InSight

Diggers and Builders

How might writers also work as community activists? Are the two compatible? For WritersMosaic the playwright Linda Brogan, crime writer Peter Kalu, poet Shamshad Khan and screenwriter Jonny Wright join forces to resist the idea of ‘community’ as amateur, less good and low budget.
3rd September 2023

InSight

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Films from WritersMosaic

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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.

In Conversation

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Writers talking to writers

Basma Ghalayini: 'Because we're continually being bombed and occupied, there's curfews, there's strikes, we can't just stop every time something like this happens or we'll never do anything.'

In conversation with John Siddique

Jarred McGinnis: 'I made a contract with the reader to be honest with them'

In conversation with Colin Grant

Tishani Doshi: 'Girls are coming out of the woods, / wrapped in cloaks and hoods, / carrying iron bars and candles / and a multitude of scars'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Close Up

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Essays / Fiction / Poetry / Memoir

Triage

A response to the endless spiral of worldwide conflict and tragedy

Colin Grant

My tomorrow is today

'I clasped my hands together, not in prayer but to stop them from shaking'

Anni Domingo

Ballet Black at 25

Cassa Pancho: 'It’s a miracle that we are still here in some way'

Franklin Nelson

My Hit List

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One person's reading, watching, listening and visiting

Naneh Hovhannisyan’s cultural highlights
Tahmima Anam’s cultural highlights
Sasha Darvas’ cultural highlights
Raffaella Sero’s cultural highlights

Reviews

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Books / Film / Stage / Art / Music

Mahsa Salali’s Naqqāli

'Salali positions the female body... as an active agent'

Sana Nassari

At Sea

Bearing witness in the face of dismissal

Lily-Ann Cunningham

Ai Weiwei: Button Up!

A journey through the dangerous world of human tragedy

Gabriel Gbadamosi

Original series

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Collections and podcasts from WritersMosaic

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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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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Fiction Prescriptions

Bibliotherapy for the head and the heart

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