How can fiction immortalise stories of migration that might otherwise go untold? How do decay and dystopia illustrate settler colonialism and displacement? What is the role of gender, womanhood and motherhood in depicting intergenerational trauma and domestic violence across continents How can writing transport us to different countries, continents, hellscapes, and paradises? How do we write pain? Love? Loss of community? Identity?

Join Tina Makereti (THE MIRES, Footnote Press, 2025), and Saraid de Silva (AMMA, Weatherglass Books, 2024), in conversation with Tagore's Salon to cover these questions, drawing from the themes of the authors award-winning works.

Footnote Press is an award-winning publisher of marginalised stories and perspectives.

Tagore’s Salon is a London-based organisation curating and producing events on translated and underrepresented writing.

MULTI STORY is a multi-use space in the heart of Peckham Levels, hosting supporting, and celebrating a wide range of events, projects, and people.

General admission £8

Unwaged/low income £5

If you’d like to come but can’t afford a ticket, please email bookings@tagoressalon.co.uk