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Original Series

And the winner is…

A glimpse into the creative process and the poetic thinking behind T. S. Eliot Prize-nominated collections. Nick Makoha invites six fellow poets – all either shortlisted for, or winners of, the T. S. Eliot Prize – explore the concepts behind their books, reflect on how particular poems came into being and share behind-the-scenes insights that illuminate their work in a rich and dynamic conversation around the art and craft of contemporary poetry.

In Conversation

Ryan Calais Cameron: '"I never wanted to get to the point where I was in my acting, where you could put me in a box. If that was the point, what's the point of having all the creativity in the world and you can only talk about one aspect of life?"'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

In conversation with Luca Newman

In conversation with Trish Cooke

Dr Allen Zimbler: 'I'm here to learn and to observe and to just have the privileged of seeing a people who are somewhat different from us in so many ways.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Yvonne Singh: 'One talk that [Samuel Jules Celestine Edwards] gave in Portsmouth, the room filled so much with people that the floor gave way, and 60 people fell into the cellar beneath.'

In conversation with John Siddique

Zena Edwards: 'I wanted to be somebody who embodied an entire stage, changed the atmosphere in the room because of the character.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

In conversation with Luca Newman

In conversation with Trish Cooke

Dr Allen Zimbler: 'I'm here to learn and to observe and to just have the privileged of seeing a people who are somewhat different from us in so many ways.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Yvonne Singh: 'One talk that [Samuel Jules Celestine Edwards] gave in Portsmouth, the room filled so much with people that the floor gave way, and 60 people fell into the cellar beneath.'

In conversation with John Siddique

Zena Edwards: 'I wanted to be somebody who embodied an entire stage, changed the atmosphere in the room because of the character.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

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WritersMosaic Original Series

And the winner is...

A glimpse into the creative process and the poetic thinking behind T. S. Eliot Prize-nominated collections. Seven poets – all either shortlisted for, or winners of, the T. S. Eliot Prize – explore the concepts behind their books, reflect on how particular poems came into being and share behind-the-scenes insights that illuminate their work in a rich and dynamic conversation around the art and craft of contemporary poetry.

Edited by Nick Makoha

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After the applause: life, work, and poetry beyond the T. S. Eliot Prize

by Nick Makoha

A Portable Paradise, shared

by Roger Robinson

Hoard / Archive

by Sarah Howe

Life after the T. S. Eliot Prize

by Joelle Taylor

Change of heart

by Hannah Lowe

Poets en masse

by Ella Frears

A sort of homecoming

by James Conor Patterson

Featured episode

Life after the T. S. Eliot Prize

Reflections on the value of books and the purpose of prizes in a politicised world.

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Poetry films

Four UK based poets read their work and pieces that have been inspirational. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with WritersMosaic.

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Poetry films

Four UK based poets read their work and pieces that have been inspirational. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with WritersMosaic.

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Anthony Anaxagorou reads his poem, ‘Things Already Lost’.

3 mins

Marjorie Lotfi reads her poem, ‘The Hebridean Crab Apple’.

3 mins

Anthony Anaxagorou reads his poem, ‘Things Already Lost’.

3 mins

Marjorie Lotfi reads her poem, ‘The Hebridean Crab Apple’.

3 mins

Jo Clement reads her poem, ‘Playing Cards’.

3 mins

Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem, ‘Right Now I’m Standing’.

3 mins

Jo Clement reads her poem, ‘Playing Cards’.

3 mins

Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem, ‘Right Now I’m Standing’.

3 mins

WritersMosaic Original Series

Fiction Prescriptions

Great novels offer insights into the human condition but can they also be tools for living? Co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy provide bibliotherapy in our new podcast series. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from novels, poetry and prose collections.

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New Year’s resolutions

by Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy

Love

by Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy

The state of the world

by Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy

Featured episode

The state of the world

Ella and Isabelle reflect on, and provide prescriptions for, the state of the world. How can fiction help us to understand what we are living through, how to handle it and continue to fight for values, for a world we want to live in?

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Reviews

The Comfort of Distant Stars

A dazzlingly original debut novel from Nigerian writer I.O. Echeruo

Suzanne Harrington

Act Normal

A refreshingly free and frank approach to memoir

The Beginning Comes After the End

A tool of resistance reminding us of what has already happened

Chitra Ramaswamy

Fundamentally

Filthy, shocking and fearlessly confrontational

Ella Berthoud

“Wuthering Heights”

Emerald Fennell's adaptation is visually captivating and provocative, but does it match Brontë’s jagged meditation on race, class and generational trauma?

Danielle Papamichael

Good Good Loving

A family held together by betrayals, love, pain and messy secrets

Nicole-Rachelle Moore

The Secret Agent

A film as much about the contemporary moment as its period setting

Anahit Behrooz

Sinners

A soulful, blues-soaked explosion of music centres this Southern Gothic and slasher horror

Zebib K. Abraham

Belgrave Road

Big questions about ‘home’ haunt the silences between the star-crossed lovers

Sophie Jai

Close Up

Literally the shittiest night!

What really matters, even in literally the shittiest times

Isis Davis

‘AI’m not gagging’

On AI and the future of the novel

Taíno Mendez

On seeing Iran in the news, I want to say

A poet reflects on what it's like to be of Iranian descent and to witness terrible news coming out of Iran.

Marjorie Lotfi

Sad Song of Plantain poem

'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box'

Roger Robinson

Regarding Turner

What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?

Franklin Nelson

Building Literary Resistance

Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim

Naomi Foyle

Watching a theatre go dark

What we lost with the Blue Elephant Theatre

Amanda Vilanova

Waste not, want not

The cultural politics of waste

Michael McMillan

Frank Bowling

An interview with one of the foremost artists of his generation, Sir Frank Bowling

Franklin Nelson

Events

Featured event

Iranian Women’s Voices at the British Library

WritersMosaic recently presented an evening of poetry, film and music at the British Library in London to showcase Iranian Women's Voices, inspired by the poet and filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad.

WritersMosaic Live
Join us on tour in 2026

Find out more about the literary festivals we’re visiting this year