Writer-in-waiting (part 4)
Our writer-in-waiting has been on the Royal Court Theatre’s Critical Mass Programme, Invitation and Super Groups and has been informally attached to the Clean Break… Read more
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Images of Black Women Film Festival (IBWFF)
The eighth IBWFF, which celebrate female filmmakers and the diversity of Diaspora cinema, will once again be hosted at the Tricycle Cinema. Among this year’s… Read more
Narrating the Caribbean nation
To celebrate the silver anniversary of Pepal Tree Press, there will be a two day conference exploring the past 25 years of Caribbean and Black… Read more
In search of my father (The spirit of Unbuntu)
Written by Don Kinch and directed by Cliff Moustache, this new work is a collaboration between Nu Century Arts and Nordic Black Theatre. Music is… Read more
Wasafiri new writing prize
The competition, which is open to anyone worldwide who hasn’t published a complete book, has three categories: poetry, fiction or life writing. The judging panel… Read more
Short interview with Algiers
Algiers is an intriguing group of American Anglophiles who combine the soulfulness and political drive of the sixties in a fusion of African American spirituals,… Read more
Interview with Malika Booker
Described as “spellbinding”, Malika Booker launches our series on poetry and poets. With a career spanning 23 years, Booker is an unforgettable spoken word artist… Read more
My Father and Other Superheroes
Poet Nick Makoha’s one man show, directed by Benji Reid, is about how pop culture raised him in the absence of his father. He takes… Read more
No Room at the Table – Making inclusion a reality for Black British writers
Joy Francis, Courttia Newland and Jonathan Heawood Words of Colour and English PEN are hosting this event to focus on the realities facing Black British… Read more
Writer-in-waiting (Part 3)
Our writer-in-waiting has been on the Royal Court Theatre’s Critical Mass Programme, Invitation and Super Groups and has been informally attached to the Clean Break… Read more