Wasafiri’s “Common Interests” Video Series Asks What UK Publishing Could Look Like If It Served Writers and Readers, and Lola Olufemi Has Some Answers
Wasafiri magazine has released a six-part video series called Common Interests, and it is asking a question the UK publishing world has been quietly avoiding for years: what would this industry actually look like if it put writers and readers first, instead of profit margins, bestseller lists, and algorithms?
The series is hosted by author Yara Rodrigues Fowler, and it brings together voices to imagine a different kind of literary ecosystem, one that is not organized around capital but around the people who create and consume literature.
Wasafiri has long been a home for international contemporary writing, so it is fitting that the publication is the one pushing this conversation forward. Six episodes means six chances to sit with the question from different angles, and if the framing is this sharp from the jump, the conversations inside are worth your time.
Originally published by Brittle Paper.