si vis pacem, para bellum  

Ahead of the more public announcement of the following publication, I wanted to first share this with the followers of the website and newsletter. In addition to the core issues that Mousai centres itself around, we are increasingly working on intersecting issues that inhabit the aim of platforming and publishing specifically marginalised and othered voices. The increasing toxicity, trauma, and erasure present within the world demands a project such as Mousai takes this stand and produces such work. 

The first of these intersecting issues is to be published in September 2025, under the title of ‘si vis pacem, para bellum’. This is an issue that centres around Trans+ voices responding to, and resisting erasure. 

We are working with an eclectic and exciting group of Trans+ writers and visual artists who encapsulate their resistance in a variety of very different ways, but all with the same grace, sincerity, authenticity, and vitality. This is a challenging issue, by its very nature, and holds a significantly personal stake for me.

In August 2025, Mousai will announce the publication and a launch event surrounding it more broadly, and in greater detail. For now, it is a pleasure to share on this forum that the issue will publish on Saturday 13th September 2025, at an event that will include readings from some of those who have written for the publication, in Bexhill-on-Sea, near Brighton. The event space, announced in August, is owned by a good friend, and is by necessity Trans+ and Queer friendly. A safe space, but ready to take on these challenges with bravery and conviction.