In conversation

Vayu Naidu speaks with Dr Allen Zimbler about his memoir, Kalahari Diaries: Impressions of a Desert People.

John Siddique talks with Yvonne Singh about her new book INK!, which traces the lineage of global majority journalism in the UK from the 1800s to the present day in a series of seven biographies of some of British journalism's most important writers of colour. Recorded live at The Ilkley Literature Festival.

Del Jessop talks to Zena Edwards about poetry, performance and the embodiment of characters through movement.

Trinidadian novelist Celeste Mohammed reflects on her second novel, Ever Since We Small, a family saga drawing on the island’s history.

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, poet Raymond Antrobus reflects on his memoir, part essay, part poetry, part testament and investigation of missing sound.

Jason Allen-Paisant reflects on the move from poetry into prose, in particular with his new memoir, The Possibility of Tenderness.

Playwright Juliet Gilkes Romero takes us from the tweet that inspired her to write The Whip through to the play’s production and performance at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre.

Michael Ohajuru discusses his pioneering project on John Blanke, one of the first recorded black men in British history.

British-born Cypriot poet Anthony Anaxagorou explains his determination to tackle tough subjects in his poems.

The poet, novelist, lyricist and physician Suhayl Saadi talks about the journey of his polyphonic novel Psychoraag.

John Siddique talks to Ishy Din about their experience of directing and producing the new series, Mosaic Monologues, featuring six dramas commissioned by WritersMosaic.

The musician, producer and writer Love Ssega reflects on the power of art as activism and fighting for air.