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Black background with galaxy-like design. Wasafiri logo at the top and the title 'IMAGINE OTHERWISE: Black Fugitivities' in blue and white text. Four circular frames with portraits of Rivers Solomon, Vanessa Kissuule, Sarah Lasoye, and Irenosen Okojie below, with their names underneath. A light blue box at the bottom with black text stating the event time and location: Thursday, 19 June 6.30-8pm, The Common Press Bookshop London

Join Wasafiri for BLACK FUGITIVITIES, a 2-part community event series 🪐

Part one is IMAGINE OTHERWISE: Black Fugitivities, a roundtable discussion at @thecommonpress.bsky.social‬ with @riverssolomon.bsky.social‬, Vanessa Kisuule, Sarah Lasoye, & Irenosen Okojie.

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Wasafiri 122: The UAE Issue Our summer special issue, guest co-edited by Laure Assaf and Deepak Unnikrishnan…

Introducing our summer special issue – Wasafiri 122: The UAE Issue – available to preorder now!

Guest co-edited by Laure Assaf and Deepak Unnikrishnan, this issue explores the United Arab Emirates’ literary and creative scene.

Preorder now: www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...

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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

A leading light of African and world literature, he was a distinguished Kenyan writer, scholar, and playwright, who served on Wasafiri's Advisory Board for several years.

Please join us in remembrance 🕊️

‘This was the book the judges really loved, right from our first reading’

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2025 is Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi.

Here's everything you need to know about the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Congratulations to Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of this year’s International Booker Prize. We’re hugely honoured to publish HEART LAMP. Our deepest thanks to the judges and, indeed, to all of you who have read and loved this extraordinary collection.

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Heart Lamp: Banu Mushtaq in conversation with Sana Goyal | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Heart Lamp: Banu Mushtaq in conversation with Sana Goyal today.

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be in conversation with Banu Mushtaq, winner of the 2025 International @thebookerprizes.bsky.social for HEART LAMP (@andotherstories.bsky.social), on 16 June at Waterstones Islington, London

Get your ticket here:

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ICYMI: Wasafiri is now offering digital-only subscriptions. Wherever in the world you are, you can access our ENTIRE back catalogue – plus each new issue as it is released – with one click.

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An Afternoon with Gurnaik Johal Join author Gurnaik Johal, in conversation with Wasafiri’s Editor and Publishing Director Sana Goyal…

Why do short forms matter in a landscape dominated by the novel? I’ll be spending Monday afternoon talking to author Gurnaik Johal about short stories and prizes.
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An Afternoon with Gurnaik Johal Join author Gurnaik Johal, in conversation with Wasafiri’s Editor and Publishing Director Sana Goyal…

One week until I’ll be in conversation with Gurnaik Johal – author of WE MOVE + forthcoming SARASWATI @serpents-tail.bsky.social – about short stories, prizes, prize-winning short stories—please join us.

7 Apr, 4.30pm, London @wasafirimag.bsky.social
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Wasafiri is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Alex Wheatle, a renowned British novelist known as the ‘Brixton Bard’. His contributions to literature, youth, and community will be greatly missed — please join us in remembrance.

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Congratulations to Wasafiri contributor Anthony V Capildeo on winning the Windham-Campbell Prize in Poetry this year!

In celebration, we've made an interview between them and Palestinian writer Yousif M Qasmiyeh free access until 30 April:

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Solidarity statement in support of Mahrang Baloch's release from detainment in Pakistan

We stand in solidarity with Mahrang Baloch, who was arrested and detained by Pakistani authorities on 22 March. Mahrang's essay 'Lumma! In Your Name', trans. by Mahvish Ahmad, from Wasafiri 118 – Abolitions: Writing Against Abandonment, is free to access indefinitely:

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Subscribe Subscribe to Wasafiri magazine to immerse yourself in the vibrant world of international contemporary writing and discover compelling literary voices that broaden…

We’re thrilled to be able to offer digital-only subscriptions to @wasafirimag.bsky.social (this will include FULL access to our 40-year archive!).

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The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is open to works in translation for the very first time. Editor @sanagoyal.bsky.social outlines why and how this is a major step for the prize and Wasafiri more widely, in our efforts to be as global as can be.

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The International Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes The longlist of 12 or 13 books will be announced on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 2pm (GMT).

We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025

Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist.

Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025

Happy #InternationalBooker2025 @thebookerprizes.bsky.social longlist day!!!⏳

An Afternoon with Gurnaik Johal Join author Gurnaik Johal, in conversation with Wasafiri’s Editor and Publishing Director Sana Goyal…

I’ll be in conversation with author Gurnaik Johal about short stories, prizes, and prize-winning short stories for @wasafirimag.bsky.social in the spring.

7 April, London Join us — tickets👇🏽

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Play your cards right and get your literary love or bookworm beloved a gift subscription to Wasafiri this Valentine's Day 💝

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Delighted to have poetry in this Spring issue of Wasifiri. 💙 Thank you to @sanagoyal.bsky.social and @durreshahwar.bsky.social

Wasafiri 121 Our spring issue explores the concept of the periphery from various perspectives.

PREORDERS OPEN!

Our Spring issue, Wasafiri 121, is now available for preorder –– and explores the concept of the periphery from various perspectives: www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...

Enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize The 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, the sixteenth edition of the prestigious prize, is open from 30 January to 30 June.

We’re thrilled to announce that the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open! ⭐

Our 2025 panel is chaired by Romesh Gunesekera with three category judges @antonhur.com, @noreenmasud.bsky.social d.bsky.social, and Yasmine Seale.

Enter: www.wasafiri.org/writing-priz...

Call for Papers — English: Shared Futures 2025

The deadline for proposals for English: Shared Futures 2025 is today! Be in touch with any last-minute questions or worries -- and send on those submissions! It's shaping up to be a really fantastic event, with a host of really exciting papers and panels.

www.englishsharedfutures.org/cfp

A busy room at the Armenian Embassy in London this evening as we celebrate the launch of the latest edition of @wasafirimag.bsky.social, all about Armenia.

Who becomes collateral damage in a country’s quest for greatness, or in this case, Hindu greatness? Who marches forward, and who falls behind? Rege’s greatest gift as a novelist is in staging questions without offering conclusive answers.

My review of Quarterlife: t.co/SAVMM1FlKN

Donate Wasafiri is a not-for-profit literary organisation and registered charity (charity number: 1059778).

A year-end plea to support @wasafirimag.bsky.social. We need to raise £10,000 annually to keep developing our work and growing the organisation to allow anyone, anywhere, access to the best new writing. And so, if you are able, we would be grateful for your donation.
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