Verna Wilkins is one of the women featured in our #BHM2023 special Titans of Black British Publishing. Her company Tamarind Books was launched in 1987 after a conversation with her 5-year old son who said he didn't see himself reflected in books. So she did something about it!

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♦️New Episode♦️"I get frustrated there's still like a hierarchy with literary writing at the top and children’s books at the bottom". To hear more about this discussion, tune into our latest episode Mind Mapping with @LawrencePatrice 👉 buff.ly/3tP03q9 #TAPSeries2🎧

New ep. “Speculative fiction. I think it is who I am. I build worlds on things that annoy me. It's taking a kernel of injustice then beginning to extrapolate from that into characters, amplifying magical experiences or strangeness that act as metaphors for the theme.” Leone Ross FRSL

Fantastic.

S2 ep. 10. Screenwriter Theresa Ikoko. “ I couldn't force my characters to say or do anything that they wouldn't say or do. I think it would break the world. I think it would rip the seams of it if I started doing that.” TheresaIkoko

Fabulous opportunity to learn from the best.

Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for Underrepresented Writers is officially open! ✨ It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £23k of prizes. The theme this year is Reveal. #WritingCommunity – send us your best work! Bit.ly/CFWA2024

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Big love and thanks to our brilliant Chair of the Judges @DaniellBailey.

Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for Underrepresented Writers is officially open! ✍️⁠ It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £20k of prizes 🌟⁠ The theme this year is 'Wild'. ⁠ Find out more, including how to enter: shorturl.at/70n8V

📣 Call for Submissions! 📣 Literary journal Lọ́unlọ́un is accepting submissions of historical fiction based on African people and events—whether factual or speculative, major or minor. Submission guidelines here 👇 🗓️ Deadline | March 2, 2025 brittlepaper.com/2025/01/submit…

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