WritersMosaic Live at the British Library – Meet the Pioneers: The Revolutionary Publishers

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WritersMosaic Live at the British Library – Meet the Pioneers. Photo: Adiam Yemane

With Margaret Busby, Colin Grant, Alexander D Great, Beverley Mason, Lemara Lindsay Prince and Lemn Sissay.

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British Library, London, July 2026

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WritersMosaic paid 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.

In an evening of conversation, poetry and song, hosted by Colin Grant with Margaret Busby herself, Lemn Sissay, Beverley Mason and the Calypsonian Alexander D Great, WritersMosaic celebrated the Huntleys and Margaret Busby whose record of excellence is evident in her latest book, Part of the Story.