Percival Everett's James: A Bold Reimagining of Huckleberry Finn

The Dream Hotel: Is The Surveillance Dystopia Already Here?

Beyond Borders - Exploring the Complexities of Migration in Manchester Happened

A New Year of Reading - Rediscover the Joy in Books

Navigating Parenthood and Identity in Diane Evans' Ordinary People

Anansi's Gold - Exploring the life of a charismatic charmer who swindled the world

Unearthing the Past - A Dive Into Zeinab Badawi's An African History of Africa

The Scattering: In Conversation with Lauri Kubuitsile

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate - On The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Dreamcount by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche - Was it worth the 10 year wait?

Faith, Family, and Rebellion - Unpacking Safiya Sinclair's How to Say Babylon.

Books, Borders, and the Battle of Formats and the Benefits of Reading

Insights from Diane Abbot's A Woman Like Me

Love, Loss and Legacy: Exploring the Powerful Women at the Heart of Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

Navigating War Trauma and Memory - A Discussion on Small Country by Gael Faye

Love, Life and Literary Pursuits - The Rewrite: In Conversation with Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Navigating the African Publishing Landscape: In Conversation with Author and Publisher Richard Ali

A Year in Books: Our Top Book Recommendations of 2024

The First Woman: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Tale of Feminism and Identity

The First Woman: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Tale of Feminism and Identity

What is a Woman? bell hooks and the Intersection of Race and Gender

Chronicles of the Brixton Bard: Alex Wheatle on Writing, Reggae, and Resilience

Chronicles of the Brixton Bard: Alex Wheatle on Writing, Reggae, and Resilience

Decolonising My Body by Afua Hirsh: Exploring the Complexities of Decolonising Identity

New Episode Alert!

In the Ditch: Buchi Emecheta's Exploration of Life on Welfare

Friendship, Grief, and Resilience: Exploring Maame by Jessica George

On sex, sexuality and writing

On writing about Africa

"Let the black woman you wear be too much woman"

Let's get the party started!!!

For the Love of Poetry

Poetry and Spoken word anyone?

Love at first Read

Can you be gay and believe in God?

Dispatches from the Diaspora by Gary Young: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, and the D...

Zeinab Badawi: An African History of Africa - Hay Festival 2024

Clive Myrie in Conversation with Kirsty Lang at the Hay Festival 2024

Unpacking the Legacy of Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Africa: How Europe Undeveloped Africa by

Unravelling the Threads: A Deep Dive into “Maybe I Don’t Belong Here” by David Harewood

Unveiling Better Must Come: In Conversation with Author Desmond Hall

Unveiling Better Must Come: In Conversation with Author Desmond Hall

Faith and Womanhood in "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" by Deesha Philyaw

Alex Wheatle in Conversation with Clive Myrie - Hay Festival 2024

Stephen Buoro at Book Slam

A Day at Hay Festival 2024

Music by CHERISE

Diana Evans reading from her new book, A House for Alice.

Exploring the Impact of Politics and Motherhood in Sharma Taylor’s Debut Novel What a Mother’s Love

Bound to Violence: Unraveling the Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem”

Nadifa Mohamed’s ‘The Fortune Men’: A Compelling Tale of Injustice and Identity

Surviving and Thriving: If I Survive you by Jonathan Escoffery on Writing and Identity

Breaking Down Caste: Is it a Fit for Describing Racial Hierarchies in the USA?

How the World is Still Ruled by Racism and Colonialism: The New Age of Empire - a Book Club Discussi

Episode 19: How to Write Diverse Children's Books with Kampala Chukwuka

Episode 18: Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo- dictatorship, race, relationships

Episode 17: Strictly Friends: In conversation with Author Frances Mensah Williams

Episode 16: The Afro-Caribbean Book Club discusses the Book of Memory by Petina Gappah

Episode 15 Healing from Birth Trauma: In Conversation with Illiyin Morrison about The Birth Debrief

Episode 14 - Love, Loss and Destiny in An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma