An Island Full of Voices Is Almost Here
After more than a year of plotting, planning, arranging and organising, our 35th anniversary event, An Island Full of Voices: Writing Britain Now has almost arrived…
Archive: Events
Literature Must Fall: Festival Highlights
Last month, Birmingham played host to its first decolonial literature festival, ‘Literature Must Fall’, brainchild of writer and academic Kavita Bhanot.
Wasafiri 35
Wasafiri Editor and Director Malachi McIntosh reflects on 35 years of Wasafiri, and reveals the season of events planned around the launch of the 100th issue.
Writing the City: Literary Landscapes of Hong Kong and London
In partnership with the British Council, Wasafiri – the UK’s leading magazine for contemporary writing since 1984, will celebrate the launch of its special issue focus on Hong Kong writing in a panel discussion on Friday 1st December 2017.
Partition, 70 years on – Event at LSE
The 70th year of Indian independence inevitably recalls Partition and the violent division that followed it. In a lecture that considers the lessons for other countries facing similar divisions, Kishwar Desai talks about establishing the Partition Museum in Amritsar, and considers whether partition and division are ever reparable.
November Events and Opportunities
Events and opportunities for writers from the wider Wasafiri community.
London Radical Bookfair 2017
Wasafiri Magazine will be on sale at this year’s London Radical Bookfair courtesy of The Word Bookshop.
Radical booksellers, publishers, artists and activists of all stripes are setting up in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths University to host the 5th London Radical Bookfair.
Highlights from Muslim Writers Event
On Thursday 13 April 2017 we held readings and a panel discussion with Amaal Said, Ayisha Malik and Sabrina Mahfouz, which was chaired by Wasafiri Deputy Editor Arifa Akbar.
Muslim, Female and Feminist: In Words and Images
What does it mean to be Young, Muslim and feminist today? Is the West obsessed by the way Muslim women look? Can we look beyond the veil to women’s relationship to faith, faithlessness, fashion and liberation? Join us for readings and a panel discussion on Muslim identities, photography and literature in this event hosted by Wasafiri Magazine and chaired by its deputy editor, Arifa Akbar.