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An Interview with Kit de Waal (2026) Elleke Boehmer In an online conversation that Elleke Boehmer held with the author for the Oxford Centre for Life Writing on 12 May 2026, asRead More…
Five years after the Black Lives Matter movement reignited powerful student demands to diversify the English literature curriculum, Writers Make Worlds reviews where we stand now.
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 – Exhibition Report Zana Mody The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 (5 October 2024 – 5 January 2025) is currently on display at theRead More…
On Being a Writer: An Interview with Jackie Kay (2024) C.J. Griffin and Amrita Shenoy Working across the page, stage, and airwaves, Jackie Kay is one of the most accomplished writers inRead More…
James by Percival Everett: book discussion The prolific and influential American writer Percival Everett has been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize with his novel James. James is a rewriting of Mark Twain’s classic The AdventuresRead More…
Exhibition Report – Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Eliza McCarthy The British Library’s 2024 exhibition, Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music (26 April to 26Read More…
Clara Park interviews Roger Robinson Clara Park On 23 May 2024, the poet, writer and performer Roger Robinson gave a reading and talk at Oxford University’s St Hilda’s College entitled, “As ifRead More…
“As if their bodies became AIR”: Roger Robinson in Oxford, 23 May 2024 Clara Park On 23 May 2024, the poet, writer and performer Roger Robinson gave a reading and talk atRead More…
Interview with Leila Aboulela Sadia Zulfiqar In this interview with Sadia Zulfiqar, Leila Aboulela reflects on her creative process and her approach to representing Muslim women in her fiction. Cite this: Zulfiqar,Read More…