So proud tube on the longlist for the 2024 Nota Bene Prize. This list is voted for by readers, so please jump on there and vote for Locks. Let's see if we get a scouser on that shortlist. Big love and blessings to you all ❤🙏🏽💛🙏🏽💚🙏🏽

And I'm honoured to be on the list. Massive thanks to Nota Bene Prize to Picador Books and yo all the readers and supporters. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

This brought tears to my eyes. Spellow Library set up a gofundme page to restock after the riots. And they've already raised £225,000. This is how we spread love and unity through the arts. How beautiful🥰 gofund.me/74ff7fb6

Calling all unpublished authors. Apply to #PulpIdol NOW. Stop waiting for you work to be perfect or for the time to be right. We have one opportunity to make the most of the NOW. So take a chance ... you never know where it may lead.... Good luck to you all 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

Proud to be part of BlackFest @fest_black again. Some amazing acts this year, including UK Jazz Legend Courtney Pine. Come and join me and Writer/Script Editor Yasmin Ali on 24th Sep - How to Turn Book into a TV Series. Link in bio 👊🏾❤💛💚✊🏾

Come join us for the launch of @PoetryWirral at Port Sunlight on Fri 4th Oct. I'll be doing the whole multimedia LOCKS performance with some RiseUp Hero's Journey healing magic. Followed by music by IDA and DMC Champion Deejay Rasp. 💣💥

Really looking forward to this one 😃😄😃. I'm gonna be launching the Liverpool Neurodiversity Arts Festival alongside the legend that is Mr Johnny Vegas at The Brain Charity on Fri 20th Sep. 😯😯😯 Info for all events is on their website.

"Education should be a gateway, not a barrier." Ashleigh Nugent dives into the vital work we do The C Change creating opportunities for young people who struggle with the traditional education system. Join us at our 3rd Annual Conference to learn more: floralpavilion.com/event/collabor…

Really enjoyed recording this podcast with Laura at Creative Health Stories. All about healing through the arts, living the myth and making the world a better place. Couldn't we all use a bit of dat 😃❤💛💚👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 shows.acast.com/643ad93d6cc468… via Acast

Ashleigh Nugent on racism, the hero’s journey, arts and the criminal justice system. shows.acast.com/643ad93d6cc468… via Acast

“I will be discussing how we turn challenges into opportunities, much the same way that I turned my time in a Jamaican prison into my first novel” 📖 With #HMBiz Conference only a few weeks away, hear from Keynote Speaker Ashleigh Nugent on why you should book your tickets NOW!

Can't wait for this. I'll be speaking at The Brain Charity tomorrow evening, along with Johnny Vegas and a while buch of great artists.

I'll be at Granby Winter Gardens tomorrow at 6pm with Yasmin Ali and @fest_black. We'll be discussing LOCKS, the Hero's Journey and turning a book into a TV series. See you three 😀

I'll be the Lever Club, Port Sunlight with Wirral Poetry Festival @PoetryWirral on Friday 4th Oct. There will be readings from my debut novel, LOCKS, including music and visuals, plus Q&A and book signing. Followed by music by DJ Rasp

A taste of what we will be doing at @PoetryWirral this Friday 😁 youtube.com/clip/UgkxyvRxd…

What an amazing week teaching alongside the legend Patience Agbabi with yoga by Shanti at the stunning Tŷ Newydd Writing Retreat. Thank you Literature Wales and the incredibly talented group of writers. The memory will stay with me forever. ❤💛💚😁

A taste of what to expect this evening at @PoetryWirral youtube.com/clip/UgkxCMYak…

Had a great time performing excerpts from Locks at Wirral Poetry Festival last night with DJ Rasp. Thank you to everyone at @PoetryWirral

What an incredible day at the Black British Book Festival Black British Book Festival. I was honoured to chair the mixed-race panel interviewing Nicole Ocran | Buy my book, The Half of It and Emma from the Mixed Up Podcast and Naomi and Natalie from Everydayracism. Can't wait to read their books. ❤💛💚

Brilliant opening talk by Ollie Beale at Herefordshire Means Business conference this morning