What to read in June: Escape in a good book from these Black authors
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This author’s African-based rom-com novel gives new flavour to the genre
Frances Mensah is the critically acclaimed author who’s bringing an African-flavoured new lease of life to the literary…
20 years in the making, but it’s worth the wait! The Book of Echoes
Rosanna Amaka’s debut novel, The Book of Echoes, is an instant classic. Irenosen Okojie, author of Butterfly Fish…
Black Girl’s Book Club founders author debut book for teenage girls: Grown
The founders of Black Girl’s Book Club, the hugely popular platform for Black women to get together to…
Kiley Reid’s debut novel ‘Such A Fun Age’ a superb discourse on race & class
Only a couple of weeks’ after the release of Such A Fun Age, and author Kiley Reid must…
“A dream come true” Ben Bailey Smith set to author books for tweens
Ben Bailey Smith is certainly a man of many talents. Building on his repertoire which includes being an…
Beautiful and uplifting: Reviewing “Sulwe” Lupita Nyong’o debut book
“Mum, this is a really beautiful book”; my 13-year-old son is usually more interested in action, thriller novels,…
The Madam C.J. Walker book set to inspire the next generation of kids
Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business is a beautiful new hardback that’s perfect for little hands and is…
Why you need Palette: The Beauty Bible for Women of Colour in your life
Palette is a book for the women who have, for so long, been left out of the beauty…
Queen of the big reveal, Dorothy Koomson, returns with her latest thriller
Award-winning, global bestselling author Dorothy Koomson is one seriously underrated novelist. Her books have been translated into more…
Mrs Obama’s Becoming is the gift that keeps on giving with new Journal
If you loved Becoming, last autumn’s internationally bestselling memoir by former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, get ready…
“She remembers screaming” – A first-look at Chika Unigwe’s new book
In her second book Better Never Than Late, published through the newly established Cassava Shorts series, internationally acclaimed author Chika…
Celebrating the life and works of James Baldwin: Living in Fire book review
Celebrated author, political activist and icon of the current Black Lives Matter movement, James Baldwin is an enigma.…
What we loved about Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King: Book review
She Would Be king is the sensational debut novel from Wayétu Moore, her depiction of a fictional supernatural retelling…
Calling all unpublished BAME writers: win the Mo Siewcharran Prize
Do you love writing? Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your talent as an author? If…