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''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

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

In the next of our series of poetry films with Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, poet Dr Jo Clement reads, 'Kubla Khan' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/3GRLx7l

Kit De Waal: '"The maxim I live by is if I let something out into the world I have to love it."' @[email protected] speaks to colin grant #InConversation bit.ly/44XXD9h

'“All creativity comes from some sort of fight to express yourself and to be heard.”' Archie W Maddocks talks to Jonny Wright Wright Writer aka XYM about his TV series Crongton based on the best-selling novels by Alex Wheatle #InConversation bit.ly/3GRMNY7

Don't miss Pauline Black OBE DL Hay Festival Fri 30 May 8.30pm: colin grant is hosting our #WritersMosaic Salon #WeWereThere reflecting on the woefully under-reported cultural impact of Black people who have lived outside of London w/ Lanre Bakare Malika Booker & Daudi Matsiko

.Sunila Galappatti shares her cultural highlights for #MyHitList - Akram Khan's Chotto Desh, @ZarlashtHon being a refugee, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s seascapes, Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats Fdtn, Fats Domino On a Slow Boat to China and long distance trains, all here bit.ly/4moVEB2

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

Ep 40 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, focuses on artist Robin Paine who settled in Edinburgh having experienced the shock of moving from Kenya to London where she felt completely invisible bit.ly/4mjMXru

'It feels as if you’ve received an invitation to enter these women’s homes, a sacred space, where you honour it with the utmost care and respect', Halina Edwards reviews Mickalene Thomas's exhibition in praise of black women's beauty Hayward Gallery bit.ly/4do2seb

‘I have always longed to be known, truly known, by another human being,’ says the rich and beautiful Chiamaka, the first of the four characters in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel Dream Count, Isabelle Dupuy reviews bit.ly/3ZnB5Lc

📚 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

'I heard authors call their books their babies. I might have used the phrase once or twice, awkward-mouthed. ' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan in conversation with Anjali Joseph about the origins of her writing, her love of anthologies and ghost stories bit.ly/3HdzXDR

Episode 41 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, focuses on Adiam Yemane | አዲኣም who recalls her shock of arrival in Britain and discovering women no longer wore Victorian dresses and garments. bit.ly/4kVyil5

Publishing often pigeonholes writers of colour within racial boundaries. But new platforms like #WritersMosaic and their new Quarterly are creating vital space for unbounded expression, experimentation and literary freedom, writes Ella Sinclair in Arts Professional bit.ly/4k5h4S2

'This may be the first time Bowling’s work has travelled across the English Channel to appear by itself, but it feels at home'. Franklin Nelson reviews the revered ninety-one-year-old painter who explores collage as a conceptual tool. bit.ly/4dycYzn

Mendez revives Wesley Brown's 1970s novel about the story of two brotherly young men whose paths were split apart by the political weather - a critique of masculinity and the American Dream that was way ahead of its time. bit.ly/4mymNRQ

.Marjorie Lotfi reads 'Prayer' by John Burnside, the next of our series of poetry films in collaboration with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/3Z2fI24