http://www.wasafiri.org/ Wasafiri en-uk Copyright 2010 Wasafiri Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:25:50 GMT A major international conference 'Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870-1950', including Shyama Perera, Meera Syal, Elleke Boehmer and Susheila Nasta among others. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=58 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Organised by the curators of the renowned African Writers' Evening, AFRICAN BOOK MARKET is a ground-breaking FREE event at the Poetry Cafe, London http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=61 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Join the nominees of the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing in a series of talks and events across London from 2nd - 7th July. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=57 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT A festival of African literature, music, film and more, taking place in Cajarac, France, towards the end of July. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=59 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Proposals are invited on papers for The South Asian Short Story, a forthcoming conference at the University of Kent, Canterbury, 10 September 2010 http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=60 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT The London Review Bookshop will hold its second World Literature Weekend in venues across central London from 18 - 20 June. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=56 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT This event at Kings Place on Monday 7 June explores the nature of oral epic poetry from Homer to the martial epics of the Zulus. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=55 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature is on from the 5-27th May 2010. See writers such as Kamila Shamsie, Hirsh Sawhney and Moniza Alvi. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=53 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bernardine Evaristo will be launching a new version of her prose-novel-in-verse, Lara, at the Brixton Library on Wednesday 5 May at 7pm. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=54 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT The International PEN festival, FREE THE WORD, opens on 14 April with James Kelman, Pauline Melville, Nawal El Saadawi, Derek Walcott and many more ... http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=52 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Jewish Book Week begins on 27 February with an eclectic programme and special offers for Wasafiri readers http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=49 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Leading female authors Diana Evans and Bernardine Evaristo will be discussing their work with Daneet Steffens, Editor of Myslexia on 8 March at Rich Mix in London. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=50 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Acclaimed Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o will be in conversation about his new book Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir. Wasafiri has two free tickets to give away. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=51 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Lit Sutra, the British Council's programme of literary activities in India, continues into 2010 with Ian Rankin, Michael Frayn, Claire Tomalin, Geoff Dyer and Shrabani Basu http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=43 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Exiled Writers Ink presents poets Alev Adil, Fatima Hagi, Ziba Karbassi and Shereen Pandit for an evening of poetry at the Idea Store, Whitechapel at 6.30pm http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=48 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A free exhibition of paintings by Aubrey Williams at the Museum of Liverpool runs from 15 January until 11 April 2010. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=47 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The summer programme of poetry courses, workshops, groups and talks in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Dorchester, Newcastle, Durham, Grasmere, Cambridge, Norwich and online will begin soon. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=46 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A poetry show touring throughout England until April features Colette Bryce, Daljit Nagra and Jo Shapcott. Colette Bryce is featured in the upcoming Wasafiri issue Ireland: Texts and Contexts whilst Daljit Nagra's poetry featured in issue 35, Spring 2002 of Wasafiri. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=45 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A major survey of the artist Chris Ofili's career from the mid 1990s to today. Read a review of his 1998 touring exhibition in issue 29 of Wasafiri - the year he won the Turner Prize. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=44 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Jackie Kay will be joined by a host of acclaimed poets to celebrate the work of Adrian Mitchell at the South Bank, 9 December. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=42 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT For the finale of Wasafiri's 25th birthday celebrations, come and join us at a spectacular day of events with some very special guests from around the world. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=32 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Kiran Desai will be talking to John Mullan on Tuesday 3 November at The Guardian Review Book Club following her appearance at Wasafiri's 25th anniversary celebrations on Saturday. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=41 Sat, 1 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT This year the Caine Prize for African Writing celebrates 10 years of the prestigious short story prize with a seven date, UK-wide tour. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=39 Sat, 1 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The 14th Tale is a free flowing mellifluous narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischeif growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to roof tops in Dublin, and finally to London. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=40 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Guest editors of Wasafiri, Suman Gupta, Bryan Cheyette and Bernardine Evaristo discussed the raison d'être behind creating a special issue of the magazine and reflected on how to forge new connections in Chinese, Jewish/Postcolonial, African-European and Black British writing. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=37 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT Why do some books impact so forcefully on our reading and writing lives? In what ways do they return to us? http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=36 Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:00 GMT To support the Oxford University symposium celebrating the life and work of major African writer, Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987), Wasafiri hosted a round table discussion entitled 'Beyond the House of Hunger: Literature and Transgression, 1984-2009'. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=35 Sun, 17 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT Wasafiri and the British Council, the UK's international organisation for cultural relations, in association with the Nehru Centre, were delighted to host an evening of Indian poetry. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=34 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:30:00 GMT Wasafiri Editor Professor Susheila Nasta chaired a discussion at the London Book Fair, as part of the British Council's festival of Indian literature supporting India as Market Focus country at the London Book Fair. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=33 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT The 20th anniversary in 2004 saw the publication of a special birthday issue along with a range of commemorative events. http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=38 Thu, 1 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT