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

This is a great opportunity to celebrate the publication of Covert Issue 4 with us and hear live readings from some of the contributors including Lesa Ng, Natalia Equihua, Barsa Ray.

Hosted by WOL CEO/Founder Amy Zamarripa Solis, with Guest Editors Sean Wai Keung and Titilayo Farukuoye.

Plus a chance to take part in an open mic slot for local writers and poets, up to 3 minutes per person. Please email [email protected] to sign up.

Copies of the magazine will be on sale on the night.

Pay bar with cold and hot drinks.

Please contact us about any questions you have on access and access needs on [email protected].

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, US, 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 D