Bare Lit Festival

Bare Lit Festival is an annual literature festival featuring writers of colour held in London, UK, and taking place over two days every Spring. It was founded in 2016 by Samantha Asumadu, Mend Mariwany, Henna Zamurd-Butt and Samira Sawlani. The event is notable as the UK's first crowdfunded festival to take place, raising over £7700 by 291 individual supporters. Additionally, according to The Guardian, the festival was the first in the UK to focus on minority writers.

Bare Lit Festival

Bare Lit Festival is an annual literature festival featuring writers of colour held in London, UK, and taking place over two days every Spring. It was founded in 2016 by Samantha Asumadu, Mend Mariwany, Henna Zamurd-Butt and Samira Sawlani. The event is notable as the UK's first crowdfunded festival to take place, raising over £7700 by 291 individual supporters. Additionally, according to The Guardian, the festival was the first in the UK to focus on minority writers.