.Diana McCaulay created the character of Miss Pauline, but Miss Pauline’s trajectory – tracking down distant relatives, the descendants of slavers and the enslaved – is based on the author’s own backstory and Jamaican heritage, Suzanne Harrington reviews bit.ly/3S0oAB9

In this stunning Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation /writersmosaic film directed by Savannah Acquah, Marjorie Lotfi is filmed reciting the final poem from her Forward Prizes-winning debut collection The Wrong Person to Ask. writersmosaic.org.uk/insight/the-he…

Nick Makoha talks with the directors of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences about creating a writers' utopia, out now on #CloseUp bit.ly/42JM4Q7

Coming soon – the first edition of the new @WritersMosaic Quarterly, Malcolm X – By Any Means Necessary, will be published as an insert in The Bookseller on Friday 9 May. PLUS: Poets on Film, Hay Festival and Southbank Centre events, and much more: rlf.org.uk/posts/writersm…

Continuing our new series of films in collaboration with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, the poet Anthony Anaxagorou reads from 'After the Blue Note Closes' by Larry Levis. The film is directed by Rob Akin bit.ly/3SdIOaG

''Widen the parameters of Black British culture beyond the capital, and there’s an untapped reserve to draw from.'' @Lanre_bakare speaks to John Siddique about how black culture and resistance outside of London have shaped UK culture Hay Festival bit.ly/4jBfcAo

I spent two years writing this story. It is about the murder of my grandfather and the birth of Bangladesh and how those two things are inextricably linked, for The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/online/2025/05…

“What kind of man was Almas Ali? What part, if any, did he play in Bangladesh’s independence struggle? What if he had been a traitor after all?” —sarah haque on researching her grandfather’s life and death go.nybooks.com/4jHsqeK

OUT TODAY! Pick up your copy of @WritersMosaic Quarterly published as an insert @_thebookseller feat. Vayu Naidu, Vanessa Kisuule, max farrar, John Siddique, Franklin Nelson, Ella Sinclair Ekow Eshun, Bonnie Greer & colin grant reflecting on the global legacy of Malcolm X

On the centenary of his birth, writers offer portraits of how they first saw Malcolm X and his relevance today. Edited by colin grant feat. Bonnie Greer max farrar Vanessa Kisuule Ekow Eshun Franklin Nelson Vayu Naidu, Ella Sinclair & John Siddique bit.ly/43wogAG

📚 For RLF Fellows’ News - May 2025 click the link here: rlf.org.uk/posts/rlf-fell… Pictured: @WritersMosaic at the @HayFestival's We Were There panel members Lanre Bakare, Pauline Black OBE DL, Malika Booker, colin grant and Daudi Matsiko.

Heading to Hay Festival? Don't miss Ekow Eshun colin grant Bonnie Greer Vanessa Kisuule on Weds 28 May as they discuss the legacy of Malcolm X with music from Tony Njoku bit.ly/3HaRjBb

At Hay Festival? Don't miss colin grant hosting our We Were There Salon Fri Lanre Bakare Pauline Black OBE DL Malika Booker will be reflecting on the under-reported cultural impact of Black people who have lived outside of London, music from Daudi Matsiko bit.ly/4mP9RHN

ICYMI: Publishing often pigeonholes writers of colour within racial boundaries. But new platforms like writersmosaic Quarterly are creating vital space for unbounded expression, experimentation and literary freedom, writes Ella Sinclair artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/featu…

Now also available through Metalabel with a very affordable $7 epub+pdf version inc. the album. Check it out! subtext-books.metalabel.com/cybernetics-or…

Tonight! It's writersmosaic at Hay Festival's We Were There salon, featuring Lanre Bakare, Pauline Black OBE DL, Malika Booker and colin grant, with music from Daudi Matsiko. Info here: hayfestival.com/p-23570-lanre-…

Remembering Parnia Abbasi - Sana pays tribute to the young Iranian poet who was tragically killed recently during an Israeli airstrike, out now on #CloseUp bit.ly/43OrEat

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Marking the centenary of the birth of the revolutionary psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, our director colin grant was joined by Ekow Eshun, Clementine E Burnley, Khaldoon Ahmed, Vayu Naidu & Donna Thompson British Library, missed it? Here's a flavour bit.ly/3T7setG