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.
Archive: Fiction
Tessellation by Anam Raheem
Read ‘Tessellation’ by Anam Raheem, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
The Claws Come First by Mónica Ibarra Parle
Read Mónica Ibarra Parle’s short story ‘The Claws Come First’, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Fuck Marry Kill by Riddhi Dastidar
Read Riddhi Dastidar’s short story ‘Fuck Marry Kill’, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Harriet’s Party: An Excerpt from ‘Love Marriage’ by Monica Ali
Read this excerpt from Monica Ali’s Love Marriage, first published in Wasafiri Issue 109, and available to read online for the month of March.
Wasafiri Wonders: Lola Olufemi
In this instalment of Wasafiri Wonders, we spoke with author Lola Olufemi about first drafts, relational processes, and her writing rituals.
An Extract from ‘The Book Smuggler’ by Bina Shah
Read an exclusive extract of Bina Shah’s short story ‘The Book Smuggler’, first published in Issue 108: House of Wisdom, and available for free until the end of January.
Winners Announced for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Meet this year’s winners – Kate Carne (Fiction), Anne O’Brien (Life Writing), and Dipanjali Roy (Poetry) – who will receive £1,000, publication in Wasafiri 109, and mentoring from Nikesh Shukla of The Good Literary Agency.
‘At sentence level, I am ruthless’: In Conversation with Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy speaks to Wasafiri, ahead of her event at the Cheltenham Festival, about her debut collection The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, her writing process, what she’s been reading, and what comes next.