“Love, loss and redemption” – Reviewing Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom, a poignant and gritty story of a Ghanaian family who left the motherland for America, is…
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Empress & Aniya: YA novel from Queenie author, Candice Carty-Williams
Empress & Aniya, South London’s answer to ‘Freaky Friday’ is the upcoming YA novel from bestselling author of…
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones: An extract
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is Cherie Jones’ compelling debut novel about a troubled island, of…
“Be the youest you, that ever youed” and other gems from Luvvie Ajayi Jones
The Fear-Fighter Manual: Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker is the follow-up book from New York Times bestselling author Luvvie…
Emily Bernard: “My ambition was to honor the glory of their everyday lives”
Capturing the twists and turns in the lives of three generations of Black women, celebrated American author Emily…
Melan interviews best-selling adult-fiction author Dorothy Koomson
Award-winning, global bestselling author Dorothy Koomson is back with her latest novel, All My Lies Are True. One…
“Bittersweet history-making” – Black British authors on their literary success
When authors Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo became the first Black women to secure top awards for their…
How this children’s author fought leukaemia and found a new passion
Venessa Taylor is a former assistant headteacher with a passion for improving literacy rates in young boys and…
Your children will love to read these 5 books from first time children’s authors
Representation matters at all ages! We’re proud to introduce these five stimulating books from new children’s authors to…
“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…
Michelle Obama shares ‘message of hope’ to young Black women
During her recent visit to London to discuss her memoir, Becoming, with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the…
Book Review: All the things we loved about Ola Awonubi’s Naija Love Stories
One writer’s unfulfilled yearning for a reading experience that highlighted tales of the rich and vibrant complexities of…
When Chimamanda meets Michelle: How to get your hands on tickets…
Earlier in the year when it was announced that former US First Lady Michelle Obama would be publishing…
How to navigate the world as a Black, female Christian: Book corner
Throwing light on the narrative of what it’s like to be Black, female and Christian, we highlight two…
Why Slay In Your Lane is the ‘Black Girl Bible’ we’ve all been waiting for
Even before the release of Slay In Your Lane on 5 July 2018, ripples of excitement could already be felt, not just…