I wrote about the tremendous Alex Wheatle Alex Wheatle for Wasafiri an incandescent talent who blazed a trail & leaves an inspiring body of work behind. Do take a moment to share. Rest in peace Alex. bit.ly/43Jdub0

Just gonna leave this right here. IYKYK! 🎓

DR. Angelique Golding, MA Black British Writing graduate has passed her PhD viva at QMUL. CONGRATULATIONS for research on Wasafiri's archive. Wasafiri Queen Mary Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences lydia luke Heather Marks

I'm Going to Make A Friend is illustrated by the amazing sandhya and published by Little Tiger Books

Publication Day! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered I'm Going to Make a Friend. It's out today. Illustrated superbly by sandhya. Published by Little Tiger Books. Here's a lovely review by Ed Finch for Just Imagine: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-book…

Love this for you Juni. Congratulations 🎊

In an uneven global literary landscape, we believe the process of entering literary prizes should be as accessible as possible to all. That's why we're happy to offer subsidised entries. No need to apply and no questions asked!: wasafiri.org/writing-prizes…

All the best for tonight! 👏🏽🙌🏽

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be in conversation with Banu Mushtaq, winner of the 2025 International The Booker Prizes for HEART LAMP (And Other Stories), on 16 June Waterstones Islington Get your ticket here: waterstones.com/events/heart-l…

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to remind the UK Government: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

Thanks Phoebe CLPE for recommending our book! More info here: padlet.com/dmchetty/beyon…

Playing it by ear with Dr Darren Chetty, creating artist teacher collaborations acava.org/news/event/aca…

Join Wasafiri for a poetry reading + panel discussion on dislocation and diaspora with Theophilus Kwek – who will read from his latest collection, Commonwealth – and Suji Kwock Kim, author of Notes from the Divided Country. Chaired by Jennifer Wong (she/her) wasafiri.org/news-and-event…

OlongoAfrica.com Thanks for the shout-out! Angelique Golding recently wrote a great article on this very subject for our website: wasafiri.org/content/inside…

Our summer special issue, Wasafiri 122: The UAE Issue, is now available to read online! Read here (for digital subscribers & those with access to Taylor & Francis only): buff.ly/IXL7GnH Can't access online? Preorder the print issue here: buff.ly/W7YVfci

In celebration of Pride month, we're offering a curated bundle of four issues on different facets of queer literature, life, and literary activism. All Wasafiri bundles are offered at a discounted price of £38. Happy Pride to all our readers! buff.ly/VCopFoP

I’ll be doing a teach out on the picket line at BSIX in Hackney at 8am on Tuesday June 17 about the urgent relevance of MLK’s dream speech. If you’re in the area come along.

Congratulations Gurnaik Johal!

Friends in London, you’ll want to come along to this roundtable marking our summer special issue. Free tickets👇

Wasafiri will soon be opening for creative submissions in fiction, life writing, & poetry for a period of three weeks only. This will be a themed open call around solidarities – more details coming soon. Keep an eye out on for more. We can't wait to read your work ✊