Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5 & Textured zine launch: Rest Yourself

Schedule

Fri Mar 06 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Crawley Museum | Crawley, EN

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Come celebrate with us the launch of Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5 and our new literary zine, Textured in as part of Crawley WORDfest
About this Event

Join us at Crawley Museum for the Crawley launch event of Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5 and our new literary zine, Textured. Part of Crawley WORDfest.

This is a free event to celebrate our two literary publications, Guest Co-Edited by Akila Richards and Sea Sharp, focused on the theme of Rest Yourself. Come hear live readings from some of the contributors and buy a copy of the magazine.



Location & Access

Venue: Crawley Museum,103 High Street, Crawley, RH10 1DD.

The ground floor is fully accessible. If you would like further advice, please contact the museum.

BSL interpreters upon request. Quiet room. It will be relaxed readings.

For any questions or requests, please email [email protected]



Who's this event for?

This event is open to everyone



About Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5: Rest Yourself

Aileen Angsutorn Lees, Akila M. Richards, Alice Motta, Ameet Vaghela, Charlynne Bryan, Dr Tulika Jha, Erin James, Eve Lee, Jackie Mendoza, Jenn Rowe, Jesmal Jalal, Josef Cabey, Joshua Street, Kevan Anthony Cameron, Laurisa Sastoque, Liz Amos, Mabel Encinas-Sanchez, Manjot Dhaliwal, Nalo Solo, Nida Sajid, O S King, Pauline Rutter, Reema Kausar Majid, Samreen Faria, Sea Sharp, Sheila Auguste, Shona Raine, Soofiya, Sze Hang Lo, The Mollusc Dimension, Tireni Adeniji, Yuqing Weng, Zita Holbourne.


Editorial Team: Akila M. Richards, Sea Sharp, Sonia Quintero, Jackie Mendoza, Georgina Aboud, Amy Z. Glass
Print, digital and institutional Covert 1-5 subscriptions are now available.



About Textured zine

Contributors: Adriana Lord, Amanda E Inniss, Annie ZH Sun, Edi Mandala, Eileen Bellot, Isaac Izekor, J.O. Neill, Jonathan Chibuike Ukah, Jose Hall, L J Edmans, LiSa LoRe, Nalo Solo, Natalia, Equihua, O S King, Ronny Flynn, Shakti Bliss, Shane X, Sonji Shah, Yvie Holder, Zita Holbourne.

Editorial Team: Akila M. Richards, Sea Sharp, Sonia Quintero, Jackie Mendoza, Georgina Aboud, Amy Z. Glass



About Covert Literary Magazine

Covert Literary Magazine is a yearly publication of literature and visual art for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse writers and artists of colour. The magazine is based in Brighton, UK and was established in 2020. We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms and artwork, with future issues embracing more experimental, journalism and audio visual content. Our aim is to provide a platform for new and underrepresented diverse talent for whom mainstream publishing opportunities are inaccessible, whose work is reviewed, edited and published alongside more established names.
With each issue, we welcome Guest Editors and an Editorial Board of writers, creatives and artists from across England and the UK. Previous Guest Editors include Umi Sinha, Dean Atta, Mohammed Z. Rahman, AFLO. the poet, Jessica J. Lee, Sean Wai Keung, Titilayo Farukuoye and Elaine Chiew. The Editorial Board is led by CEO/Founder Amy Zamarripa Solis with invited guests. Our previous Editorial Board has included Sharon Duggal, Katy Massey, Jasmine Isa Qureshi, Akila M. Richards, Zita Holbourne FRSA and Tammye Huf. Covert Literary Magazine is published by Writing Our Legacy CIC.
The magazine is available as print, digital and institutional subscriptions, with back issues available from our online shop.



Funders & Partners

Covert Literary Magazine is supported by Arts Council England. Writing Our Legacy is part of ACE’s National Portfolio Programme.

Partners for this event: Newham Poetry Group, Crawley Museum, Crawley WORDfest

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