It’s publication day! The Map That Led To You is out in the world!!! 🧜🏿‍♀️🏴‍☠️ 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Dis Poetry by Benjamin Zephaniah (Channel 4) 1985

Celebrating the phenomenal Jacqueline Roy 🎉 An outstanding Black British voice!

She is particularly interested in exploring racial identities and the ways in which those who are marginalised find strategies for fighting back.

'Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.'

Fernando Pessoa

'Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.'

Raymond Carver

📣Events announcement📣
Join the RSL and Black to the Future on Friday 3 May, 6.30pm at the Black Cultural Archives for 'Manifesto for Black Futures'🤝

Catherine Johnson CatherineJohnson , Michael Salu MichaelSalu and Debo Amon will explore the multiplicities and power of Black lives, what…

'We want to encourage everyone in the Black community who has a burning passion, or even a secret desire to become a children's picture book writer, to come forward...'. Read our feature with The Voice Newspaper & apply to our Picture Book Foundation Course!: lnkfi.re/JerichoPrizeTW

EXCITING !!🎉 We're thrilled to announce our incredible collaboration with the We Out Here Festival this year.

We'll be at the Talks Tent for electrifying sessions of poetry, panels, and thought-provoking conversations.

The full line-up of our authors will be announced soon 🙌🏿

EXCITING !!🎉 We're thrilled to announce our incredible collaboration with the We Out Here Festival this year.

We'll be at the Talks Tent for electrifying sessions of poetry, panels, and thought-provoking conversations.

The full line-up of our authors will be announced soon 🙌🏿

Black British writers urged to enter children’s book publishing competition

The competition is looking for Black British writers to tell authentic stories that will resonate with children

voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…

NEW: Black British writers are being urged to enter a children’s book publishing competition to help tell realistic Black stories 👏🏾📚🎉

Thank you for creating this Jericho Prize 😊🙏🏾

If you are a writer, please enter, all details in the article.

voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…

Need help getting started on your picture book? Whether you're bursting with ideas or stuck on where to begin, we've got you covered! Check out our Top 5 Tips for guidance. Plus, don't forget: submissions for our Picture Book Foundation Course are open! lnkfi.re/JerichoPrizeTW

As you start this #NewWeek , remember the wise words of author Zadie Smith: 'All that matters is kindness and the capacity to recognize the existence of people other than you.

Let that spirit of empathy guide your actions this week.

#Monday #Monday Motivation #Blackliterature

The Bookseller Black British Book Festival Hay Festival Great news! Congratulations!

The Black British Book Festival (Black British Book Festival) will partner with the Hay Festival for the first time to showcase the work of Black British writers 👇 thebookseller.com/news/black-bri…

Sometimes you need an extra pair of eyes on your manuscript to take it to the next level.

The Northern Promise TLC Awards offer winners an in-depth editorial report on their work-in-progress from The Literary Consultancy, as well as £500 and career support opportunities.

#NorthernWritersAwards

📣 Calling all creatives!

Mulberry Literary is now accepting submissions worldwide for Issue 8.

Mulberry Literary welcomes all forms of creative media, including cross-genre, experimental, and hybrid works.

Deadline: 15 April

Learn more: commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/mu…

#submit

Publication day! My new book, The Hip-Hop MBA is out today.

This is a journey into the complex (and often perplexing) relationship between capitalism and the descendants of capitalism's founding victims, the enslaved Africans.

Hip-Hop is a by-product of chronic economic pain…

Join us as we honour legend Benjamin Zephaniah (Professor Benjamin Zephaniah)!

Get ready for an unforgettable tribute ft Levi Tafari
& Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓

🌟Plus, performances from امينةAmina Atiq Blue Saint, and Clairey

9th May, 7pm
SeftonPark PalmHouse
🎟️tinyurl.com/mpnp26u7