‘I veer towards writing about memory as a way to navigate something very present or painful in my adult life.’ Sharanya Deepak reflects on first drafts, writing rituals and resistance.

“blacksays” by Joshua Idehen, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary New Writing Prize for Poetry.

Announcing a new series of free online events, Transformative Testimonies: Writing and Human Rights, taking place 17 – 23 May, 2021.

‘The history of migration in the UK is also a history of food,’ writes Sean Wai Keung for our ongoing series, Writing Britain Now. Plus, two poems from his debut poetry collection, sikfan glaschu.

Shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.

Writer and curator Kadija Sesay writes about co-curating Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe for The British Library, reflecting on spirituality and storytelling in British-Gambian culture, art as resistance, and bonds between mothers and daughters.