To celebrate #NationalWritingDay, we’re delighted to share creative writing extracts from two of this year’s Rathbones Folio Mentees! Read Nidaa Raoof’s astonishing ‘postcard stories’ and poetry, and Mariamah Davey’s breathtaking short fiction.

Also shared below is creative writing extracts from previous years, from the Mentorship programme alumnae Aisha Borja, Henna Ravjibhai, Adnaan Ali, Sophie Crabtree, Shakira Irfan, Imaru Lewis, and Vincent Otterbeck.