WritersMosaic
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WritersMosaic Magazine | Uncommonly Brilliant New Writing
WritersMosaic magazine from the Royal Literary Fund: Uncommonly brilliant interviews, reviews, non-fiction and fiction from UK writers.
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We are #WritersMosaic, an independent, inclusive and evolving presence in the UK’s literary landscape, offering rare and in-depth insight into the lives and practices of contemporary writers and we are happy to be here on @bsky.app, get to know us bit.ly/3QYWzJO
Alice Mah's memoir Red Pockets @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social confronts the climate crisis while dragging the reader back from the brink of despair @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/4iuQgun
Red Pockets | WritersMosaic Magazine
Suzanne Harrington reviews Red Pockets by Alice Mah, a lucid and confronting memoir about the climate crisis, eco-anxiety and spirituality.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Alice Mah's memoir Red Pockets @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social confronts the climate crisis while dragging the reader back from the brink of despair @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/4iuQgun
A dream-like production set inside the subconscious mind of a high-flying, female reggae artist, Trish Cook reviews The Legends of Them written & performed by Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee, directed by Jo McInnes - @LeedsPlayhouse bit.ly/4opblb6
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Mimi Khlavati is interviewed for What We Leave We Carry about her experience of coming to the UK from Iran as a child and the family artifacts she's kept.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A dream-like production set inside the subconscious mind of a high-flying, female reggae artist, Trish Cook reviews The Legends of Them written & performed by Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee, directed by Jo McInnes - @LeedsPlayhouse bit.ly/4opblb6
A tribute to the life and legacy of pioneering Jamaican theatre director and actress Yvonne Brewster (1938-2025), who was a formidable presence in British theatre and established @TalawaTheatreCo, Patricia Cumper remembers bit.ly/48pu5Bb
Yvonne Brewster remembered | WritersMosaic Magazine
A tribute to the life and legacy of the pioneering Jamaican theatre director and actress Yvonne Brewster (1938-2025).
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December 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A tribute to the life and legacy of pioneering Jamaican theatre director and actress Yvonne Brewster (1938-2025), who was a formidable presence in British theatre and established @TalawaTheatreCo, Patricia Cumper remembers bit.ly/48pu5Bb
A black man wants to escape Britain. After finding William Blake’s poetry in the airport bookshop, he has an encounter with a stranger that will end everything as he knows it - The Prophecy by Testament, part of a new audio drama series of unexpected tales bit.ly/4p1h48d
The prophecy | WritersMosaic Magazine
Testament presents an evocative story in which finding William Blake's poetry in an airport bookshop leads a man to have a life-changing encounter.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A black man wants to escape Britain. After finding William Blake’s poetry in the airport bookshop, he has an encounter with a stranger that will end everything as he knows it - The Prophecy by Testament, part of a new audio drama series of unexpected tales bit.ly/4p1h48d
Poet Mimi Khalvati is the focus of episode 65 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Mimi came to the UK as a child and has turned her home into a museum with memorabilia and artefacts from her family bit.ly/48ouZ18
Mimi Khalvati | WritersMosaic Magazine
Mimi Khlavati is interviewed for What We Leave We Carry about her experience of coming to the UK from Iran as a child and the family artifacts she's kept.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Poet Mimi Khalvati is the focus of episode 65 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Mimi came to the UK as a child and has turned her home into a museum with memorabilia and artefacts from her family bit.ly/48ouZ18
Liberty Martin shares her cultural #HitList: photo exhibition LMK WHEN U REACH by Bernice Mulenga, Forever, Ya Girl from KeiyaA, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark as her favourite book of the year, series Under the Cover, and the wonder of Brixton Community Cinema bit.ly/3XA85yR
Liberty Martin's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Liberty Martin on LMK WHEN U REACH by Bernice Mulenga, Forever, Ya Girl from KeiyaA, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, Under the Cover, and Brixton Community Cinema.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Liberty Martin shares her cultural #HitList: photo exhibition LMK WHEN U REACH by Bernice Mulenga, Forever, Ya Girl from KeiyaA, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark as her favourite book of the year, series Under the Cover, and the wonder of Brixton Community Cinema bit.ly/3XA85yR
The photographer @misanharriman.bsky.social talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about his exhibition The Purpose of Light, a series of black and white photos of demonstrators which he describes as an example of ‘observing humanity with his lens.’ Listen here bit.ly/4o9tOIH
Misan Harriman in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi | WritersMosaic Magazine
Misan Harriman recalls the impact of his photographic exhibition, The Purpose of Light, which he sees as a ‘testament to solidarity'. The exhibition continues at Hope 93 gallery till 8 January, 2026.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The photographer @misanharriman.bsky.social talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about his exhibition The Purpose of Light, a series of black and white photos of demonstrators which he describes as an example of ‘observing humanity with his lens.’ Listen here bit.ly/4o9tOIH
'One stressful night, young TJ steps onto a bus with no destination – only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter with a passenger', from Sapphire’s blues by Connor Allen, a Mosaic Monologue bit.ly/4qTShnY
Sapphire's blues | WritersMosaic Magazine
Connor Allen's tale follows TJ, who steps on a bus, only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'One stressful night, young TJ steps onto a bus with no destination – only to find himself on a journey that warps time and love in a chance encounter with a passenger', from Sapphire’s blues by Connor Allen, a Mosaic Monologue bit.ly/4qTShnY
In Soon Come, readers are treated to a narrative that has been, figuratively speaking, marinated in jerk seasoning. Robert Donald reviews Kuba Shand-Baptiste's debut novel bit.ly/4oVfi8h
Soon Come | WritersMosaic Magazine
Robert Donald reviews Soon Come, the début novel by Kuba Shand-Baptiste, which delves into themes of migration, marginality and friendship.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In Soon Come, readers are treated to a narrative that has been, figuratively speaking, marinated in jerk seasoning. Robert Donald reviews Kuba Shand-Baptiste's debut novel bit.ly/4oVfi8h
In the latest production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com, London, the musical depicts all of Jamaican life on stage with thrilling simplicity, @colincraiggrant.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/47j7lUk
The Harder They Come | WritersMosaic Magazine
Colin Grant reviews the latest production of the musical The Harder They Come at Stratford East, London, adapted by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the latest production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com, London, the musical depicts all of Jamaican life on stage with thrilling simplicity, @colincraiggrant.bsky.social reviews bit.ly/47j7lUk
Orna is the focus of episode 64 of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Orna is an actor who was born in Israel and moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK bit.ly/47Rg6Fg
Orna | WritersMosaic Magazine
Orna, an actor born in Israel who moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK, is interviewed for What We Leave We Carry.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Orna is the focus of episode 64 of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK. Orna is an actor who was born in Israel and moved to the US as a child before relocating to the UK bit.ly/47Rg6Fg
Veronica Chambers' cultural highlights: the legacy of Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate @nationaltheatre.org.uk, artist Yoshimoto Nara, Edward Lee's animations, the audiobook of Jane Austen's Persuasion, & Rewriting History by Fabiola Jean-Louis bit.ly/49wMOwQ
Veronica Chambers's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Veronica Chambers on Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate at the National Theatre, the artist Yoshimoto Nara, Jane Austen's Persuasion, and more.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Veronica Chambers' cultural highlights: the legacy of Belle de Costa Greene's library, The Estate @nationaltheatre.org.uk, artist Yoshimoto Nara, Edward Lee's animations, the audiobook of Jane Austen's Persuasion, & Rewriting History by Fabiola Jean-Louis bit.ly/49wMOwQ
'I’m very privileged and fortunate to have worked in medicine because it gives you exposure to humanity in every incarnation', poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag bit.ly/3Ll0VeK
Suhayl Saadi in conversation with Bashabi Fraser | WritersMosaic Magazine
The poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
'I’m very privileged and fortunate to have worked in medicine because it gives you exposure to humanity in every incarnation', poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks to Bashabi Fraser about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag bit.ly/3Ll0VeK
We are proud to be introducing our new six-part audio drama series - Mosaic Monologues - featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. We kick-start the series with Mara Menzies' Creation bit.ly/42R7BHv
Mosaic Monologues | WritersMosaic Magazine
A six-part audio drama series featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. The short monologues range from a protagonist whose fear becomes a gremlin-like creature inhabiting their body, t...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are proud to be introducing our new six-part audio drama series - Mosaic Monologues - featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales. We kick-start the series with Mara Menzies' Creation bit.ly/42R7BHv
Playwright Ishy Din and sacred teacher and writer @johnsiddique.bsky.social discuss their experience of directing and producing the new series, #MosaicMonologues, starting on 22 October and featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic bit.ly/4qkPp3g
Ishy Din in conversation with John Siddique | WritersMosaic Magazine
John Siddique talks to Ishy Din about directing and producing Mosaic Monologues, featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Playwright Ishy Din and sacred teacher and writer @johnsiddique.bsky.social discuss their experience of directing and producing the new series, #MosaicMonologues, starting on 22 October and featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic bit.ly/4qkPp3g
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Spoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025
Writer @aniefiokekp.bsky.social reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers in #CloseUp, 'Wow, diaspora for real' bit.ly/4h9OhLp
Wow, diaspora for real | WritersMosaic Magazine
Writer Aniefiok Ekpoudom reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Writer @aniefiokekp.bsky.social reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers in #CloseUp, 'Wow, diaspora for real' bit.ly/4h9OhLp
In episode 63 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Hani Arnaout tells his story of how, after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon bit.ly/48W3DBa
Hani Arnaout | WritersMosaic Magazine
Hani Arnaout tells his story of how after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In episode 63 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Hani Arnaout tells his story of how, after years of suffering under the Assad regime in Syria, he and his family found safety in Devon bit.ly/48W3DBa
‘To imagine a better world, we must first acknowledge that countless sacrifices have rendered society indifferent to injustice.’ Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad’s ironic depiction of the ‘Frontier of Gems' featured ep. on Iranian Women's Voices bit.ly/4n5Mk4a
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October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
‘To imagine a better world, we must first acknowledge that countless sacrifices have rendered society indifferent to injustice.’ Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad’s ironic depiction of the ‘Frontier of Gems' featured ep. on Iranian Women's Voices bit.ly/4n5Mk4a
Miraya McCoy works as an editorial assistant on @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social’s philosophy list, here she shares her #HitList: the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social, Blood Orange's album Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna and more bit.ly/3IDBynD
Miraya McCoy's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Miraya McCoy on Cursed Objects, Blood Orange's Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna, Behzad Dehno, and the Dead Dad Book.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Miraya McCoy works as an editorial assistant on @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social’s philosophy list, here she shares her #HitList: the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social, Blood Orange's album Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna and more bit.ly/3IDBynD
'How can we talk about our condition not as victims but saying do we really care? Yeah.' Love Ssega talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the power of art as activism and fighting for air #InConversation bit.ly/4mWAU2q
Love Ssega in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi | WritersMosaic Magazine
The musician, producer and writer Love Ssega reflects with Gabriel Gbadamosi on the power of art as activism and fighting for air.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'How can we talk about our condition not as victims but saying do we really care? Yeah.' Love Ssega talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the power of art as activism and fighting for air #InConversation bit.ly/4mWAU2q
Author and journalist @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing bit.ly/46Ir3sr
The Quiet Ear | WritersMosaic Magazine
Suzanne Harrington reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Author and journalist @soozysuze.bsky.social reviews The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus, which explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing bit.ly/46Ir3sr
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The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
The poet’s moving exploration of deafness, difference and identity
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August 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
Author Clementine Ewokolo Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere @traversetheatre.bsky.social, and the questions it raises about belonging, citizenship and solidarity bit.ly/4gZ3r6o
Nowhere | WritersMosaic Magazine
Clementine E Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere, which raises questions about belonging, citizenship, and solidarity.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Author Clementine Ewokolo Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere @traversetheatre.bsky.social, and the questions it raises about belonging, citizenship and solidarity bit.ly/4gZ3r6o
What if we could connect with our past lives and change our futures in the process? Ekta Bajaj – co-founder AIM Literary Festival & Author in Me – turns our attention to grappling with this question in her latest novel Let the Fish Fly, Maame Blue reviews bit.ly/42M7xIT
Let the Fish Fly | WritersMosaic Magazine
Maame Blue reviews a novel, which features prose, poetry and short stories, by Ekta Bajaj, founder of indie press Author in Me
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September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
What if we could connect with our past lives and change our futures in the process? Ekta Bajaj – co-founder AIM Literary Festival & Author in Me – turns our attention to grappling with this question in her latest novel Let the Fish Fly, Maame Blue reviews bit.ly/42M7xIT