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Writing Britain Now: Nick Makoha in conversation with Roger Robinson
Wasafiri Writer-in-Residence Nick Makoha sat down with poet Roger Robinson to discuss his upcoming collection A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press).
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Writing Britain Now: Nick Makoha in conversation with Roger Robinson
Wasafiri Writer-in-Residence Nick Makoha sat down with poet Roger Robinson to discuss his upcoming collection A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press).
Q&A with Lesley Nneka Arimah: the 20th winner of the Caine Prize
An interview with Lesley Nneka Arimah, the 2019 Caine Prize winner for her short story ‘Skinned’. Arimah talks about the appeal of the short story, ‘centring the African gaze’, and the role of the writer today.
Of Gods and Awards: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on winning and judging the Commonwealth Writers Prize
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi reflects on writing awards, judging, and ‘Death Customs’ by Constantia Soteriou, recipient of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
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Issue 98, Summer 2019 Special Issue: Queer Worlds/ Global Queer
Also available on Kindle
Editorial by Dean Atta and Andrew van der Vlies
Interviews with Andra Simons, Artemisa Téllez, Rosamond S. King
Articles Queering the Indian Novel; Queering the Arab Spring: Belonging in Saleem Haddad's Guapa; A Queer World - Literary Reading of May-Lan Tan's 'Date Night'
Art Roelof Petrus van Wyk
Fiction by Alithnayn Abdulkareem, Christopher Gonzalez, KUCHENGA, Adam Smith
Drama by Mojisola Adebayo
Poetry by Mary Jean Chan, Keith Jarrett, Andriniki Mattis, Colin McGuire, oakley, Sara Saab, Kostya Tsolákis
Reviews: Rita Indiana Tentacle; Alex Pilcher A Queer Little History of Art; Billy-Ray Belcourt This Wound is a World; Daniel Heath Justice Why Indigenous Literatures Matter; Pim Higginson Scoring Race: Jazz, Fiction, and Francophone Africa; Chike Frankie Edozien Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as an African Gay Man; and more...
LATEST NEWS
Susheila Nasta wins the Benson Medal
Wasafiri Editor-in-Chief Susheila Nasta is the recipient of this year's Benson Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of Literature.
Queer Worlds/Global Queer: Wasafiri Special Issue 98 to launch at Waterstones
Join Wasafiri at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road for an evening of poetry readings and discussion to celebrate the launch of its 98th issue 'Queer Worlds/Global Queer' and 35 years of publishing.
The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019 is open for submissions!
The prize was launched ten years ago to support new writers, with no limits on age, gender, nationality or background. In this birthday year we are excited to announce that we are increasing each prize sum from £300 to £1,000.
