In conversation
Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Colin Grant
The Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks to Colin Grant in front of a warm audience in Brighton about never giving up, her modus operandi as explored in Manifesto, her memoir and handbook for an active and engaged life.
15th December, 2021
'There’s a manifesto in all of us. And wherever age or stage you are in your life, this is something that is about how the decisions you make lead to your creative life.'

Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo is a Booker Prize-winning author whose writing and many projects are based around her interest in the African diaspora.
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