“Writer, musician and activist Reeta Loi's a triple threat”

writing

Reeta writes short stories, essays, songs and poetry and is currently writing her debut book. They trained in Storytelling at RADA before writing a one-person show which toured for six months before headlining at Barbican in 2023.

Reeta was a columnist at leading lesbian, bi, women and non-binary title DIVA for three years. She also wrote features before becoming Contributing Editor at GAY TIMES from 2018 to 2021. Their poetry has been published in the She Voices Anthology and their songs are available on all streaming platforms.

Reeta’s writing is well known for mainstreaming narratives and histories that have been silenced and censored as well as creating work for emerging audiences. Reeta is known to be a passionate and powerful voice as a multi-disciplinary artist that takes storytelling to a new level, fusing poetry, music, comedy and song. Reeta is continuing to innovate by bringing movement into live performances.

Reeta’s debut novel is in the works and they publish fortnightly essays on their Substack newsletter entitled ‘SOUND’, which you can read here.

Selected Writing:

‘India has always been Queer AF’

‘For Queer Women in Music, this feels like the most exciting time in History’

‘The Power of Black & Asian Solidarity’ 

‘Teddy Brown on how the Black Panthers inspired the Gay Liberation Front’

‘Reeta & Cartel Madras talk MIA and Asian Women in Music’

‘Reeta Interviews Janaya Khan’

‘What does pride and community mean today?’

‘Interviews about home with LGBTQ+ youth in partnership with AKT’

For writing commissions, please get in touch here.