This weekend sees the launch of Bare Lit, a new literary festival celebrating writers of colour. In advance of his appearance at the festival, poet, performer and educator Anthony Anaxagorou writes on the lack of diversity in UK publishing and why the festival is so needed.

Read ‘From the back of the bus: the significance of BAME writers’ here.

Bare Lit Festival is Media Diversified‘s new literature festival for writers of colour, taking place 26 – 28 February 2016. Find out more and get tickets here.

Influx Press is seeking manuscript submissions from BAME writers. Find out more and submit your work here.