Writers are increasingly told to stay in the lane of their expertise or imagined racial group. WritersMosaic interrogates this notion by asking nine writers how they attempt to think beyond the parameters of their cultural identity, or to address why they might find it problematic. In doing so, they reflect on the limits of empathy and the risks and rewards of straying from your lane.
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WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund
The consequences of representing the voices of others through your work.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
15 Sept 2026
A matter of survival - Maggie Gee
The need to be free to write without constraints.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
14 Sept 2026
On finding kinship in difference - Amy Abdelnoor
Imagination and empathy as key to understanding each other through the written word.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
13 Sept 2026
Thinking white - Will Harris
Challenging the all-pervasive, internalised voice of whiteness in order to 'think black'.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
12 Sept 2026
Cul-de-sacs of the mind - Chitra Ramaswamy
Fluid lanes built by the avenues of enquiry we have travelled and the cul-de-sacs in our minds that have formed.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
11 Sept 2026
Scuffing the lines - Naomi Foyle
Staying in your lane: protecting marginalised voices or fuelling polarisation?
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
10 Sept 2026
Beyond Baldwin - Taíno Mendez
The comforting boredom of being bound to your lane.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
9 Sept 2026
Reading for Carnival - Magnus McDowall
Thinking through a lens of a different colour in a different space.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
8 Sept 2026
The prescience of Staying Power: in praise of Peter Fryer - Colin Grant
What can be learned from Peter Fryer's Staying Power about 'thinking black' without necessarily being black?
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
7 Sept 2026
Editorial - Colin Grant
Nine writers interrogate the received wisdom of staying in their lane by questioning how they attempt to think beyond the parameters of their cultural identity.
Stay in your lane? (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/stay-in-your-lane/) is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk (https://WritersMosaic.org.uk)
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