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Talismans of migration
Toxic debates around migration overlook the fact that it takes enormous courage to up sticks and travel to a foreign land. Migration may be a passport to a better future, but what do you leave behind, and what do you carry with you physically and emotionally wherever you land? Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
Ella Sinclair’s cultural highlights
The writer and researcher on the soothing album Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko, the brilliance of the novel Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson, the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, candid discussions of the If I Speak podcast and being captivated by the Chineke! Orchestra.
Talismans of migration
Toxic debates around migration overlook the fact that it takes enormous courage to upsticks and travel thousands of miles to begin a new life in a foreign land. Migration may be a passport to a better future, but what do you leave behind when you migrate to a new country, and what do you carry with you physically and emotionally wherever you land? Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
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Rolling luggage
A stylish mother sends her daughter off to England from Puerto Rico with a set of luggage fit for royalty and a precious family heirloom.
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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.
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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Love
What’s the importance of love in relationships? Is it overrated? How does it survive displacement? How is it lost or found? Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy dive into novels and offer literary prescriptions.
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Belgrave Road
Big questions about ‘home’ haunt the silences between the star-crossed lovers
There Is No Meant to Be
Jarred McGinnis's novel explores the succession of male violence that poisoned seven generations of McGinnis sons
My Father’s Shadow
An interrogation of ruptured father-son relationships
Sentimental Value
‘It’s hard to love someone without mercy.’ Joachim Trier illustrates the intimacy between reconciliation, forgiveness, and the home in Sentimental Value.
Granta 173: India
A look at four short pieces of fiction from Granta's latest edition showcasing Indian writing
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.
Sad Song of Plantain poem
'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box'
Regarding Turner
What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?
Building Literary Resistance
Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim
Other Wild
Emily Zobel Marshall invites us to heal by connecting to our senses and the natural world
Fiction Prescriptions
Co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy introduce our new podcast series, Fiction Prescriptions, focussed on bibliotherapy. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas, and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from books.
Events
Featured event
Poetry on Film at the Conduit Club
WritersMosaic partnered with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation for a virtuosic evening of poetry and film at the Conduit Club in London.
WritersMosaic Live
Join us on tour in 2026
Find out more about the literary festivals we’re visiting this year
Free Will
Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Half Written Love Letter
Selina Nwulu reads her poem, 'Half Written Love Letter'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.
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The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
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