WritersMosaic - In conversation

Jason Okundaye has published his first book, Revolutionary Acts. He talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about his drive to normalise writing about black life in his work which focuses on love and brotherhood in black gay Britain. 

Jason Okundaye in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

‘The language to me growing up in Neasden felt incredibly transgressive, inherently quite violent. But there is something ecstatic about that crossing or breaking a border for, say, Arabic words to feel so at home on your tongue.’

 

Guy Gunaratne in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Talking about her writing life in Aberdeen 

Leila Aboulela in conversation with Bashabi Fraser is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Penguin has published a new classic edition of Return to my Native Land, the Martinique-born poet Aimé Césaire’s tale of exile and homecoming​​. Recently, Jason Allen-Paisant joined Colin Grant at the London Review of Books bookshop to discuss Césaire's life and work.  

Jason Allen-Paisant in conversation with Colin Grant is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

A new documentary paints a fascinating portrait of the pioneering singer and author Pauline Black who, with the band The Selecter, was central in the late 1970s to the rise of 2-tone music and the revival of Ska. The film was released earlier this year and she talked with Gabriel Gbadamosi about her career and bearing witness to historical and contemporary British racial politics. 

Pauline Black in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi: A 2-Tone Story is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

The author, screenwriter and founder of Storymix, Jasmine Richards, talks with Gabriel Gbadamosi about why she felt driven to start a studio dedicated to centring children and teens of colour in stories filled with joy and adventure. (photo by Hannah Pye) 

Jasmine Richards in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Talking about writing for soap operas and the wider television industry.

 

Thabo Mhlatshwa in conversation with Jonny Wright is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

The poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni has died. Her Penguin Modern Classics collection, published earlier this year, marked the culmination of an extraordinary career. In February, Giovanni talked with Colin Grant, about her poetry, her beautiful life and desire to go to Mars. 

Nikki Giovanni remembered is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

The names of the six writers who will take part in the 2025 WritersMosaic retreat have been announced. Clementine E Burnley and Amanda Vilanova from the inaugural retreat recall a magical experience and offer advice for the next cohort of writers.  

Clementine E Burnley in conversation with Amanda Vilanova is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Irenosen Okojie talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the alchemy of writing in the early hours and the power of stories to heal. She discusses challenging the stigma of mental ill health in literature and pouring love into Afrofuturism through her project, Black to the Future. 

Irenosen Okojie in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk