The White Review aims to promote the arts and literature and advance education in arts and literature for the benefit of the public through the publication of an arts and literary journal and the organisation of artistic and literary events specialising in artistically or educationally meritorious works of new or emerging artists and writers.
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For over a decade, our magazine has provided a platform for ambitious new art and writing, supported international and UK-based writers and artists at a crucial stage in their development, championed literature in translation, and published a vital programme of cultural reviews read by an international audience.
In 2022 alone, we've worked with a range of brilliant cultural figures, including Ocean Vuong, Bani Abidi, Siri Hustvedt, Lubaina Himid, Maria Stepanova and Eugene Ostashevsky, Valzyhna Mort, Julia Armfield, Vladimir Sorokin translated by Max Lawton, Kate Zambreno, Susanna Moore and Polly Barton.
‘The White Review is a gift for writers, and for literature.’ – Claire-Louise Bennett
These are just a few examples of the work The White Review does. Over the years we have published a diverse mixture of emerging and established artists and writers side by side. Remember Virginie Despentes’s blistering take-down of the Académie des César, translated by Frank Wynne? Johanna Hedva’s hagiography of Nine Inch Nails? Meena Kandasamy’s extraordinary essay on writing, trauma and the fate of women Tamil Tigers? Juliet Jacques's reckoning with the films of Adam Curtis? Sally Rooney's short story ‘At the Clinic‘? Lauren Elkin on écriture féminine? Deborah Levy’s ‘Weeping Machines‘, the starting point for her ‘living autobiography‘ series? Our many beautiful covers, designed by artists including Allison Katz, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Anthea Hamilton?
‘A cultural juggernaut. Seismic in its impact on both aspiring and established voices. An essential space for great writing and thinking.’ – Irenosen Okojie MBE
Our activities extend beyond the page. Our Short Story Prize and Poet's Prize have helped amplify some of the most exciting new voices in fiction and poetry, including Claire-Louise Bennett, Julia Armfield, Sophie Mackintosh, Lucy Mercer and Vanessa Onwuemezi, along with our most recent winners, Fahad Al-Amoudi and Jiaqi Kang. We host online and in-person events, we‘ve provided editorial mentorships in partnership with Ledbury Poetry Critics, and we help run the annual, international Hope Street Writer in Residence programme in collaboration with the University of Liverpool.
‘Nothing less than a cultural revolution.’ – Deborah Levy
