WritersMosaic
@writersmosaic.bsky.social
An online magazine and developmental resource reflecting the changing reality of contemporary Britain, from its past and into its future. www.writersmosaic.org.uk.
All the men my mother never married - read our latest #CloseUp, 'a chapter from an unpublished autobiography, dedicated to my mother, Sarah Efeti Kang, by @yomadene bit.ly/4jQCNh7
All the men my mother never married | WritersMosaic Magazine
Eric Ngalle Charles shares a chapter from an unpublished autobiography, dedicated to his mother, Sarah Efeti Kange.
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.@EdsonBurton shares his cultural highlights - read about Barbara Walker's breathtaking retrospective Being Here, Sinners from director Ryan Coogler, Rotary Connection 222, the freedom of St Paul's Carnival in Bristol, & @NickMakoha 'sThe New Carthaginians bit.ly/3NH4fSB
Edson Burton's cultural highlights | WritersMosaic Magazine
Edson Burton on Barbara Walker's Being Here, Sinners from Ryan Coogler, Rotary Connection 222, St Pauls Carnival in Bristol, and The New Carthaginians.
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'Deafness has given me an art, a history, a culture and a tradition to live through.' At the @edbookfest, poet @RaymondAntrobus talks to Colin Grant - our latest #InConversation out now bit.ly/3NtneA5
Raymond Antrobus in conversation with Colin Grant | WritersMosaic Magazine
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, poet Raymond Antrobus talks to Colin Grant about his memoir as an investigation of missing sound.
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The Thing with Feathers - Dylan Southern’s film adaptation of Max Porter’s poetic novella Grief - puts masculinity front and centre, Magnus McDowall reviews bit.ly/49RviSM
The Thing with Feathers | WritersMosaic Magazine
Magnus McDowall reviews Dylan Southern's film adaptation of Max Porter's poetic novella Grief is the Thing with Feathers, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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It Was Just an Accident, Iranian director Jafar Panahi's film probes the relationship between individuals, the state and violence with determined humanism - Anahit Behrooz reviews bit.ly/4pLAZrn
It Was Just an Accident | WritersMosaic Magazine
Anahit Behrooz reviews Jafar Panahi's film, It Was Just an Accident, which probes the relationship between individuals, the state and violence.
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Don't miss Sana Nassari's powerful review of Prisoner 951 - 'a quietly devastating miniseries based on the six-year ordeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the Iranian regime's prisons', read in full here bit.ly/4pb9PKf
Prisoner 951 | WritersMosaic Magazine
Sana Nassari reviews Prisoner 951, a compelling TV miniseries based on the six-year ordeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iranian prisons.
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A former medical student yearns to have been familiar with the writing of Frantz Fanon who might have acted as a guide during his years of studies, @colincraiggrant.bsky.social on Inglan mad dem bit.ly/4aM0CEH
Inglan mad dem | WritersMosaic Magazine
Colin Grant remembers a formative experience of racism at medical school and wishes he had known Fanon's work as a student
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WritersMosaic and @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social present UK Global Majority Poets on Film LIVE at The Conduit, a virtuosic evening of poetry and film hosted by author and WritersMosaic Director @colincraiggrant.bsky.social - 10th Feb - booking now open bit.ly/4j9QDuX
UK Global Majority Poets on Film - The Conduit
Tue 10 Feb, 6pm - 7:30pm WritersMosaic and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation present UK Global Majority Poets on Film LIVE at The Conduit Club
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Playwright Juliet Gilkes Romero takes us from the tweet that inspired her to write The Whip (2020) through to the play’s performance at the @the-rsc.bsky.social's Swan Theatre, in conversation with @colincraiggrant.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3YDv1gO
Juliet Gilkes Romero in conversation with Colin Grant | WritersMosaic Magazine
Playwright Juliet Gilkes Romero talks to Colin Grant about the tweet that inspired her to write the play The Whip through to its production and release.
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Our new original series has just launched: 'Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist'. Zebib K. Abraham asks, in this moment of rapid shift into authoritarian populism, what can we learn from Frantz Fanon in escaping traditional psychoanalytic thought? bit.ly/3KCkm2B
From the individual to the collective | WritersMosaic Magazine
As a practising psychiatrist, Zebib K. Abraham wrestles with how to support her patients and herself through our current political moment
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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