Words of Colour
@wordsofcolour
Creating alternative pathways for writers, creatives, entrepreneurs & communities of colour to thrive. Not posting on X. Follow us on Instagram @wordsofcolour.
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UK BLACK PRIDE
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The world’s largest pride celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern-descent. #UKBlackPride
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Supa-emcee, record holding beatboxer, ✍🏽 award nom writer & composer #ChisholmForPresident #BlackMenWalking #CastlevaniaNocturne BBC/Disney+/NETFLIX 📺 he/him
Hay Festival
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... a world of different ...
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Journalist @GMB | Coaching midlife women who dream of more⚡️| Read my weekly email ⬇️|❤️🍺| Agent = @KnightAyton | FYI I mainly live on IG, YT, Tik & Linkedin
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⭐PR and Comms Consultant & Founder of @ariatuPR ⭐Personal Branding and Media training coach for entrepreneurs, professionals & Creatives [email protected]
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Writer LIT rep @sprungsultan | THR rep @imogen_sarre | Initiatives: BoxedIN: @weareboxedIN | The Daddy Diaries: @DaddydiariesORG Manorism out now!
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Marketing director @ProfileBooks
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🇵🇭🇬🇧 Workplace Experience Manager @UpliftGames @PlayAdoptMe | Chair @GamesAid | she/they
The Bookseller
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At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
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News Editor @WBDsports (@Eurosport, @tntsports) Other: Video Editor/Presenter/Author/Voice over. Views own etc
Palestine Festival of Literature
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Roger Robinson
@rrobinson72
TS Eliot and Ondaatje Prize winning poet, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and alumni of The Complete Works and collaborator on The Rest Residency.
Arifa
@arifa_akbar
Chief theatre critic at The Guardian / Author of 'Consumed' (2021) and 'Wolf Moon' (July 2025)
Bradford Libraries
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Welcome to Bradford Libraries X feed. Keeping you up to date with all the latest news, events and ramblings from Bradford's libraries.
Off the Shelf Festival of Words
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Celebrating books, words, and ideas. We’re one of the UK’s longest-running literary festivals, delivered by @sheffielduni. Share your stories #OTSfest
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Life is dandy 🌻 Mum. Journalist. #MUFC.
The Voice Newspaper
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Britain's only Black national newspaper.
First Story
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England's leading creative writing charity for young people. No longer posting here. Join us on firststory.bsky.social / Insta / LinkedIn
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@malorieblackman
Noughts & Crosses series, Pig Heart Boy, Boys Don't Cry, etc. Former UK Children's Laureate. Retweet ≠ agreement. She/her. Rep'd by theagency.co.uk
Katie Hale - novelist & poet 🌈
@halekatie
❄️ The Edge of Solitude - OUT NOW! ❄️ / rep @agent_luck / White Ghosts / My Name is Monster / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
RJC Dance
@rjcdance
RJC Dance work comes from a Black British perspective, with a truly broad appeal to a diverse audience both culturally and socially.
Leone Ross FRSL
@leoneross
Writer. THIS ONE SKY DAY/POPISHO. Unashamed maximalist. Goldsmiths, Edge Hill, Ondjaate & Women’s Prize noms. Winner: 2021 Manchester Prize. Agent: NiKi Chang
Aki Schilz
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Director @TLCUK/ Vice Chair @englishpen/ Founder @FoundationSwift & #BookJobTransparency/ @museumhappiness Facilitator/ Ethical Editing trainer. (Hon) FRSL.
Zehra Zaidi
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Lawyer/ Humanitarian-Climate-Governance & Risk/ We Too Built Britain storytelling #JohnYstumllynRose/ Global Summit campaign,Afghan Women Summit initiative /OBE
Sunny Singh
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Sunny Singh (she/her). It's Prof. Singh to you. Author. Academic. Director @jhalakprize. My TL is personal. Deal with it.
Caleb Azumah Nelson
@calebanelson
Writer. OPEN WATER. SMALL WORLDS - OUT 11 MAY 2023 . Pre-order now. @VikingbooksUK. Photographer. Instagram @caleb_anelson Representation @serenadams
Phoenix Dance Theatre
@phoenixleeds
Producing world-class contemporary dance in Leeds since 1981.
The Portico Library
@theportico
Discover one of Manchester's lesser-known gems - a 19thC Library & oasis for reading, writing & relaxing. Find us on BlueSky, Threads, Instagram & LinkedIn.
Seren Adams
@serenadams
Literary Agent at Lexington Literary
Penguin Classics UK
@classicpenguins
The Official Twitter of Penguin Classics UK.
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Dr Lady Phyll)
@msladyphyll
Co-Founder, CEO @ukblackpride| Patron @kaleidoscope_t and @microrainbow| Co-Editor SistaAnthology| @LinkedIn Changemaker| Trade Unionist| Human Rights| Speaker
Shafi Musaddique
@shafldn
Journalist covering minorities in Europe: @guardian, @Aljazeera @theipaper. News editor @AllianceMag. Formerly: BBC, The Economist, CNBC, Euronews.
Royal Society of Literature
@rsliterature
The RSL celebrates and nurtures reading and writing of all kinds. We're a charity that believes literature is for everyone. ✨ 200 years young. 🌟
CatherineJohnson
@catwrote
Doyenne. Chief Rebel @LittleRebelAward 2019 @IBBYUK 2020 honour list author. Knits and watches too much TV. Rep'd by @CBTheatreFilmTV & @rcwlitagency
Commonword
@cultureword
Writing development organisation delivering creative opportunities & a platform for marginalised voices. Newsletter: eepurl.com/WHkoT RT≠endorsement
Sharmaine Lovegrove
@sharlovegrove
Managing Director @dialoguepub | “Vibrant, intelligent and always up for a party” @GatherRoundBris | “Shining light of our industry” @TheBookseller | she/her
Lynette Linton
@lynettelinton
Artistic director @bushtheatre | Shifters @bushtheatre | @barcelonastage | Alterations @nationaltheatre
Ian McMillan
@imcmillan
Radio Presenter, Writer, Man about town. The Beat Generation Les Dawson. Check out The Verb @r3theverb
Bernardine Evaristo
@bernardineevari
Writer. Booker & British Book Awards. Professor of Creative Writing, Brunel University of London.
Black Business Network
@bbnglobal
The Black Business Network. Connecting Black Owned Businesses with the global community. 23k+ FB members and climbing. Inclusion in tweets not endorsements.
Professor Benjamin Zephaniah
@bzephaniah
Official account of Benjamin Zephaniah. Poet, writer, musician & trouble maker. He doesn't reply to enquires or requests here. Dude, he's not even into twitter.
Forward Prizes
@forwardprizes
The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
Sharon Watson MBE, DL
@watson_dance
CEO & Principal, Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Honorary Doctorate of the Arts, LBU 2019
The Agency
@agency_change
Empowering young people to create active, positive change in their communities. Funded by @TNLComFund + Kristian Gerhard Jebson Foundation.
CentreForNewWriting
@newwritingmcr
Home to a range of programmes in creative writing & contemporary literature at the University of Manchester. Staff include author Jeanette Winterson.
Lankelly Chase
@lankellychase
Lankelly Chase is an independent charitable foundation striving for a world healed by justice, equity and inclusion
Black Ballad
@blackballaduk
A membership creating media, events and community for Black women who work hard & enjoy a soft life #BBWeekender 🎟️ 👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽 blkbld.uk/4e0WmQC
The Poetry Exchange
@poetryexch
Conversations with people about the poem that's been a friend to them. (Silver Winner, British Podcast Awards 2018). Anthology published May '24 #PoemsAsFriends
George Padmore Institute
@gpi_archive
Archive housing materials concerning the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in UK + Europe. On Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, BlueSky
The Susijn Agency
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Established in 1998. Our focus is on authors with international appeal. We represent authors writing in various different languages, selling rights worldwide.
Out-Spoken Press
@outspoken_press
Independent poetry publisher 📧[email protected] | Distrib. by @inpressbooks | IG out_spoken_press | Submissions closed
Jason Allen-Paisant
@jallenpaisant
writer & professor | THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS | alumnus @UniofOxford, @ENS_ULM, @UWIMona | Born & bred a 🇯🇲
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BAFTA-winning Film & TV Producer. views all mine. she/her.
THE UPSETTERS
@tupsetters
Dreaming up 'the apothecary network' funded by @wshed Bristol + Bath Creative R+D. 🌱✨ We have compiled Free Palestine - Resources for Artists. 🇵🇸
African, Caribbean and Asian Lawyers For Justice
@bamefor
A Convening Platform for UK-based, Black, Asian Lawyers and Activists Working Together for Justice And Opposing Racism. Email: [email protected]
NUJ BBC Nations & Regions
@nujbbcregions
Supporting @NUJofficial members in BBC Local (England + CI) | BBC Cymru Wales | BBC Scotland | BBC Northern Ireland
Off/Stage
@offstagezine
Dedicated to British black & Asian theatre & culture | Read back issues for FREE | Check our IG for Review Bytes | Powered by @tribe__arts | Editor @ThajRathore
Footnote Press
@wearefootnote
There's more to the story_ We're a disruptive publisher focusing on migration, identity, separation, resistance and reclamation_
SYNERGI Leeds
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SYNERGI Leeds are dedicated to working towards reducing ethnic inequalities in mental health.
10mgmtgroup
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Ten Management Group. 📧 [email protected]
Black to the Future
@bttfspace
BttF begins as Black History Month ends. A new Afrofuturistic Festival founded and directed by @IrenosenOkojie. A space for visionary imaginings to thrive.
Raise the Bar
@rtbspokenword
Acclaimed live poetry events. Bristol and beyond. WE ARE NO LONGER USING THIS PLATFORM. IG: @rtbspokenword BlueSky: @rtbspokenword.com
your favourite authors favourite book club
@bg_bookclub
#BGBOOKCLUBPRESENTS GROWN:TheBlackGirlsGuidetoGlowingUp Award winning @mariahcarey @officialmelb approved @britishvogue featured book club
Black Girl Fest Studios
@blackgirlfest
We are a cultural studio and consultancy, specialising in social innovation, community and experiences ✨
Bad Betty Press
@badbettypress
Independent publishers of new poetry, run by @amyacrepoet and @jakewildhall. Winners of the 2022 Michael Marks Publishers’ Award. Mama to @littlebettybbp
Manchester City of Literature
@mcrcityoflit
The official feed of independent charity Manchester City of Literature, part of the UNESCO Creative Cities since 2017. Home of #FestivalofLibraries.
Rebecca Swift Foundation
@foundationswift
The Rebecca Swift Foundation is a UK-based charity established in support of women in poetry | Home of the #WomenPoetsPrize & #WomenPoetsNetwork posts by @degna