Three Sisters by Susie Thornberry
Read Susie Thornberry’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Archive: Fiction
Papaya by Jimin Kang
Read Jimin Kang’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Notes for a Dictionary of Walking the Fingers by Dan Byam Shaw
Read Dan Byam Shaw’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Trouble by Jade E Bradford
Read this exclusive extract from Jade E Bradford’s short story, ‘Trouble’, first published in Wasafiri 112: Reimagining Education.
An Extract from Hostile Environment by Chinmay Sharma
Read an extract of Chinmay Sharma’s short story ‘Hostile Environment’, first published in Wasafiri 111: Translating Lives.
An Extract from Made in Mauritius by Amal Sewtohul
Read this sweeping, evocative extract from Made in Mauritius by Amal Sewhotel, translated from French by Nadiyah Abdullatif.
An Excerpt of ‘The Burke Street Chronicles’ by Ingrid Persaud
Read an exclusive extract from Ingrid Persaud’s ‘The Burke Street Chronicles’, first published in Wasafiri 110.
An Extract from What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You by Sharma Taylor
Read an extract from Sharma Taylor’s debut novel, What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You, along with an exclusive commentary on the histories of indentured workers in Jamaica, and the important legacies that they left.
Eggs keep falling from the fourth floor by Bhavika Govil
Read Bhavika Govil’s evocative ‘Eggs keep falling from the fourth floor’, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.