Blood & Fire: Passion & Lyricism
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.
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.
Inside the WritersMosaic Literary Residency
'The sea was crystal clear, the weather was perfect and my pink toenails shimmered beneath the transparent water'
Gratitude
A message of gratitude for the late Eric Huntley
A trail through the archive of Black British history
An overlooked canon of Black British literature waiting to be uncovered
BEEF season two
A darkly humorous series delving deep into the maelstrom of human behaviour
Backrooms
Between memory and reality, past and present, comfort and terror
Zineb Sedira
Zineb Sedira's installation at Tate Britain brings 20th century African cinema to centre stage
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 explore the elusive emotional truth behind narratives and storytelling.
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