Lana Nasser is a performing artist and award-winning playwright, theatre director and storyteller. The co-founder of the Jordanian Aat Network, which raises awareness of women and gender issues through creative self expression, has directed Aat’s International Women’s Day Festival since its inception in 2010. While studying in the US, she wrote and performed solo in… Continue reading Lana Nasser

Author and founder/publisher of SABLE LitMag Kadija (George) Sesay celebrates her significant birthday and National Poetry Day with her first poetry collection, Irki, published by Peepal Tree Press. Guests are invited to share poetry, music, food and drink with other poetry lovers. The evening will be mc’d by Dorothea Smartt with readings by poets, including… Continue reading Kadija Sesay and Friends

This residential writing retreat in Glastonbury is led by writer and life coach Jackee Holder for people who need time and space to sink deeper into their writing, who want to find ways to get started or to keep writing, or those who want guidance and insider tips on the different ways to get published.… Continue reading Writing For Our Lives

Book: Noble Conflict Author: Malorie Blackman Publisher: Random House Children’s Publisher Review by Mahalia Changlee Noble Conflict, the latest novel by Waterstones children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, follows the life of one young adult (Kaspar) in his quest for the truth in a world where deception and the unwillingness to see are worryingly prominent.

Our writer-in-waiting has been on the Royal Court Theatre’s Critical Mass Programme, Invitation and Super Groups and has been informally attached to the Clean Break Theatre. She has had rehearsed readings of her plays at the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, Young Vic, Young Actors Theatre and Tristan Bates Theatre.

Nigeria’s telecommunications company Etisalat has launched the first Etisalat Prize for Literature, aimed at recognising and celebrating writers and other members of the literary community across Africa. This is the first ever pan-African prize to reward new writers of published fiction while also supporting the burgeoning publishing industry in Africa. Publishers who have published a… Continue reading Etisalat Prize for Literature

Talented actor and singer Giles Terera has an impressive CV. Soon after graduating from drama school he joined the special ensemble company at the National Theatre set up by its former artistic director Trevor Nunn. He has played Horatio in Hamlet, also at the National, and Caliban in The Tempest at the RSC opposite the… Continue reading Interview with Giles Terera

The Caine Prize 2013, which champions African writing, is hosting an exciting series of readings and public events in London in July at different venues, including the Southbank Centre, the Royal Over-seas League and the British Library. Events include an evening with the Caine Prize 2013 nominees with author readings on 4 July at the… Continue reading Caine Prize 2013 events

Young south London rapper Boya Dee gave an eye witness account of the Woolwich attack on twitter. With so few young people in newsrooms, and 79 per cent of the young people surveyed by the Youth Media Agency expressing their frustration at their poor depiction in the media, many are turning to social media to… Continue reading Social voices

Award-winning writer Adam Lowe, 27, isn’t scared of expressing himself through his poetry. He has performed in theatres, cafes, shopping malls and even outside a Jobcentre Plus. The former youth ambassador for the Cultural Olympiad and member of Peepal Tree Press’ Young Inscribe programme is also one of 10 talented poets selected for The Complete… Continue reading Interview with Adam Lowe