London Covert Literary Magazine Issue 4 Launch: Handmade/Made by Hand

This is a free event and great opportunity to celebrate the publication of Covert Issue 4 with us and hear live readings from some of the contributors including Shabnam Shabazi, Zita Holbourne, Niharika Jain, Sheyna Lam, Jasmine Sharif and Seema Kapila.

The event will be hosted by WOL CEO/Founder Amy Zamarripa Solis, with Guest Editor Elaine Chiew.

Plus a chance to take part in an open mic slot for local writers and poets, up to 3 minutes per person. Please email info@writingourlegacy.org.uk to sign up.

We’ll have copies of the mag for sale, plus back issues. You can also pre-purchase your book when you book your ticket.

See below for access information. If you have any further questions or need support, contact us on access@writingourlegacy.org.uk and we’ll be happy to see how we can help.

About Covert Issue 4

Covert Issue 4/Autumn 2024 focuses on the theme of ‘Handmade/Made By Hand’ with Co-Guest Editors Scottish-based poets Sean Wai Keung and Titilayo Farukuoye and fiction writer Elaine Chiew at the helm. New writing and artwork covers everything diaspora community past and present, from tea making at Chinese New Year to QTIPOC community-making in the park, by 31 Global Majority contributors from countries such as India, Pakistan, Uganda, the US, the UK, Mexico and China.

These rich contributions explore food and food rituals, festivals and celebrations, music, needlework, sewing and seamstressing, home- and community-building, conversations and connection and tapestry, hairdressing, lovemaking and sexuality, births and deaths, existing and resisting, older age and more.

Contributors: Amy Zamarripa Solis, Asha Krishna, Barsa Ray, Be Manzini, Clare Serugo, Dean Atta, Elaine Chiew, Hannah Collisson, Heather Pearson, Hongwei Bao, Jasmine Sharif, Jenny Arach, Joyoti Grech, Lesa Ng, Marina Murphy, Natalia Equihua, Niharika Jain, Nina Bhirangi-Bishop, Sean Wai Keung, Seema Kapila, Shabnam Shabazi, Shasta Hanif Ali, Sheyna Zaid Lam, Snehal Amembal, S.D. Chatterjee, Sunita Crowley, Teji Dhaliwal, Titilayo Farukuoye, Umi Sinha, Zara Masood, Zita Holbourne.

Editorial Team: Zita Holbourne, Akila Richards, Tammye Huf, Alessandra Duse, Amy Zamarripa Solis.

Print, digital and institutional subscriptions of Covert 4 are now available

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