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Bad Form issue 12 is on the theme of LOVE and you can pitch your reviews, lit essays, bookish opinion pieces, and short stories to us now. Selected pieces pay £50, open to POC in the UK.
More details: badformreview.com/iss12

We have a few £5 tickets left for our ✨literary salon✨ Libreria London on Tues 30 April! You can hear Huma Qureshi, Varaidzo, Sharan Hunjan and moooore
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The literary salon Libreria London is BACK on Tuesday 30 April!
£5 tickets to see VARAIDZO Huma Qureshi Sharan Hunjan and have some excellent bookish chat.
Tickets here: badformreview.com/shop/p/literar…

Still not over last week!

The BEST night celebrating MANNY AND THE BABY.

Congratulations VARAIDZO - a great night for a truly stunning debut. ✨

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate. 🥂

Out April 11 ❤️

📸: Philip Edwards

#Varaidzo #MannyAndTheBaby

We have three tickets left (!) to our dinner party in April! Two courses (ramen and dessert), and book by an author of colour for £35 ✨
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Come to our dinner party! Two courses and a free book by an author of colour in a private dining room for £35 🤪 can’t wait
Tickets: badformreview.com/shop/p/kstikj4…

8 Black Poets You Should Be Reading
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10 Short Story Collections By Black Women
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9 Spine-Chilling Horror Novels By East Asian Authors
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‘There were certain things that were against Islam that I would do and not really think much about, but for some reason when it came to boys or relationships that felt like the worst thing you could ever do.’
badformreview.com/read/alua

‘To me the impact of seeing a child reading about someone they can aspire to be is absolutely priceless.’

Read Aniké’s interview with Sophia Thakur on our website!
badformreview.com/read/1kmy

‘For a story that's so personal and so raw, I just wanted to get it out as honestly as I could'

Read Cecile's interview with Qian Julie Wang, author of BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
badformreview.com/read/sxos

'Grown is a guide but it is also much more. Its execution feels like receiving knowledge from your big sister or older friend.'

Read Billi's interview with Melissa Cummings-Quarry & Natalie A. Carter
badformreview.com/read/78sw

''Reprieve' blends discourses of racial fetishization in Thailand, interracial conflict in America, and, at the end, the inherent falsity of ‘reparative justice’ as interpreted by white millionaires.'

Read Leila's interview with James Han Mattson
badformreview.com/read/yeat

‘I don’t plan any of my writing. I start with the characters, and they take me with them.’

Read Stacey's interview with Candice Carty-Williams
badformreview.com/read/cxrx

‘When I went back to the UK I wondered, “how do we translate this slang? How much of it do we keep with all the cultural specificities?'’

Sophie interviewed Faïza Guène & Sarah Ardizzone on MEN DON'T CRY
badformreview.com/read/gvct

'In creating the book, Ruby really has “revolutionised the cookbook genre”, and, in getting me to actually cook a decent meal, she’s done absolute wonders.'

Read Emma's interview with Ruby Tandoh, author of COOK AS YOU ARE
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‘Let's just centre our stories told by us and centre us in every possible way’

Emmanuel speaks to Nancy Adimora and Ore Agbaje-Williams about OF THIS OUR COUNTRY
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