Zanib Mian in conversation with Roopa Farooki
Talking about her transformation from science teacher to publisher and author of children's literature.
Talking about her transformation from science teacher to publisher and author of children's literature.
The writer and broadcaster, Jeffrey Boakye, and the poet, Anthony Joseph, with Jazz musicians join Amanda Vilanova in front of an audience at the House of St Barnabas, London for a live performance of prose, poetry and music. The show is introduced by Colin Grant.
Talking about Natasha's transformation from teacher to writer of young adult fantasy fiction
On combining academic work, poetry and love of carnival
Talking about his influences from Nigeria to Manchester via West African folk tales.
In front of an audience at the London Review of Books bookshop, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson reflects on her admiration of the performers, from Ella Fitzgerald to Josephine Baker, at the heart of her memoir, Constructing a Nervous System.
Talking about Roy Williams's love of dialogue and collaborations
Ten years on from The Unfinished Conversation, John Akomfrah's three-screen film about the radical thinker and cultural theorist, Stuart Hall, Akomfrah revisits and reflects on the film, on Hall's activism, writing, broadcasting and family trauma.
Talking about his writing process, his flight at the age of four with his mother from Idi Amin’s Uganda, and why precision in language is so important to him.
In 1971 two British policemen in Leeds were accused of the manslaughter of a Nigerian homeless man, David Oluwale. Speaking in front of an audience at The Leeds Library, Caryl Phillips reflects on the legacy of David Oluwale and the campaign to remember him in defiance of racists. (Photo by Guy Farrar)
Speaking in multiple voices and the gift of different identities
In conversation with Colin Grant, Marcus Ryder explains why he is a champion of meaningful diversity in Britain and why Black British lives matter.