With a body of work spanning well over three decades, it was an joy and a privilege to hear Linton Kwesi Johnson read a selection of his poems and discuss his career at an evening hosted by independent bookshop New Beacon Books.
Tag: Black-British lit
Review: Hold by Michael Donkor
Hold also known as Housegirl in the US is the debut novel by Black British author Michael Donkor. I was really excited to read this novel for three reasons...
Review: Bad Friday by Norman Samuda Smith
As this is the year of celebrating Windrush and what it means to and for us as Black Britons, I thought I would have a bit of a throwback moment and re-read a book that I first read over 20 years ago or so.
