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Blood & Fire: Passion & Lyricism

A SpeakySpokey live literature production at the British Library, October 2023. Filmed and edited by Rob Akin.
28th September 2023

Caribbean lyrical writing, spoken word and music blasts onto the stage in a collaborative new series between the British Library and WritersMosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund. Phoebe McIntosh (Dominoes), Salena Godden (Mrs Death Misses Death) and Jacqueline Crooks (Fire Rush) join forces with Jazz musicians, a Dancehall dancer and a DJ for an evening pulsing to the beat of Caribbean speech.

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Free Will

Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

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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.

Coats

The unexpected cost of acquiring two Italian leather coats in Rome

A tribute to Bonnie Greer

Founding editor of WritersMosaic Gabriel Gbadamosi pays tribute to Bonnie Greer, the extraordinary writer, public intellectual and much admired contributor to WritersMosaic who died on 15 September, 2026.

Triage

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The Complex

The unraveling of a dynasty

Disappearing Images

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Ever Land

A layered and haunting view of daily life in occupied Palestine

Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.

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What we leave we carry, The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

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Stay in your lane?

WritersMosaic interrogates the notion of ‘staying in your lane’ by asking writers how they attempt to think beyond the parameters of their cultural identity.

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Ritual

In the first series of poems commissioned by Hannah Lowe, six poets explore how ritual gives meaning to our lives.

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