Individuals and institutions can now subscribe to a fully-searchable edition of Covert Literary Magazine through the Exact Editions platform. Subscriptions include unlimited access to the 4-issue strong archive, which will grow with each new issue published, across web, iOS and Android devices.

Covert Literary Magazine, which is published by arts and heritage organisation Writing Our Legacy, was established in 2020 and showcases the work of global majority creatives based in or with a connection to the South East England. A ‘Covert Talent Development Programme’ runs alongside each issue, working with a cohort of global majority creatives and industry mentors to develop pieces for publication as well as coaching and general professional development.

The most recent issue (Issue 4) focuses on the theme of ‘Handmade/Made By Hand’ with Co-Guest Editors Scottish-based poets Sean Wai Keung and Titilayo Farukuoye and fiction writer Elaine Chiew at the helm. New writing and artwork covers everything diaspora community past and present, from tea making at Chinese New Year to Queer, Trans, and Intersex People of Colour (QTIPOC) community-making in the park, by 31 global majority contributors from countries such as India, Pakistan, Uganda, US, UK, Mexico and China.

Writing Our Legacy is an arts and heritage organisation that enables Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people to tell their story through writing and the creative arts. The organisation runs readings, talks, socials, launches, performances and workshops to encourage coming together as a community. It also offers writers development programmes, arts and diversity consultancy and mentoring.

The digital edition includes linked contents pages and URLs, as well as an advanced search feature that means key words or topics can be located at the click of a button. Subscriptions can be purchased through the Exact Editions shops below:

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