Natasha Brown, Troy Onyango on International Booker Prize 2026 jury #LiteraryAwards #Fiction The Booker Prizes writingafrica.com/natasha-brown-…

Meet the author fighting for community spaces in London as a library opens in her name: selondoner.co.uk/news/21122024-… Article about Shani Akilah.@the_bwbc discusses Shani Akilah's novel For Such A Time as This from 7.30pm tonight.

From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification by Richard Yeboah,pub Biteback Publishing is out! We've been mentioning this book for a while so good to see it's finally in print. Congrats Richard Yeboah!

The best way to discover hidden gems: why you should try out a bookshop crawl' by Michaela Makusha in The Guardian June 2025: ·theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

The Society for Caribbean Studies (Society for Caribbean Studies) will hosts its annual conference from 2-4 July entitled The Poetics, Praxis and Politics of Repair: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-scs…

Oraline McDonald's debut novel 'No Small Thing', published by Serpent's Tail last year, is now out in paperback.

A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant published by Baskerville earlier this month. A second book is expected next year. #Birmingham #1960s Could there be a TV series?

No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald, pub. by Serpent's Tail in 2024 is Books Are My Bag Fiction #IndieBookoftheMonth for June. Books are my bag is the annual campaign that highlights the role of Independent Bookshops in the UK.

#Crime Innocent Guilt by Emmy nominated producer Remi Kone, published in May by Quercus, is the first in a trilogy introducing DI Leah Hutch.

Awakened, the debut novel by Kelechi Okafor, pub by Trapeze 26th June. #London #scifi #afrofuturism

English: Shared Futures 2025 conference runs from 3-5th July @ University of York. Participants incl: writers & lecturers Janine Bradbury (Janine Bradbury) & Julia Mensah, poet Jennifer Wong (Jennifer Wong). Draft programme: englishsharedfutures.org/programme #schools #writing #teaching

#childrensbook #biography Tunde Onakoya, the Chess Champion by Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn, pub by Ouida Books May '25. CHESS IN SLUMS AFRICA founder Tunde Onakoya introduces disadvantaged children to chess and its educational and transformative aspects. #cognitiveskills #competition #confidence

#November Pan MacMillan is to publish 'Simply More: A book for anyone who has been told they're too much' by award winning singer, actress & producer Cynthia Erivo.#lifelessons Her debut children's book, 'Remember to dream, Ebere' was published in the USA 2021.

Blog I was waiting to exhale - and then I did: a reflection on grief, healing, and holding joy in the midst of Loss by Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭 @nhttps://nalormele.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/i-was-waiting-to-exhale-and-then-i-did/

#thesis The Architecture of Whiteness: How Institutional whiteness shapes academic careers in the UK by Dr Rhi Garrett: repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesi… (Loughborough University depository, June 2025)

Supa Nova, the graphic novel by illustrator Chanté Timothy, pub. by Nosy Crow (May '25) is Books Are My Bag's pick for children's Indie Book of the Month (June!). Books are my bag is the annual campaign that celebrates and highlights the role of Independent Bookshops in the UK.

#comment 'Bring a chair: marginalised authors can get a big boost from social media – but it takes work' by Jackson P Brown in The Bookseller April 2025: thebookseller.com/comment/bring-… 💫 jackson 💫PRE-ORDER THE REAPER's novel The Reaper is to be published by Del Rey this month. #fantasy

#WebsiteWednesday writing mentoring programme Black Girl Writers Black Girl Writers CIC: blackgirlwriters.org

"It’s not in the crowd...it’s in these tiny bands of sisters": Elevating the voices of Black women working in University roles across the diaspora by Dr Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭 ( Loughborough University depository, May 2025) repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesi… #UK #Canada #Toronto

The Culture,Media &Sport Committee has launched a new inquiry into the provision of children's tv and video content in the UK, aiming to ensure that future generations continue to benefit from high-quality, British-made programmes. I’ve been calling for this.