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the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature is a UK-based literary magazine edited by immigrants & refugees. Established in 2021, we exist to serve and celebrate the refugee and immigrant communities worldwide. We are proud to be the UK’s first ever literary magazine of Sanctuary, accredited by City of Sanctuary UK. The project is made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
vision the other side of hope was created for those who play against all odds, those unsure of every word they write, the frowned upon ones and mostly unwelcomed, the beautiful strangers. It’s a project of understanding, a tiny mirror that reflects those who keep on trying, those who write without hope in the badly lit corners of literature. It’s a project of words that maybe someday will clean a little the great big mirror of life from the slime they throw at our reflections, so that the cruel may be less cruel and the kind kinder. submissions We pay all our contributors and we collaborate with A.M. Heath Literary Agency who each year select some of our contributors to offer free one-to-ones. We hold two open reading periods. We publish unthemed poetry and fiction by refugees and migrants only, and non-fiction, book reviews and author interviews by everyone on the theme of migration. For more information you can visit our 'submissions' tab or click here. publications & where you can find the other side of hope We publish biannually, one print issue and one online issue, which feature completely different content. From 2025 we aim to publish quarterly, two issues in English only, and two in other languages alongside English translations. Our print issues are available to buy through our website, under the 'print editions' tab. Any profit from sales of the magazine goes towards our next volume. Copies can be borrowed from Public Libraries throughout the UK and from some UK and USA academic libraries. Copies can also be purchased in some UK independent bookshops. So far we have donated more than 1,500 copies to refugee centres, hotels with new arrivals and public libraries of sanctuary. You can find out more about our print issues in the 'print editions' tab or by clicking here. You can watch some of our previous contributors reading or talking about their work on our YouTube channel: @OtherSideLitMag Copies can be borrowed from the following libraries: The National Poetry Library, Brighton & Hove libraries, Newcastle upon Tyne libraries, North Yorkshire libraries, Southampton libraries, Portsmouth libraries, Wakefield libraries, Bolton libraries, Kirklees libraries, Edinburgh libraries, Morrab Library in Penzance, Arc Library in Winchester, Cambridgeshire libraries, Woolwich Library, Oldham libraries, Stockport libraries, Kingston libraries, New Malden Library, Salford libraries, Hampshire libraries, and Suffolk libraries. The magazine is stocked in The British Library, Queen’s University Belfast, University College London, Nottingham Trent University, University of Northampton, Vassar Liberal Arts College in New York, Michigan State University, Muhammad Bin Qassim Library in Pakistan, City of Westminster College, is archived at the University of East London, and listed at the University of Cambridge library databases. Copies can be purchased from bookshops: News From Nowhere (Liverpool), Five Leaves Bookshop (Nottingham), Books Peckham (London), Bookpoint (Dunoon, Scotland), Bookmarks (London), No Alibis (Belfast), Typewronger Books (Edinburgh), Truman Books (Farsley, Leeds), October Books (Southampton), Tenderbooks (London), Store 104 (Rochester, Kent), The Portobello Bookshop (Edinburgh), Housmans Bookshop (London), Max Minerva's (Bristol), Liznojan Books (Tiverton, Devon), and Bookbag (Exeter). Donated copies at refugee centres, charities, and art centres: Portsmouth City of Sanctuary, Journeys Festival International in Leicester, Refugee Futures in Stockton-on-Tees, Northumberland County Sanctuary, Swindon City of Sanctuary, Gloucester Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers, Give a Book, Northampton Town of Sanctuary, Harrogate District of Sanctuary, Refugee Hub at St Peter's church in Winchester, Northumberland City of Sanctuary, Derby Refugee Forum, Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum, The Islington Centre for Refugees & Migrants, Herefordshire City of Sanctuary, St. Augustine's Centre in Halifax, Worthing 4 Refugees, Woolwich Migrant Hub, Clockhouse Community Centre Woolwich Dockyard, Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network, Greenwich Borough of Sanctuary, Nottingham Red Cross, Sheffield City of Sanctuary, The Comfrey Project in Newcastle & Gateshead, Oasis Cardiff, Manchester City of Sanctuary, One Community Link in Stockton-on-Tees, Dylan Thomas Centre, Refugee Buddy Project in Hastings, Higher Education for Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Norwich International Youth Project, Coventry Refugee & Migrant Centre, City Life Education & Action for Refugees in Southampton, Norfolk Museum, Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile, West London Welcome, The Harbour Project in Swindon, and We Need Books multicultural library in Athens. Our online editions are accessible for free. The magazine takes its name from Aki Kaurismäki’s film with the same title. Patrons: A. M. Dassu & Lord Alf Dubs. Ambassador: Sepideh Moafi the other side of hope is funded by Arts Council England. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, PEN awards, and others. A former refugee child, Lord Alf Dubs, patron of the other side of hope, interviewed by our editor, Rubina Bala.
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