‘At Charlie Hebdo we knew we were targeted. All my colleagues knew they were risking their lives. Before the massacre I never took events seriously, but after what happened to my colleagues I do. I must be careful – all those who defend freedom of speech have to be careful now.’

Zoë Wicomb presents “Writing and the Stranger” Transcript of talk These days the foreigner is much discussed in political discourse, but I am going to say a few words on the foreigner in relation to writing and, in doing so, revisit a lecture I gave at the University of Rome some 10 years ago. At the risk of sounding […]

Poets of Protest A number of films for Al Jazeera are made by the (now Edinburgh-based) young Iranian filmmaker, Roxana Vilk. On Wednesday 20 November, she will be presenting and discussing her work at a meeting of the Scottish Poetry Association, that will take place at the Scottish Poetry Library, Canongate, Edinburgh. Dr Mario Relich introduces her work and […]