Spotlight
Close Up
Fiction Prescriptions: A Novel Cure
As we launch our new podcast series, Fiction Prescriptions: A Novel Cure, co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy discuss its origins in bibliotherapy. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas, and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from novels, poetry and prose collections. Fiction Prescriptions launches in February, turning its gaze on New Year’s resolutions.
Edson Burton’s cultural highlights
The writer on Barbara Walker's breathtaking retrospective Being Here, Sinners from director Ryan Coogler, Rotary Connection 222, the freedom of St Pauls Carnival in Bristol, and poetry collection The New Carthaginians by Nick Makoha.
Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist
Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by the Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon are classics of anti-colonial literature. Ten writers here explore Fanon’s legacy, his radical work as a psychiatrist, his writing, and his commitment towards independence movements – all part of a remarkable life that came to an end when Fanon died from cancer aged just 36.
Edited by Colin GrantListen nowSpotify | Apple | YouTube
Inglan mad dem
A former medical student yearns to have been familiar with the writing of Frantz Fanon who might have acted as a guide during his years of studies.
Listen now
Poetry films
Four UK based poets read their work and pieces that have been inspirational. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with WritersMosaic.
Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khlavati came to the UK from Iran as a child and has turned her home into a museum with memorabilia and artifacts from her family.
Listen to all episodes from the series
Granta 173: India
A look at four short pieces of fiction from Granta's latest edition showcasing Indian writing
The Thing with Feathers
Dylan Southern’s film adaptation puts masculinity front and centre
It Was Just an Accident
Iranian director Jafar Panahi's film probes the relationship between individuals, the state and violence with determined humanism
Concrete Dreams
A novel about doing rather than feeling, each episode in this long piece is discomfortingly realistic.
Phoenix Brothers
Sita Brahmachari's novel raises questions about agency, assimilation and solidarity for refugee children
Mother Mary Comes to Me
'Who would expect such straightforward homage from an iconoclast and self-confessed sceptic like Roy?'
Jennie Baptiste: Rhythm & Roots
Baptiste’s photography captures how Black British youth culture transformed London’s sonic landscape on the cusp of the millennium
Othello
'We really must be living in strange times if we go to watch Othello for jokes. But perhaps laughter is the only way to deal with grief.'
The Catch
Yrsa Daley-Ward deftly writes two unique voices and paints them both as unreliable narrators
Other Wild
Emily Zobel Marshall invites us to heal by connecting to our senses and the natural world
Fiction Prescriptions
Co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy introduce our new podcast series, Fiction Prescriptions: A Novel Cure, focussed on bibliotherapy. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas, and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from books.
All the men my mother never married
A chapter from an unpublished autobiography, dedicated to my mother, Sarah Efeti Kange
Tell My Horse
My favourite book; an audacious, compelling and forensic expedition into Jamaican and Haitian socio-cultural lived experience in the early twentieth century
Between tradition and innovation: Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s cross-cultural currents
Drawing of parallels between the art of Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Kerry James Marshall
Poetry Africa
A cornerstone of South Africa’s literary and performance scene celebrating voices from across the continent
Mos Def & writers who inspired me
Discovering Mos Def led to an unfolding of the written word in rap, literature, non-fiction and poetry
Soft soft: listening to birds in Baiso
My purpose in Baiso, Italy: eat well and write more elegies about birds
Events
Featured event
Malcolm X at 100: at the Edinburgh Festival
To mark the centenary of Malcom X's birth, WritersMosaic partnered with the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025 to delve into his enduring role as a revolutionary and a symbol of defiance.
WritersMosaic Live
Join us on tour in 2026
Find out more about the literary festivals we’re visiting this year
Reggae Story
Hannah Lowe reads her poem, 'Reggae Story' inspired by her Jamaican father, Chick. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
The City Kids See the Sea
Roger Robinson reads his poem, 'The City Kids See the Sea'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.
Listen to all episodes
SpotifyApple Podcasts
Amazon Music
YouTube
Other apps
The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
Listen to all episodes
SpotifyApple Podcasts
Amazon Music
YouTube
Other apps
Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon, his work as a psychiatrist and commitment to independence movements.
Listen to all episodes
SpotifyApple Podcasts
YouTube
A six-part audio drama series featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales.
Listen to all episodes
SpotifyApple Podcasts
YouTube