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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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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.
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Thank you to Wasafiri, and to Sam Dapanas for their incisive, deeply attuned questions.
What a pleasure to chat ANNAH, INFINITE as speculative nonfiction and translation of a painting, the 1965 genocide, refusing ableist biases in art and literature, and more. #CripLit #Xl8
What a pleasure to chat ANNAH, INFINITE as speculative nonfiction and translation of a painting, the 1965 genocide, refusing ableist biases in art and literature, and more. #CripLit #Xl8
Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
It was a packed room for our Toxic Love & Borders event with Sophie Chauhan, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, lisa minerva luxx, & Vida Adamczewski ✨ The poetry afternoon was held at whitechapelgallery.bsky.social in partnership with the Centre for Contemporary Writing (QMUL) & @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It was a packed room for our Toxic Love & Borders event with Sophie Chauhan, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, lisa minerva luxx, & Vida Adamczewski ✨ The poetry afternoon was held at whitechapelgallery.bsky.social in partnership with the Centre for Contemporary Writing (QMUL) & @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social.
Congratulations to Wasafiri friends and contributors @juanapoetry.bsky.social, Don Mee Choi, Han Kang, and George Szirtes on gaining a place on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025! 🙌
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The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations to Wasafiri friends and contributors @juanapoetry.bsky.social, Don Mee Choi, Han Kang, and George Szirtes on gaining a place on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025! 🙌
If you missed our annual New Writing Prize ceremony last week, here's what our stellar judges had to say on the winners' work ...
The winning pieces will be published in print in our Spring 2026 issue, so watch this space.
Congratulations once again to Jo Bardsley, Flora Beagley, and Luke Liu!
The winning pieces will be published in print in our Spring 2026 issue, so watch this space.
Congratulations once again to Jo Bardsley, Flora Beagley, and Luke Liu!
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If you missed our annual New Writing Prize ceremony last week, here's what our stellar judges had to say on the winners' work ...
The winning pieces will be published in print in our Spring 2026 issue, so watch this space.
Congratulations once again to Jo Bardsley, Flora Beagley, and Luke Liu!
The winning pieces will be published in print in our Spring 2026 issue, so watch this space.
Congratulations once again to Jo Bardsley, Flora Beagley, and Luke Liu!
Read an extract from @suchmayer.bsky.social's forthcoming book, BAD LANGUAGE, a blend of memoir and manifesto exploring the politics of speech, and how language has been used – and abused – collectively and in their own life.
Exclusive Extract: Bad Language by So Mayer
Read an extract from So Mayer's forthcoming book, Bad Language, a blend of memoir and manifesto exploring the politics of speech…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Read an extract from @suchmayer.bsky.social's forthcoming book, BAD LANGUAGE, a blend of memoir and manifesto exploring the politics of speech, and how language has been used – and abused – collectively and in their own life.
Nobel Prize-winning author and playwright Wole Soyinka has had his US visa revoked under the Trump administration.
Wasafiri stands in solidarity with Soyinka in support of free speech and expression for all. We are sharing his words on the power & endurance of literature from Wasafiri's 1993 issue
Wasafiri stands in solidarity with Soyinka in support of free speech and expression for all. We are sharing his words on the power & endurance of literature from Wasafiri's 1993 issue
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nobel Prize-winning author and playwright Wole Soyinka has had his US visa revoked under the Trump administration.
Wasafiri stands in solidarity with Soyinka in support of free speech and expression for all. We are sharing his words on the power & endurance of literature from Wasafiri's 1993 issue
Wasafiri stands in solidarity with Soyinka in support of free speech and expression for all. We are sharing his words on the power & endurance of literature from Wasafiri's 1993 issue
Sarah Magnatta – Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art – introduces her Art essay in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123.
As part of the issue's special section on Tibet, she writes on artist Tenzing Rigdol's exhibition BIOGRAPHY OF A THOUGHT, held at the MET in 2024.
As part of the issue's special section on Tibet, she writes on artist Tenzing Rigdol's exhibition BIOGRAPHY OF A THOUGHT, held at the MET in 2024.
'Ideas change people's lives': Sarah Magnatta interviews artist Tenzing Rigdol
Sarah Magnatta – Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art at the University of Denver, Colorado – introduces her Art essay in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123. As part of the issue's special…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sarah Magnatta – Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art – introduces her Art essay in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123.
As part of the issue's special section on Tibet, she writes on artist Tenzing Rigdol's exhibition BIOGRAPHY OF A THOUGHT, held at the MET in 2024.
As part of the issue's special section on Tibet, she writes on artist Tenzing Rigdol's exhibition BIOGRAPHY OF A THOUGHT, held at the MET in 2024.
Franklyn Usouwa's acerbic short story is a satire set in an unnamed African country. Through a fictional character named Bobo, Usouwa critiques systems of censorship, repression, unbridled technological growth, and more.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Franklyn Usouwa's acerbic short story is a satire set in an unnamed African country. Through a fictional character named Bobo, Usouwa critiques systems of censorship, repression, unbridled technological growth, and more.
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Part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, three Berlin-based writers – @Rajeevbalasu, Vijay Khurana & @DenizUtlu – sat down for a filmed conversation with Wasafiri's @DivyaGhelani on what it means to write in Berlin today.
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Berlin Writers in Conversation
As part of the Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series led by our CHASE intern Divya Ghelani, three writers based in Berlin – Rajeev Balasubramanyam, Vijay Khurana, and Deniz Utlu – sat down together…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Part of our Writing the Self, Writing Berlin series, three Berlin-based writers – @Rajeevbalasu, Vijay Khurana & @DenizUtlu – sat down for a filmed conversation with Wasafiri's @DivyaGhelani on what it means to write in Berlin today.
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Watch now: buff.ly/PEpBfh6
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!
🌟 Poetry: Flora Beagley for ‘Sutton Hoo’
🌟 Fiction: @jobardsley.bsky.social for ‘Iko of Benin, King's Diver’
🌟 Life Writing: Luke Liu for ‘Chair Tombs on the Hill’
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🌟 Poetry: Flora Beagley for ‘Sutton Hoo’
🌟 Fiction: @jobardsley.bsky.social for ‘Iko of Benin, King's Diver’
🌟 Life Writing: Luke Liu for ‘Chair Tombs on the Hill’
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Meet the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in Poetry, Fiction, and Life Writing.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!
🌟 Poetry: Flora Beagley for ‘Sutton Hoo’
🌟 Fiction: @jobardsley.bsky.social for ‘Iko of Benin, King's Diver’
🌟 Life Writing: Luke Liu for ‘Chair Tombs on the Hill’
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🌟 Poetry: Flora Beagley for ‘Sutton Hoo’
🌟 Fiction: @jobardsley.bsky.social for ‘Iko of Benin, King's Diver’
🌟 Life Writing: Luke Liu for ‘Chair Tombs on the Hill’
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‘What becomes of gender and sexuality amidst the collapse of the liberal world order?’
In this essay, Dr Abeera Khan from SOAS’s Department of Gender Studies examines our current moment as one after homonationalism, where ‘the sparse and vanishing wages of inclusion lie exposed.’
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In this essay, Dr Abeera Khan from SOAS’s Department of Gender Studies examines our current moment as one after homonationalism, where ‘the sparse and vanishing wages of inclusion lie exposed.’
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October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘What becomes of gender and sexuality amidst the collapse of the liberal world order?’
In this essay, Dr Abeera Khan from SOAS’s Department of Gender Studies examines our current moment as one after homonationalism, where ‘the sparse and vanishing wages of inclusion lie exposed.’
buff.ly/vKAZqnk
In this essay, Dr Abeera Khan from SOAS’s Department of Gender Studies examines our current moment as one after homonationalism, where ‘the sparse and vanishing wages of inclusion lie exposed.’
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Huge congratulations to Feryal Ali-Gauhar, AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD ROSES has won the 2025 @banffcentre.bsky.social Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival Mountain Fiction & Poetry Award!
‘The language sings, weaving a spell’ @wasafirimag.bsky.social
‘The language sings, weaving a spell’ @wasafirimag.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Huge congratulations to Feryal Ali-Gauhar, AN ABUNDANCE OF WILD ROSES has won the 2025 @banffcentre.bsky.social Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival Mountain Fiction & Poetry Award!
‘The language sings, weaving a spell’ @wasafirimag.bsky.social
‘The language sings, weaving a spell’ @wasafirimag.bsky.social
Only 1 week left to apply for an editorial placement at Wasafiri – gain invaluable experience within an internationally recognised academic and literary journal.
DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday, 2 November
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DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday, 2 November
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October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Only 1 week left to apply for an editorial placement at Wasafiri – gain invaluable experience within an internationally recognised academic and literary journal.
DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday, 2 November
Apply here: buff.ly/2GT6zWi
DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday, 2 November
Apply here: buff.ly/2GT6zWi
Poetry London (@poetrylondon.bsky.social) launches its Autumn issue at the Southbank Centre this Sunday, 2 November 2025.
Featuring readings by Marjorie Lotfi, Nick Makoha, and Michael Symmons Roberts, plus the announcement of this year’s Poetry London Prize winners.
Tickets:
Featuring readings by Marjorie Lotfi, Nick Makoha, and Michael Symmons Roberts, plus the announcement of this year’s Poetry London Prize winners.
Tickets:
Poetry London: Autumn Readings | Southbank Centre
The UK's largest arts centre & the heart of London's cultural life.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Poetry London (@poetrylondon.bsky.social) launches its Autumn issue at the Southbank Centre this Sunday, 2 November 2025.
Featuring readings by Marjorie Lotfi, Nick Makoha, and Michael Symmons Roberts, plus the announcement of this year’s Poetry London Prize winners.
Tickets:
Featuring readings by Marjorie Lotfi, Nick Makoha, and Michael Symmons Roberts, plus the announcement of this year’s Poetry London Prize winners.
Tickets:
Catch award-winning writer and translator, @antonhur.com, deliver a public lecture in London this Wednesday, 29 October.
Anton will contemplate Han Kang's 2024 Nobel Prize win, alongside a wider discussion on literary prizes, translation, and the Anglophone publishing landscape.
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Anton will contemplate Han Kang's 2024 Nobel Prize win, alongside a wider discussion on literary prizes, translation, and the Anglophone publishing landscape.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Catch award-winning writer and translator, @antonhur.com, deliver a public lecture in London this Wednesday, 29 October.
Anton will contemplate Han Kang's 2024 Nobel Prize win, alongside a wider discussion on literary prizes, translation, and the Anglophone publishing landscape.
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Anton will contemplate Han Kang's 2024 Nobel Prize win, alongside a wider discussion on literary prizes, translation, and the Anglophone publishing landscape.
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In celebration of International Artists' Day today, we're launching a new bundle curated by our Art Editor, Leon Wainwright. These four issues gather some of the strongest art writing from our archive, all for the discounted price of £38. 🎨
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October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In celebration of International Artists' Day today, we're launching a new bundle curated by our Art Editor, Leon Wainwright. These four issues gather some of the strongest art writing from our archive, all for the discounted price of £38. 🎨
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Last chance to get a ticket for an intimate writing workshop with 2025 International Booker Prize winner Deepa Bhasthi!
Taking place online tomorrow from 11am.
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Taking place online tomorrow from 11am.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Last chance to get a ticket for an intimate writing workshop with 2025 International Booker Prize winner Deepa Bhasthi!
Taking place online tomorrow from 11am.
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Taking place online tomorrow from 11am.
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Only one week to go until our annual ceremony for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – one of the world's top prizes for emerging writers around the globe!
Come celebrate with us at the Southbank Centre next Thursday, 30 October from 7pm! Tickets available here:
Come celebrate with us at the Southbank Centre next Thursday, 30 October from 7pm! Tickets available here:
Wasafiri: New Writing Prize 2025 | Southbank Centre
The UK's largest arts centre & the heart of London's cultural life.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Only one week to go until our annual ceremony for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – one of the world's top prizes for emerging writers around the globe!
Come celebrate with us at the Southbank Centre next Thursday, 30 October from 7pm! Tickets available here:
Come celebrate with us at the Southbank Centre next Thursday, 30 October from 7pm! Tickets available here:
Poet @seanwaikeung.bsky.social reads his poem, ‘be like 水’, inspired by family, (un)belonging, and Bruce Lee, published in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123.
The poem is published in Wasafiri 123. The issue includes poetry from Rupam Baoni, Erica Hesketh, Chime Lama, and more.
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The poem is published in Wasafiri 123. The issue includes poetry from Rupam Baoni, Erica Hesketh, Chime Lama, and more.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Poet @seanwaikeung.bsky.social reads his poem, ‘be like 水’, inspired by family, (un)belonging, and Bruce Lee, published in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123.
The poem is published in Wasafiri 123. The issue includes poetry from Rupam Baoni, Erica Hesketh, Chime Lama, and more.
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The poem is published in Wasafiri 123. The issue includes poetry from Rupam Baoni, Erica Hesketh, Chime Lama, and more.
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Our heartiest congratulations to Dr @noreenmasud.bsky.social, who has been awarded a prestigious Philip @leverhulme.ac.uk Prize — one of only 30 recipients from across the UK who will receive £100,000.
Catch Noreen at our 2025 New Writing Prize ceremony next Thursday, 30 October!
Catch Noreen at our 2025 New Writing Prize ceremony next Thursday, 30 October!
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Our heartiest congratulations to Dr @noreenmasud.bsky.social, who has been awarded a prestigious Philip @leverhulme.ac.uk Prize — one of only 30 recipients from across the UK who will receive £100,000.
Catch Noreen at our 2025 New Writing Prize ceremony next Thursday, 30 October!
Catch Noreen at our 2025 New Writing Prize ceremony next Thursday, 30 October!
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This is so interesting! Just one quote from it:
"Don’t treat yourself like a translation factory, you are a couturier of words. Make it bespoke. "
"Don’t treat yourself like a translation factory, you are a couturier of words. Make it bespoke. "
Ahead of @antonhur.com's upcoming translation workshop and public lecture in London this month, we spoke to the writer and translator about his writing habits and rituals, books he returns to, the art of translation, and more.
Book your spot for his events via our website.
Book your spot for his events via our website.
Wasafiri Wonders: Anton Hur
For this instalment of our Wasafiri Wonders series…
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October 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is so interesting! Just one quote from it:
"Don’t treat yourself like a translation factory, you are a couturier of words. Make it bespoke. "
"Don’t treat yourself like a translation factory, you are a couturier of words. Make it bespoke. "
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We've got three different literary prize readings and ceremonies at this year's #LondonLiteratureFestival, so I spoke to representatives from the @forwardprizes.bsky.social, @wasafirimag.bsky.social and @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social to understand what goes into deciding literary prizes.
Arts unravelled: how are book awards decided? | Southbank Centre
How are awards for books and poems decided? We spoke to three literary prize organisations to find out.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We've got three different literary prize readings and ceremonies at this year's #LondonLiteratureFestival, so I spoke to representatives from the @forwardprizes.bsky.social, @wasafirimag.bsky.social and @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social to understand what goes into deciding literary prizes.
We are delighted to announce Wasafiri's new Writer in Residence — writer, performer, and artivist Cara Thompson, in partnership with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature!
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October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We are delighted to announce Wasafiri's new Writer in Residence — writer, performer, and artivist Cara Thompson, in partnership with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature!
Read the full announcement: buff.ly/1In1pLQ
Read the full announcement: buff.ly/1In1pLQ
Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF