In conversation

The Ethiopian-British actor, playwright and filmmaker Beru Tessema, focusing on his film Lions and his play Wolves on Road, describes how he channels his migrant experience in his work.

Dalia Al-Dujaili talks about her new book, Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration, a poetic reflection on belonging that draws on Arab mythology and Islamic tradition alongside English folklore.

The author and journalist Saima Mir discusses her love for Malcolm X, moving away from rage on the page, and her approach to layered storytelling in which women gain both power and agency.

The poet, novelist and memoirist Mona Dash reflects on how her mother, also a poet, inspired her to become a writer.

The London-based Filipino author Candy Gourlay describes illuminating gaps in history through her children's books Wild Song and Bone Talk set in the time of the Philippine-American War.

In remembrance of Leah Chillery, the playwright, screenwriter and actress who died recently, WritersMosaic shares her interview from 2021 with the writer for screen and stage Jonny Wright. Leah spills the beans on being an actor, a writer and a Northerner.

Jonny Wright riffs with Aniefiok Ekpoudom about his debut nonfiction, Where We Come From: Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain.

Tariq has made the conscious decision to always exclude 'the dirty business of politics' from his writing.

Anjali explores her interest in the here and now of everyday lives, the writing that makes sense of life in the smallest of details and moments, and that discloses its magic.

History is not written by historians; it's curated by them. In front of a lively audience at the Hay Literary Festival, Colin Grant talks to Imaobong Umoren about Empire with End, her curation of a new history of Britain and the Anglophone Caribbean.

Jonny Wright talks to Isis Davis about her extraordinary journey from street gang member to actress to screen writer.

Anjali Joseph talks to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan about the origins of her writing, her love of anthologies and ghost stories.