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300 primary schools across the UK will get new libraries, thanks to a £1.8million partnership with the Foyle Foundation for #LibrariesForPrimaries .

Our mission is to ensure every primary school has a library by 2028, impacting 750,000 children.

More ⤵️ literacytrust.org.uk/news/the-foyle…

I felt some pain after playing in Madrid, some discomfort in my arm. Today I did some tests and I have a muscle edema in my pronator teres, a consequence of my recent injury. Unfortunately I will not be able to play in Rome. I need to rest so I can recover and play 100% pain…

Thank you to the Bocas Lit Fest team for an amazing festival this year! Congrats also to my genius sister Nicole Sealey, and fiction winner Kevin Jared Hosein for the gift of their books in the world. I’m happy cyaan done to represent Jamaica in everything I do. Thank you so much! 🇯🇲✨

Absolutely chuffed to see Lizzie and Belle on this list. Congrats #jtwilliams and Simone

Last weekend, HOW TO SAY BABYLON won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, given by my hero Edwidge Danticat. Everything I write is for the Caribbean, so this award means everything to me. Thank you so much to the Bocas Lit Fest judges for this incredible honour! 🇯🇲💚☀️✨

Big fans of Pablo Fanque over at Storymix towers. He’s the founder of a mysterious society formed to look after magical creatures in our series Secret Beast Club published by PuffinBooks and written #RobinBirch and illustrated by Jobe Anderson

This video makes me so happy 😭

Labour of love putting this together finding out more about the Black British music that became part of the fabric of our nation

British Library

Curator Dr Mykaell Riley
Artist Nia Archives

Producer Maya Elese
Cam: Matt
Editor: Manos
Online: Samantha

Full report at weekend

Congratulations to Claudette for her nomination. Give Thanks & Praise Always Asè O 🌟💐🪘👏🏾👏🏾💜💜//www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/24/claudette-johnson-art-cotton-capital-nominated-for-turner-prize

Wowser! We're officially five years old today. A big thank you to EVERYONE who has been part of the journey so far. Over the next few months we will try and spotlight some of those that have made Storymix and our mission to centre kids of colour in stories full of joy adventure,…

Thank you to the wonderful Sandra Agard, Kate Corkery, Nina Martinez, Ferelith Hordon and Alison David for your time, expertise & STORIES today at the CILIP YLG London Sharing Stories One Day School today. Happy faces all around.

I’m moving out of London today man 😮‍💨
I’ve lived in this city all my life, now it’s time for a new adventure. 🥹

Massive congrats to JT Williams, Simone and the whole Farshore team on this shortlisting!

Percival Everett admiring your work, ⁦Jamie Forrest⁩ 🧡

Well worth hearing!

It’s EVERYWHERE?! 🤯

pride.com/books/mariah-c…

It's a sister thing ✨

Venus Williams and Serena Williams' impact goes far beyond the tennis court

#SiblingsDay | #Wimbledon

Rachael Baptist was a Black Irish singer apparently born in Ireland in the 18th century. On her stage debut, she was described as an Irish native, and enjoyed a successful singing career in Irish and English theatres, assembly halls and...