What I am Reading Now… is a digital publication and learning platform that provides a critically engaged space for Black practitioners and practitioners of Colour to share ideas, research, and reflections.
Each month, artists, writers, thinkers, and creative practitioners are invited to reflect on the books, writings, films, and music that are shaping their practice, inspiring new ways of thinking, and informing their engagement with the world.
Initiated in 2020 in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement and renewed calls for racial justice within the arts, the platform centres the experiences, knowledge, and creativity of Black practitioners and practitioners of Colour while fostering dialogue, visibility, and collective learning and imagining through art and culture.
What I am Reading Now… is an online iteration of a printed column, of the same name in Cooper Gallery’s occasional periodical &labels edited by Cooper Gallery.
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Current Issue
June 2026 Larry Achiampong
Previous Issues
2026
January Alia Syed
February Ibrahim Nehme
March Bahar Noorizadeh
April Shola von Reinhold
May Charles Tonderai Mudede
2025
January Elaine Mitchener
February Sarah Shin
March Farah Chamma
April Mason Leaver-Yap
May nussatari
June Anbara Salam
July Nat Raha
August Karen Tam 譚嘉文
September Amal Khalaf
October Omar Kholeif
November Titilayo Farukuoye
December Viola Yeşiltaç
2024
January Hamja Ahsan
February Dayna Ash
March Nhã Thuyên
April Mona Benyamin
May Rosalind Nashashibi
June Grace Ndiritu
July Yasmine El Rifaii
August Yasmina Price
September Aurella Yussuf
October Chrystel Oloukoï
November Ajamu X
December Sutapa Biswas
2023
January Sophia Al-Maria
February Marie Hélène Pereira
March Varsha Nair
April Rosa-Johan Uddoh
May layla-roxanne hill
June Banji Chona
July Vanessa Onwuemezi
August Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye
September Akwugo Emejulu
October Kodwo Eshun
November Anjalika Sagar
December Maria Chávez
2022
January Ranjana Thapalyal
February Ashanti Harris
March Rabindranath X Bhose
April Khairani Barokka
May Tako Taal
June MADEYOULOOK
July Jacob V Joyce
August Rae-Yen Song
September Harun Morrison
October Awuor Onyango
November Saoirse Amira Anis
December taryn mackay
2021
January Noor Afshan Mirza
February Hardeep Pandhal
March Minna Salami
April Jade Montserrat
May Sin Wai Kin
June Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa
July Jemma Desai
August Jesal Kapadia
September Rehana Zaman
October Serubiri Moses
November Yayra Sumah
December Joshua Virasami
2020
July Claire Heuchan
August Dr Francesca Sobande
September Louis Chude-Sokei
October Naiza Khan
November Amia Srinivasan
December Barby Asante
Funding support
What I am Reading Now... at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD has received support by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland since 2025.
