When: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWhere: BLOC Cinema, Black Box and White Box in ArtsOne, Mile End
Speaker: Angelique Golding, Sana Goyal, Susheila Nasta.
As part of its 40th anniversary year celebrations, Wasafiri is proud to host an exhibition, and its first and latest editors in conversation
As part of its 40th anniversary year celebrations, Wasafiri, the leading magazine of international contemporary writing since 1984, is proud to host an exhibition, and its two editors – Dr. Susheila Nasta (Founding Editor) and Dr. Sana Goyal (Editor & Publishing Director) – in conversation for the first time. In collaboration with Angelique Golding – a PhD student on the Wasafiri archives, based at Queen Mary University of London – who is the lead curator of the exhibition, and will chair the conversation, this engaging and enlightening evening will chart and trace Wasafiri’s history, trajectory, editorial strategy, and vision over forty years.
How do literary magazines survive and thrive? What kinds of editorial and curatorial choices and decisions do literary editors make, and why? Challenges aside, what role has Wasafiri played in championing and platforming new critical and creative voices from across the globe? And what stories and histories does the archive hold?
The event promises to shed light on precarious and pivotal moments in the magazine's life and times, including its adaptive strategies in the face of funding challenges and political shifts over four decades, and hopes to juxtapose the magazine's past with its present and future — enriched by sounds and images from the archives.
Join us for an evening of reflection and celebration – by way of the archives – as we mark 40 years of Wasafiri.