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WritersMosaic Magazine | Uncommonly Brilliant New Writing
WritersMosaic magazine from the Royal Literary Fund: Uncommonly brilliant interviews, reviews, non-fiction and fiction from UK writers.
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We are #WritersMosaic, an independent, inclusive and evolving presence in the UK’s literary landscape, offering rare and in-depth insight into the lives and practices of contemporary writers and we are happy to be here on @bsky.app, get to know us bit.ly/3QYWzJO
'One stressful night, young TJ steps onto a bus with no destination – only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter with a passenger', from Sapphire’s blues by Connor Allen, a Mosaic Monologue bit.ly/4qTShnY
Sapphire's blues | WritersMosaic Magazine
Connor Allen's tale follows TJ, who steps on a bus, only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'One stressful night, young TJ steps onto a bus with no destination – only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter with a passenger', from Sapphire’s blues by Connor Allen, a Mosaic Monologue bit.ly/4qTShnY
In Soon Come, readers are treated to a narrative that has been, figuratively speaking, marinated in jerk seasoning. Robert Donald reviews Kuba Shand-Baptiste's debut novel bit.ly/4oVfi8h
Soon Come | WritersMosaic Magazine
Robert Donald reviews Soon Come, the début novel by Kuba Shand-Baptiste, which delves into themes of migration, marginality and friendship.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In Soon Come, readers are treated to a narrative that has been, figuratively speaking, marinated in jerk seasoning. Robert Donald reviews Kuba Shand-Baptiste's debut novel bit.ly/4oVfi8h
In the latest production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com, London, the musical depicts all of Jamaican life on stage with thrilling simplicity, @colincraiggrant.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/47j7lUk
The Harder They Come | WritersMosaic Magazine
Colin Grant reviews the latest production of the musical The Harder They Come at Stratford East, London, adapted by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the latest production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com, London, the musical depicts all of Jamaican life on stage with thrilling simplicity, @colincraiggrant.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/47j7lUk
Orna is the focus of episode 64 of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Orna is an actor who was born in Israel and moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK bit.ly/47Rg6Fg
Orna | WritersMosaic Magazine
Orna, an actor born in Israel who moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK, is interviewed for What We Leave We Carry.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Orna is the focus of episode 64 of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Orna is an actor who was born in Israel and moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK bit.ly/47Rg6Fg
Veronica Chambers' cultural highlights: the legacy of Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate @nationaltheatre.org.uk, artist Yoshimoto Nara, Edward Lee's animations, the audiobook of Jane Austen's Persuasion, & Rewriting History by Fabiola Jean-Louis bit.ly/49wMOwQ
Veronica Chambers's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Veronica Chambers on Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate at the National Theatre, the artist Yoshimoto Nara, Jane Austen's Persuasion, and more.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Veronica Chambers' cultural highlights: the legacy of Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate @nationaltheatre.org.uk, artist Yoshimoto Nara, Edward Lee's animations, the audiobook of Jane Austen's Persuasion, & Rewriting History by Fabiola Jean-Louis bit.ly/49wMOwQ
'I’m very privileged and fortunate to have worked in medicine because it gives you exposure to humanity in every incarnation', poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag bit.ly/3Ll0VeK
Suhayl Saadi in conversation with Bashabi Fraser | WritersMosaic Magazine
The poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
'I’m very privileged and fortunate to have worked in medicine because it gives you exposure to humanity in every incarnation', poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag bit.ly/3Ll0VeK
We are proud to be introducing our new six-part audio drama series - Mosaic Monologues - featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. We kick-start the series with Mara Menzies' Creation bit.ly/42R7BHv
Mosaic Monologues | WritersMosaic Magazine
A six-part audio drama series featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. The short monologues range from a protagonist whose fear becomes a gremlin-like creature inhabiting their body, t...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are proud to be introducing our new six-part audio drama series - Mosaic Monologues - featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. We kick-start the series with Mara Menzies' Creation bit.ly/42R7BHv
Playwright Ishy Din and sacred teacher and writer @johnsiddique.bsky.social discuss their experience of directing and producing the new series, #MosaicMonologues, starting on 22 October and featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic bit.ly/4qkPp3g
Ishy Din in conversation with John Siddique | WritersMosaic Magazine
John Siddique talks to Ishy Din about directing and producing Mosaic Monologues, featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Playwright Ishy Din and sacred teacher and writer @johnsiddique.bsky.social discuss their experience of directing and producing the new series, #MosaicMonologues, starting on 22 October and featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic bit.ly/4qkPp3g
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Spoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025
Writer @aniefiokekp.bsky.social reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers in #CloseUp, 'Wow, diaspora for real' bit.ly/4h9OhLp
Wow, diaspora for real | WritersMosaic Magazine
Writer Aniefiok Ekpoudom reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Writer @aniefiokekp.bsky.social reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers in #CloseUp, 'Wow, diaspora for real' bit.ly/4h9OhLp
In episode 63 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Hani Arnaout tells his story of how, after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon bit.ly/48W3DBa
Hani Arnaout | WritersMosaic Magazine
Hani Arnaout tells his story of how after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In episode 63 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Hani Arnaout tells his story of how, after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon bit.ly/48W3DBa
‘To imagine a better world, we must first acknowledge that countless sacrifices have rendered society indifferent to injustice.’ Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad’s ironic depiction of the ‘Frontier of Gems' featured ep. on Iranian Women's Voices bit.ly/4n5Mk4a
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October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
‘To imagine a better world, we must first acknowledge that countless sacrifices have rendered society indifferent to injustice.’ Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad’s ironic depiction of the ‘Frontier of Gems' featured ep. on Iranian Women's Voices bit.ly/4n5Mk4a
Miraya McCoy works as an editorial assistant on @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social’s philosophy list, here she shares her #HitList: the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social, Blood Orange's album Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna and more bit.ly/3IDBynD
Miraya McCoy's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Miraya McCoy on Cursed Objects, Blood Orange's Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna, Behzad Dehno, and the Dead Dad Book.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Miraya McCoy works as an editorial assistant on @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social’s philosophy list, here she shares her #HitList: the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social, Blood Orange's album Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna and more bit.ly/3IDBynD
'How can we talk about our condition not as victims but saying do we really care? Yeah.' Love Ssega talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the power of art as activism and fighting for air #InConversation bit.ly/4mWAU2q
Love Ssega in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi | WritersMosaic Magazine
The musician, producer and writer Love Ssega reflects with Gabriel Gbadamosi on the power of art as activism and fighting for air.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'How can we talk about our condition not as victims but saying do we really care? Yeah.' Love Ssega talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the power of art as activism and fighting for air #InConversation bit.ly/4mWAU2q
Author and journalist @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing bit.ly/46Ir3sr
The Quiet Ear | WritersMosaic Magazine
Suzanne Harrington reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Author and journalist @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing bit.ly/46Ir3sr
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The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
The poet’s moving exploration of deafness, difference and identity
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August 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
Author Clementine Ewokolo Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere @traversetheatre.bsky.social, and the questions it raises about belonging, citizenship and solidarity bit.ly/4gZ3r6o
Nowhere | WritersMosaic Magazine
Clementine E Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere, which raises questions about belonging, citizenship, and solidarity.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Author Clementine Ewokolo Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere @traversetheatre.bsky.social, and the questions it raises about belonging, citizenship and solidarity bit.ly/4gZ3r6o
What if we could connect with our past lives and change our futures in the process? Ekta Bajaj – co-founder AIM Literary Festival & Author in Me – turns our attention to grappling with this question in her latest novel Let the Fish Fly, Maame Blue reviews bit.ly/42M7xIT
Let the Fish Fly | WritersMosaic Magazine
Maame Blue reviews a novel, which features prose, poetry and short stories, by Ekta Bajaj, founder of indie press Author in Me
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September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
What if we could connect with our past lives and change our futures in the process? Ekta Bajaj – co-founder AIM Literary Festival & Author in Me – turns our attention to grappling with this question in her latest novel Let the Fish Fly, Maame Blue reviews bit.ly/42M7xIT
In episode 56 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Mehredad, who came from Iran, says he feels the UK is welcoming, like a mother hen that takes all the chicks under her wings bit.ly/47X6g5h
Mehredad | WritersMosaic Magazine
Mehredad, originally from Iran, features in of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In episode 56 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Mehredad, who came from Iran, says he feels the UK is welcoming, like a mother hen that takes all the chicks under her wings bit.ly/47X6g5h
'Conflicts I witnessed as a migrant child have stayed with me', Ethiopian-British actor, playwright & filmmaker Beru Tessema talks to Jonny Wright, about his film Lions and play Wolves on Road @westendtheatre.com bit.ly/46BJxuh
Beru Tessema in conversation with Jonny Wright | WritersMosaic Magazine
Beru Tessema, focusing on his film Lions and his play Wolves on Road, describes how he channels his migrant experience in his work.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'Conflicts I witnessed as a migrant child have stayed with me', Ethiopian-British actor, playwright & filmmaker Beru Tessema talks to Jonny Wright, about his film Lions and play Wolves on Road @westendtheatre.com bit.ly/46BJxuh
'A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common.' Dalia Al-Dujaili talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about her new book, Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration @saqibooks.bsky.social bit.ly/48gvrQg
Dalia Al-Dujaili in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi | WritersMosaic Magazine
Dalia Al-Dujaili, author of Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration, on ecology, Arab mythology and English folklore
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September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common.' Dalia Al-Dujaili talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about her new book, Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration @saqibooks.bsky.social bit.ly/48gvrQg
The novelist, essayist & translator Jhumpa Lahiri @Jhumpalahiri01 talks with Franklin Nelson about exophony - the act of crossing linguistic borders for a writer, and other stories, out now on #CloseUp bit.ly/48roPi7
Imperfect Speakers | WritersMosaic Magazine
Franklin Nelson talks to writer, translator and academic Jhumpa Lahiri about her lectures on exophonic women writers and her own writing
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September 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The novelist, essayist & translator Jhumpa Lahiri @Jhumpalahiri01 talks with Franklin Nelson about exophony - the act of crossing linguistic borders for a writer, and other stories, out now on #CloseUp bit.ly/48roPi7
‘My mother’s last words to me were, 'There is a giant in you and a weakling. Don't let the weakling prevail.’ Shara Atashi takes a poem by Forough Farrokhzad as a starting point for her reflections on women and Iranian identity, out now on #WritersMosaic bit.ly/4giUm82
My bejewelled land | WritersMosaic Magazine
Shara Atashi takes a poem by Forough Farrokhzad as a starting point for her reflections on women and Iranian identity.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘My mother’s last words to me were, 'There is a giant in you and a weakling. Don't let the weakling prevail.’ Shara Atashi takes a poem by Forough Farrokhzad as a starting point for her reflections on women and Iranian identity, out now on #WritersMosaic bit.ly/4giUm82
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We’re proud to support Contains Strong Language 🎤✨ Bradford’s festival of poetry, spoken word & performance, 18–21 Sept.
50+ FREE events: BBC broadcasts, workshops, new writing & exclusive performances - incl. our own John Siddique.
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50+ FREE events: BBC broadcasts, workshops, new writing & exclusive performances - incl. our own John Siddique.
Book now 👉 bradford2025.co.uk/event/contai...
August 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We’re proud to support Contains Strong Language 🎤✨ Bradford’s festival of poetry, spoken word & performance, 18–21 Sept.
50+ FREE events: BBC broadcasts, workshops, new writing & exclusive performances - incl. our own John Siddique.
Book now 👉 bradford2025.co.uk/event/contai...
50+ FREE events: BBC broadcasts, workshops, new writing & exclusive performances - incl. our own John Siddique.
Book now 👉 bradford2025.co.uk/event/contai...
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My latest piece for @writersmosaic.bsky.social, exploring my 1st visit to Shanghai (at long last), in search of my family’s past, & time spent on the WritersMosaic retreat in Italy: writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/voy... #migration #China #revolution #textileindustry #lilong #longtang #memoir
Voyage to a New World | WritersMosaic Magazine
Ming Ho on her experience of the WritersMosaic retreat at Villa Lugara, Italy and of her journey to Shanghai to explore her family history
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August 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My latest piece for @writersmosaic.bsky.social, exploring my 1st visit to Shanghai (at long last), in search of my family’s past, & time spent on the WritersMosaic retreat in Italy: writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/voy... #migration #China #revolution #textileindustry #lilong #longtang #memoir