Who's writing speculative fiction? lalah-simone springer though here, we have Lalah Simone Springer reading from An Aviary of Common Birds, published by Broken Sleep Books: youtube.com/watch?v=rShBFK… Broken Sleep Books currently open for submissions - full-length poetry collections 40+ pages.

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Do not miss British writer lalah-simone springer on Saturday 20th April. Get your tickets here.

Meet our two newest team members! Wasafiri is delighted to introduce our new Deputy Editor *Dr* Durre Shahwar and our new Digital Co-Ordinator lalah-simone springer.

Learn more about them both: buff.ly/3VNccaU

Melbourne poetry-lovers! My first performance in Australia is coming up in two weeks.

I'm taking the Common Birds Tour to Beans Bar - aka I'll be reading from my collection 'An Aviary of Common Birds' & generally creating a lovely vibe.

Come through: beansbar.com.au/events-1

last month's bestsellers!

including a few from our book clubs, events and staff picks ✨

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Absolutely beaming to be on Housmans Bookshop list of bestsellers last month!

The tour event for 'An Aviary' was soulful, and joyful - incredibly grateful to Stanley Iyanu and #FolukeTaylor for sharing their work in concert with mine.

Next stop, Beans Bar Melbourne 🇦🇺

Delighted to have Carlos Mauricio Rojas as one of my special guests this Friday 15 March, for the second stop in my book tour - and ALSO at The Queery Brighton on 10 May.

I'll be reading from my new collection, and hosting an open mic: eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-birds…

Join me, Stanley Iyanu & Foluke Taylor for poems of transformation and liberation aka the An Aviary of Common Birds book tour! We coming to celebrate at Housmans Bookshop on 22 March.

See you there, babes x

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🔸A working-class classic rediscovered

🔹Visionary dreams of London

🔸Poems of transformation and liberation

🔹The revolutionary legacy of lost gay bars

It's our in-store events programme for March!

Tickets and full details here: housmans.com/events/

❤️‍🔥 Meet the first *special guest* who will be joining me for the Common Birds Tour at The Common Press Bookshop & Café on Fri 8 March ❤️‍🔥

It’s writer, poet, & curator Amani Saeed! 🥰

Join us for performances, an open mic & a good vibe: outsavvy.com/event/18738/bo…

Exciting news🚀 We've officially launched our new website and branding! Explore our fresh look 😎

To celebrate we've launched TWO commission opportunities for individuals and organisations in Newham. Check them out! buff.ly/48BaGvu

🦜 Introducing the Common Birds Tour!

Six dates of performances, book signings, special guests & a travelling open mic hosted by me, on the themes of my debut poetry collection ‘An Aviary of Common Birds’ published by @brokensleepbooks

Save the dates! lalahspringer.com/events

We’re pleased to open the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, the 15th edition of the Prize in our 40th anniversary year: buff.ly/4bhlrWf

I've finished reading all 850+ submissions received for the Broken Sleep Books pamphlet window.

If you want to learn how to take your poetry from a draft to a submission-ready manuscript, I'm giving this online course for Tŷ Newydd on 21st February.

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Looking forward to this!

Come hear me read from my debut poetry collection ‘An Aviary of Common Birds’ at Goldfinch Books this Thursday ⬇️

Dive into this gorgeous issue... Get your copy of our winter special issue, Wasafiri 116 - Shorelines: South East Asia and the Littoral

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🚨 New year, new issue of Wasafiri! 🚨

Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Myanmar and their diasporas are featured in this special issue guest edited by Nazry Bahrawi,
J Leow and Y-Dang Troeung

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