Writer, poet, theatre maker and educator, Malika Booker (@malikabooker) personifies Mars in this poem about planetary siblings, as part of BBC Earth.
Photo by Victor Garcia
We're pleased to announce that Malika Booker won The 2020 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem (worth £1,000) for her poetic contribution to Magma 75: The Loss Issue, edited by our very own
As part of the Leeds Beckett University Centre for Culture and the Arts' Black History Month programme, on 27 October 2020, Drs Emily Zobel Marshall and Rachel Rich will be in discussion with Jeremy Poynting, the editor of Leeds-based Peepal Tree Press; a press which is the biggest publisher of Caribbean literature globally.
You can now read Nii Ayikwei Parkes' wonderful poem 'A Gimbal of Blackness' at the Poetry Book Society website. The poem is from his new book, The Geez.
In his article 'Why Black British labour movement heroes must be remembered', Marc Wadsworth sheds some light of the lives of William Cuffay and John Archer. Check out the article at Union News.
Jamaican-Canadian Zalika Reid-Benta (author of Frying Plantain) and Trinidadian Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (author of Stick No Bills) read from their new short story collections, exploring the lives of contemporary women in T&T, Canada, and Jamaica. Chaired by Desirée Seebaran.
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A conversation between Jacob Ross and Monique Roffey
Thursday 22 October
4-5.30pm
(Book online)
Jacob Ross and Monique Roffey discuss publishing in these novel times.
Legendary actor LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek, Reading Rainbow) has selected the short story 'A Good Friday' by Barbara Jenkins for his podcast, LeVar Burton Reads. 'A Good Friday' is also the ninth chapter of De Rightest Place. LeVar reads the story with his very best Trinidadian accent and remarks, 'I had so much fun reading Barbara Jenkins' story.'
You can read more of Barbara's stories in Sic Transit Wagon and Pepperpot.
Saturday 17 October 2020
11am-12pm
Free
(Book online)
Join poets Seni Seneviratne and Afshan D’souza-Lodhi as they read from their collections, Unknown Soldier and re: desire at the York Literature Festival.
You can now watch Bocas Lit Fest's Bios & Bookmarks event with Lauren K. Alleyne, poet and witness bearer extraordinaire, interviewed by Shivanee Ramlochan, on YouTube (and embedded below).
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