writing workshops curated and led by Wasafiri's Writer in Residence Cara Thompson.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join three online workshops – curated and led by Wasafiri's Writer in Residence Cara Thompson – to explore how the earth’s natural rhythms can nurture a softer, more sustainable writing practice and directly inspire the works that we create.
Concession passes available.
Concession passes available.
Selina Nwulu unpacks the impetus behind her debut essay collection, BLACK CLIMATES – 'an exploration of climate breakdown through the lens of the Black experience' – in a new essay for Wasafiri.org.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Selina Nwulu unpacks the impetus behind her debut essay collection, BLACK CLIMATES – 'an exploration of climate breakdown through the lens of the Black experience' – in a new essay for Wasafiri.org.
Read now: buff.ly/vjbQ8eZ
Read now: buff.ly/vjbQ8eZ
It was a pleasure to work on these four beautiful magazines and collaborate with the many diverse individuals and institutions we worked with in 2025. We hope you'll pick up a copy, share with your friends, and support our work nurturing literary communities across the world.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It was a pleasure to work on these four beautiful magazines and collaborate with the many diverse individuals and institutions we worked with in 2025. We hope you'll pick up a copy, share with your friends, and support our work nurturing literary communities across the world.
Thanks to all who joined us for our annual Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize ceremony this year at Southbank Centre 🎊
It was a joy to celebrate our three winners Flora Beagley, Luke Liu, Jo Bardsley (Fiction), and all of our shortlistees!
The 2026 Prize will open next year — until then!
It was a joy to celebrate our three winners Flora Beagley, Luke Liu, Jo Bardsley (Fiction), and all of our shortlistees!
The 2026 Prize will open next year — until then!
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thanks to all who joined us for our annual Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize ceremony this year at Southbank Centre 🎊
It was a joy to celebrate our three winners Flora Beagley, Luke Liu, Jo Bardsley (Fiction), and all of our shortlistees!
The 2026 Prize will open next year — until then!
It was a joy to celebrate our three winners Flora Beagley, Luke Liu, Jo Bardsley (Fiction), and all of our shortlistees!
The 2026 Prize will open next year — until then!
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of our winter 2025 issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia — British Latinx Writing & Art!
Guest co-edited by Leo Boix and Karina Lickorish Quinn, the issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latinx communities.
Guest co-edited by Leo Boix and Karina Lickorish Quinn, the issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latinx communities.
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of our winter 2025 issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia — British Latinx Writing & Art!
Guest co-edited by Leo Boix and Karina Lickorish Quinn, the issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latinx communities.
Guest co-edited by Leo Boix and Karina Lickorish Quinn, the issue critically explores the vibrancy and creativity of the British Latinx communities.