Toxic debates around migration overlook the fact that it takes enormous courage to upsticks and travel thousands of miles to begin a new life in a foreign land. Migration may be a passport to a better future, but what do you leave behind when you migrate to a new country, and what do you carry with you physically and emotionally wherever you land? Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
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WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund
Conjuring memories of his parents’ generation and the significance of the nicknames they acquired as new arrivals in England.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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)
19 Mar 2026
Rolling luggage - Amanda Vilanova
A stylish mother sends her daughter off to England from Puerto Rico with a set of luggage fit for royalty and a precious family heirloom.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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)
18 Mar 2026
Kafan - Ishy Din
Reflections on the emotional and spiritual significance of a burial shroud that was brought by a mother to England from her village in Pakistan in the late 1960s.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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)
17 Mar 2026
Haunting melodies - Maggie Harris
A guitar, once a father’s prized possession, provides a physical manifestation of a family’s journey and loss and of his creative inspiration.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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)
16 Mar 2026
Month One: the source and the poem - Roger Robinson
Recollections of the bleak cold and seeping sadness of the first years in the UK from Trinidad in the 1980s.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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 Mar 2026
A sick note - Suzanne Harrington
A journalist recalls how she came to London from Ireland at the age of 19 with an official letter suggesting that she was not entirely of sound mind.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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 Mar 2026
The most wonderful object in the world - Maria Jastrzębska
A memory from 1957 of a small child’s migration to England from Poland and her acquisition of the most magical toy she had ever seen.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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 Mar 2026
The last ritual - Eric Ngalle Charles
An ancestral ritual is performed by a young man's mother to ensure his safe passage overseas and his return to her again in Cameroon.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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 Mar 2026
The List - Snežana Ċurčić
Following the sometimes hazardous journey of home-made Serbian delicacies as they are carried back to a young family in England.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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 Mar 2026
Editorial - Colin Grant
Nine writers who are migrants or descendants of migrants share the secrets of their treasured objects of migration and their talismanic properties.
Talismans of migration (https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/talismans-of-migration/) 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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