WritersMosaic Live at the British Library – Meet the Pioneers: The Revolutionary Publishers
With Margaret Busby, Colin Grant, Alexander D Great, Beverley Mason, Lemara Lindsay Prince and Lemn Sissay.
Festival / Panel
Pigott Theatre, British Library, London, Thursday 16 July 2026, 7pm
WritersMosaic pays tribute to revolutionary publishers of the global majority in Britain, Margaret Busby and Guyanese-born political activists Jessica and Eric Huntley.
In the late 1960s, Jessica and Eric Huntley and Margaret Busby were first among equals in carving out a path for writers and other creative artists, and in not waiting in vain for the mainstream to recognise them and their cause. In starting the revolutionary publishing houses Bogle-L’Ouverture and Allison & Busby – explored in Margaret’s new book, Part of the Story – these pioneers elevated the overlooked global majority in Britain, and enabled much that came after, from #Merky Books to the Jhalak Prize and WritersMosaic.
This evening of conversation, poetry and song, hosted by Colin Grant with Margaret Busby herself, Lemn Sissay, Lemara Lindsay Prince, Beverly Mason and the Calypsonian Alexander D Great, WritersMosaic celebrates the Huntleys and Margaret Busby whose record of excellence is evident in her latest book, Part of the Story.
Location
Pigott Theatre, British Library, London
Dates and time
Thursday 16 July 2026
19.00 – 20.45
Price
£12
Concessions available