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CONTACT & DETAILS
Get Hip To These Vibes
Belover reader,
We hope you enjoy this website.
If you're interested in more of Diriye's output, you can purchase his critically-acclaimed, award-winning books via the following outlets:
THE BUTTERFLY JUNGLE
This gorgeously produced. queer Afrofuturistic collection of interlinked stories, which was written and designed mostly on Diriye's mobile phone, can be purchased in these territories:
UK / USA / Canada / France / Germany / Spain / The Netherlands / India / Japan / Mexico / Brazil
FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN
Diriye's award-winning debut collection of short stories about the lives of queer Somalis, which is fused with hand drawn illustrations and poeticism, can be purchased in these territories:
UK / USA / Canada / France / Germany / Spain / The Netherlands / India / Japan / Mexico / Brazil
ABOUT ME
Diriye Osman is a British-Somali author, visual artist, critic and essayist based in London. He's the author of the Polari Prize-winning collection of stories, Fairytales For Lost Children, and the acclaimed collection of interlinked stories, The Butterfly Jungle. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Granta, The Financial Times, The Huffington Post, Vice, Poetry Review, Prospect, Time Out, Attitude and Afropunk. He lives on a diet of Disney cartoons, graphic novels, masala chai and Missy Elliott records.