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Bernardine Evaristo
From one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color, a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity among an interconnected group of Black British women
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The powerful, urgent memoir and manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo.
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Leonora Brito
A brilliant collection of short stories from Leonora Brito exploring race, identity, and love
Leonora Brito was a writer of exceptional stories. In Dat's Love, she soaks up the sights…
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Charlotte Williams
A powerful, radiant memoir from writer and academic Charlotte Williams exploring the intertwined history of Wales, Africa and the Caribbean
The daughter of a white Welsh-speaking mother and a Black…
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Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in…
Presents an imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which ‘whytes’ are enslaved by black people. This title brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close…
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Stanley Williams, angst-ridden banker and boffin, wonders whether there’s more to life than his daily nine-to-five grind. One night he’s dragged to a disco at Piccadilly Circus and there he…
French Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney since the sixties. Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather…
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Marlon James
The extraordinary modern classic, reissued ten years after it exploded onto the literary scene
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Judith Bryan
A shattering portrayal of relationships, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family’s deepest secrets explosively unravel
When Anita finally returns to London after a long absence, everything has changed.
Her…
Jacqueline Roy
A groundbreaking novel exploring the intersection between race, class and mental health in the UK
It is the 1990s, and Gloria is living in a London psychiatric ward. She is…
C.L.R. James
The only novel by this world-renowned West Indian revolutionary and social critic
Mike Phillips
A sensational, original art heist thriller about the high stakes theft of a priceless African artefact and its dark consequences
University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask…
Toni Morrison
Morrison’s magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel–first published in 1987–brings the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of today and into the reader’s comprehension.
John Howard Griffin
The classic account of a white reporter’s journey across the racial divide in 1950s America, reissued for the 60th anniversary of the events with a new foreword by Bernardine Evaristo.
Booker Prize winner’s debut semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on her own childhood and family history. It explores the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life…
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Traditional Chinese Edition of Girl, Woman, Other
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From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activism
Bernardine Evaristo’s…
From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activism
Bernardine Evaristo's…
A groundbreaking, hilarious novel about two elder gay Caribbean men coming to terms with being closeted in a changing world.
Tate Britain: Look Again: the National Collection of British Art reimagined for today. Feminism is a powerful new interpretation of British art from an intersectional feminist perspective, from one of…
The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo.
Treat yourself to this joyful, big-hearted read from Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo, part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics
‘Bernardine Evaristo…
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A provocative novel that upends the history of the transatlantic slave trade, Blond Roots reverses and reexamines notions of savagery and civilization asit follows a young woman’s journey to freedom.
It’s a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed and left bleeding on…
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and…
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure edited by Ekow Eshun celebrates flourishing Black artists whose work illuminates the richness, beauty and complexity of Black life.
"There…
Beryl Gilroy
The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo (‘I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved…
Introduced by Bernardine Evaristo, this unforgettable memoir of a trailblazing Caribbean woman who forged a new life and career in post-war London is a rediscovered classic.
This anthology is the culmination of a much needed initiative by literature development agency Spread the Word to support talented new Black and Asian poets.
A stunning gift package of prize-winning Beloved to commemorate Toni Morrison.
Maggie Gee
Twentieth anniversary edition of this timeless, groundbreaking novel about race and racism in modern Britain, with new introduction by Booker-prize-winning author and cultural commentator Bernadine Evaristo; and a note from…
Nicola Williams
A gripping, propulsive courtroom drama following a barrister as she uncovers the dark secrets of London’s obscenely rich.
Dillibe Onyeama
A powerful insider expose on the inherent, systemic racism present at Eton in the 1960s from one the first black students to attend
Dillibe was the second black boy to…
Jacob Ross
By the Jhalak Prize-winning author of The Bone Readers comes a stunning literary crime novel set in the Caribbean.
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From the Jhalak Prize-winning author of The Bone Readers comes a stunning literary crime novel set in the Caribbean.
Hannah Azieb Pool
In 1974 Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea and brought to England by her white adoptive father. She grew up unable to imagine what it must be…
ABC Merriman-Labor
‘We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night. If you…
From one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected…
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
In a series of incisive and intimate encounters Sarah Ladipo Manyika introduces some of the most distinguished Black thinkers of our times, including Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and Wole Soyinka…
Barbara Blake Hannah
A beautiful memoir written by the first black female TV journalist about her experience migrating from the Caribbean to the UK, and the beauty and struggle of becoming a woman…
S. I. Martin
A visceral reimagining of 1780s London, showcasing the untold stories of African-American soldiers grappling with their freedom after the American revolution.
