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Today’s Letters

Part of The Artists' Fair 2026

This reading session brings together newly commissioned letters by Emma Warren, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, and Tice Cin written in response to the present moment. Each writer has been invited to address someone—or something—of their choosing, reflecting on the political, social, and emotional conditions shaping our lives today.

At once intimate and public, the letter offers a form through which urgency, reflection, and critique can sit side by side. These works move between the personal and the collective, holding space for uncertainty, tenderness, and sharp observation, while remaining grounded in the realities of writing, publishing, and making.

Image credit: Mladen Stilinović, 2006

DatesSat 6 Jun 2026
Times1pm
SpaceRiver Rooms (and live on Montez Press Radio)
PriceFree

Biographies

Emma Warren

Emma Warren is a Writer & Broadcaster documenting grassroots culture. She is the author of Make Some Space (2019), which was a MOJO book of the year; Steam Down (2019) which was published by Rough Trade Books and named an Irish Times read of the year; and Document Your Culture (2020). Dance Your Way Home (2023) was a Guardian book of the year. A dual citizen of Ireland and the UK, she worked on staff at The Face and as the editorial mentor at youth-run Brixton publication Live Magazine.

Nadeem Din-Gabisi

Nadeem Din-Gabisi is an award-winning poet, visual artist and filmmaker. Nadeem’s work channels his experiences as a British-born, second-generation immigrant of Sierra Leonean descent.

Tice Cin

Tice Cin is an award-winning author and interdisciplinary artist from North London. Her practice deals with the idea of being outside of the spaces you’re supposed to belong to, and the portals that living offers us.

With thanks to

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