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An online magazine & developmental resource reflecting the changing reality of contemporary Britain, from its past into its future @writersmosaic.bsky.social
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Joined October 2020
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
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Our new audio drama series, Mosaic Monologues, unfolds, ranging from the surreal to the intimate. Electrifying poet @aanaxagorou.bsky.social lights up our website as he shares secrets of his craft with Gabriel Gbadamosi, all in our Nov newsletter, out now https://t.co/AGANMiZ3VZ
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In Mara Menzies's story, Fear itself describes it wove itself into the life of a woman who is exploring her freedom, her body and her beauty.
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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
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John Siddique talks to Ishy Din about directing and producing Mosaic Monologues, featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic.
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Writer @aniefiokekp.bsky.social reflects on diaspora and the fantasy of return through conversations with friends and strangers in #CloseUp, 'Wow, diaspora for real'
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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
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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
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Dr Laleh Atashi revisits Forough Farrokhzad's poem ‘O, You Frontier of Gems’ 60 years after her death.
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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
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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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'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
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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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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
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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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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
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Clementine E Burnley reviews Khalid Abdalla’s one-man show Nowhere, which raises questions about belonging, citizenship, and solidarity.
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#WritersMosaic Live powers into the Midlands & the north with John Siddique chairing a series of events in Birmingham, Sheffield & Manchester all this and more in our latest newsletter out now
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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
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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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In episode 56 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK, Mehredad, who came from Iran, says he feels the UK is welcoming, like a mother hen that takes all the chicks under her wings
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Mehredad, originally from Iran, features in of What We Leave We Carry, the series that tells true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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