Granta mourns Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. In memory of his life and work, we have lifted the paywall on his writing for the magazine.
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Rest in Power Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a phenomenal writer and thinker.
I think Decolonising the Mind is the book I reference most frequently in my work and conversations. I was re-reading the incredible Weep Not, Child just recently.
A selection of his work has just been made available for free.
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Here’s a little film of Poetry & Resistance exhibition in Arnolfini: see work featured from @lowkey.bsky.social @aanaxagorou.bsky.social @nikitagill.bsky.social and many many more… thank you @dannycarlo.com @rtbspokenword.com 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Skin the Rabbit (The Braag) Nowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bed (Verve). Writing long poems about rivers, absurdity & time +Arts Council £. Runs Sub Club for Manchester Poetry Library. Half poet, half tutor, half clown. Sheffield www.susiewilsonpoet.com
Poet & performer. Battery Rocks (Seren 2024). Winner of Keats-Shelley Prize, Arthur Welton Award & Saboteur Award. Outdoor swimmer & walker. Loves dance & art. Vegan. PhD - Goldsmiths. Also on insta.
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poet, unfortunately. Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape). NWCDTP-funded PhD on authotheory and anorexia @ Manchester Writing School. Manchester City Poet. rep’d by Peter Straus @ RCW Literary Agency
Publishing independently since 1929.
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Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
Poet. Playwright. Performer.
Swell (Penguin 2025)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459719/swell-by-ferguson-maria/9781802064353
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. Next book: Crowd Voltage (Bloodaxe, March 2026). He/him. 🏳️🌈
Independent publisher.
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Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
"Gateway drug to poetry" - stranger at a gig
Debut Collection: Faulty Manufacturing - www.josiealford.com
Check out my YouTube channel for all things poetry. https://www.youtube.com/@JosieAlfordPoet
BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Lyra runs Bristol's Poetry Festival, City Poet, Young City Poet & community collabs. Festival supported by ACE.
Next Festival: 25 Apr - 4 May '25
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Writing, DJ-ing and so on. My new novel 'The House on Utopia Way' is out now! Also co-director of Disco Neurotico. https://linktr.ee/stefanmohamed
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Writer of words, MC of also words, musician of music, dog dad of dogs, person of people.