Slay in Your Lane authors to release new children’s series ‘The Offline Diaries’
Slay in Your Lane authors Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené are following up their bestselling debut book with…
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“The book I wanted when I was having my first baby”: Midwife Marly
Marley Hall, aka Midwife Marley, has launched a myth-busting and inclusive guide for new parents covering pregnancy, birth…
10 books by Black authors that should be on your 2022 pre-order list
Hotly anticipated titles from Candice Carty-Williams, Akwaeke Emezi and Lizzie Damilola Blackburn are among our roundup of books…
Want to know how to be a ‘Carefree Black Girl’? Read Zeba Blay’s book
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women is Zeba Blay’s love letter to all the influential Black…
‘My Skin, Your Skin’ picture book shows it’s never too early to talk about race
My Skin, Your Skin is a new book from Early Years expert Laura Henry-Allain which builds children’s understanding…
10 must-read books to add to your (and your kids’) summer reading list
If you’re looking for a good book to add to your summer reading list, the Melan Magazine roundup…
Here’s “What White People Can Do Next”: a manifesto by Emma Dabiri
Emma Dabiri’s latest book What White People Can Do Next is for everyone and offers the part that…
How NOT to lose friends and alienate people while being ‘woke at work’
In her new book Woke At Work, Joy Omoregie’s tackles the question: “Can you really have the career…
Read this excerpt from Maame Blue’s Prodigal, from an inspiring anthology
Prodigal, written by Maame Blue, follows the introspective transatlantic journey of a daughter, neglected by her Ghanaian father…
25 years later: Push aka ‘Precious’ author says not enough has changed
Twenty-five years after the release of Push, the agonising book exploring incest, rape and HIV/AIDS, its author, Sapphire…
“This is how I am celebrating Nigerian cuisine”: The Orishirishi Cookbook
The phrase ‘food porn’ is bandied around all too easily these days, but Tola Akerele’s The Orishirishi Cookbook,…
Which two authors are winners in this year’s Jhalak Prize 2021 awards?
Novelist and short story writer, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Young Adult author, Patrice Lawrence, have both won 2021…
The surprising lessons we can all learn by mimicking the actions of plants
What if we told you that you can thrive in life simply by adapting your instincts and actions…
Why this book on fatherhood hopes to challenge ideas around masculinity
From MFF, the parenting and lifestyle platform for men, comes ‘Dad’, an inspiring new anthology of stories representing…
Everything you need to know about the new young adult novel from Akala
In his latest book, Akala has taken inspiration from William Shakespeare to write his first young adult fiction…