Wasafiri Is Seeking a New Chair
The Acting Chair of our Trustee board steps down this winter, and we’re searching for a new Chair to help to drive Wasafiri forward.
Archive:
Writing Britain Now: Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
In conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, who introduces and reads from her debut poetry collection, Postcolonial Banter.
QMUL Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019: Winners Announced
The winners of our 2019 prize, which is in its tenth year, were announced at the British Library on 9 November.
Reimagining Britain: Curating, Performing, Publishing, Reading
A one-day symposium on curating, performing, publishing, reading – 8 November, Queen Mary, University of London. Booking now.
Photographs, Photography and the Photographer: George Szirtes
Antony Huen interviews George Szirtes for Wasafiri 99. Read an extract.
QMUL Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019: Shortlist
The fifteen-strong shortlist for the tenth anniversary of the prize features writers from nine countries and five continents.
Of Braids and Blades: Fighting the Ghosts of Kashmir
Extracted from issue 99 of Wasafiri, this essay is second in a series of ethnographic writings documenting events and practices that make the Kashmiri people’s resistance today.
Writing Britain Now: Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Ashley Hickson-Lovence introduces and reads from his debut novel, ‘The 392’, set almost entirely on a London bus over just 36 minutes.
