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Black British Writers, Book Review, Fiction

Caleb Azumah Nelson writes a real version of love in Open Water

The story feels like South London’s very own. The overground, the tube. The nods to the familiar locales. As always I felt absolutely seen by all the cultural references.  From the movies to the books and photography. Continue reading Caleb Azumah Nelson writes a real version of love in Open Water

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialDec 11, 2020Mar 6, 2025Leave a comment
Black British Writers, Fiction

Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola, Book Review

Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola is a  a captivating collection of reworked short folktales and myths from West Africa, Greece the Middle East, China Continue reading Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola, Book Review

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialOct 29, 2020Aug 3, 2025Leave a comment
Michael Donkor at Review Bookshop
Black British Writers, Fiction, Independent Bookshops

Review Bookshop, Peckham: Michael Donkor reads ‘Hold’

Michael Donkor is a Londoner born in 1985 to Ghanaian parents and works as a teacher in a girl’s school (one of his students even turned up for the reading!) Continue reading Review Bookshop, Peckham: Michael Donkor reads ‘Hold’

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialJul 20, 2018Feb 26, 2025Leave a comment
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Black British Writers, Book Review, Fiction

Ordinary People by Diana Evans – Book Review

Two sets of young married couples in Croydon, South London reaching that all or nothing point…….. With John Legend for theme music Continue reading Ordinary People by Diana Evans – Book Review

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialJul 12, 2018Feb 26, 2025Leave a comment
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Book Review, Fiction

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi -Book Review

Children of Blood and Bone is the debut from the extremely talented Tomi Adeyemi. It’s based in Orisha eleven years after King Saran takes the magic from the land by Continue reading Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi -Book Review

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialJun 7, 2018Feb 26, 2025Leave a comment

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