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…
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“Your story is important” says Rachel Edwards, author of Darling
Within days of the Brexit referendum in June 2016, 42-year old Rachel Edwards experienced blatant racial abuse for…
Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s Stay With Me is a story inspired by the sickle cell trait
Bestselling debut novel, Stay With Me, by Ayòbámi Adébáyò has been a hit with critics. It tells the…
What does it mean to be a queer woman in a land that forbids it?
This month (April 26 2018) Cassava Republic Press will be publishing a ground-breaking new collection of 25 life stories…
When They Call You A Terrorist: A review
We were under no illusions that this book would be an easy read, nonetheless, When They Call You…
Melan Mag Interviews: Children’s Book Author, Tola Okogwu
What do you do when you struggle through barriers in the mainstream publishing industry? You co-found a publishing…
8 Fabulous Alternative Books for Children and the Young at Heart
This year, International Children’s Book Day falls on 2 April 2018 and because we champion the importance of…
6 Autobiographical books from female celebs we love
The beauty of autobiographical writing is that it’s candidly relatable. It’s comforting to read the account of another,…
Melan Mag Interviews: Authors of Slay in Your Lane, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
If you read our 2018 must-read list you will know that Slay in Your Lane by Yomi Adegoke…
8 Inspiring Female Empowering Messages That Will Change Your Life!
Women have innate caring and nurturing instincts that are within our genetic makeup, but we need to hear…
15 Books by BME authors that should be on your on 2018 reading list
2017 was a monumental year for BME authors, especially with the likes of Reni Eddo-Lodge and her debut publication: Why…
10 Literary works by #poc that would be on our curriculum list!
So, what’s wrong with wanting more diversity in your university’s English literature curriculum? In a bid to encourage…
Books for young adults, and the not so young..
There’s nothing like getting lost in a piece of fiction and we love nothing more than discovering new…
Remembering Buchi Emecheta, OBE
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta, OBE, widely regarded as one of Africa’s finest writers, passed away aged 72 earlier this…
Behold the Dreamers: book review
Behold the Dreamers is the debut novel from Imbolo Mbue, an American by way of Cameroon, that came…