In celebration of Emancipation Day and in remembrance of our shared history across the diasporas, we're sharing the poem 'On Reading Thistlewood's Diary' by Ann-Margaret Lim. You can check out the poem online or by grabbing a copy of Ann-Margaret's forthcoming collection Kingston Buttercup.
Discover Khadijah Ibrahiim's new work at Millennium Square in Talking Statues. Commissioned by Sing London along with playwright Daniel Bye and screenwriter Ben Tagoe, Khadijah gives a voice to one of the many golden owls on display outside Leeds Civic Hall. The owls' stories are voiced by personalities such as Vic Reeves, Brian Blessed, Gemma Whelan and Ian McMillan.
by Gemma Weekes
I have been moved all my life by the impulse to create and to revel in the luminescence of things. I have been arrogant enough to believe, somehow, that my work might contribute to the age-long artistic manifesto of making humanity more human. But how do I justify this quiet work while the world burns? It feels indulgent to create at a time when the world seems to demand instead that we react.
Inscribe-supported writer Mahsuda Snaith has signed a two-book deal with publishers Transworld for its Doubleday imprint. Agent James Wills at Watson, Little sold world rights to The Constellation of Ravine and a second novel to Transworld assistant editor Lizzy Goudsmit.
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In the latest issue of Caribbean Beat, Shivanee Ramlochan reviews You Have You Father Hard Head, The Repenters, The Bone Readers, The Gymnast and Other Positions and
Raymond Antrobus talks about the Forward Prize and Tiphanie Yanique's debut collection, Wife.
Inscribe-supported writer Maya Chowdhry is off to the Arran Poetry Adventure and will use the time to finalise the manuscript for her forthcoming chapbook, Fossil.
She has recently contributed 'Tea with Roget' for an augmented reality app, Beacons for Science, as part of European City of Science, Manchester. Visitors can download the free app during the festival, or have afternoon tea in the Portico Library on 28 July.
Check out John Lyons reading from his CLPE (CLiPPA) Award-shortlisted collecting for children, Dancing in the Rain.
Following his nomination for the CLPE Award (CLiPPA), John Lyons spoke with CLPE about his inspirations as a poet, which poems he remembers from his childhood, and why poetry is important, among other things. You can watch the videos below.
