Some stories have a spooky way of showing up in our lives exactly when we need them; Jessica George’s debut novel, Maame, is one of those stories for me. A coming of age tale with a perfectly imperfect protagonist, Maame holds a mirror up to the lives of Black British women anxiously treading the tightrope […]
Existing within cultural intersections, the concept of representation often feels like sitting in front of an old television. You have to twist the antenna to the left, say a brief prayer, and give the shell a whack before you get the fuzz out of the picture – only then can you squint your way into […]
A few days before the release of her book, Eloghosa Osunde took to Twitter to announce that she would give out free copies to anyone who could guess some elements of her book and say what we were looking forward to the most. I replied that I wanted to read about an alternative universe that […]
If I count the time from when I first became conscious of myself in relation to sexuality, it has taken me 17 years to accept that I am a Black non-binary lesbian. Even now, to say I ‘accept’ this feels static; ‘accepting’ might be a more apt word choice. Everyday I wake up I’m reminded […]
Set in Dublin, Ireland, Adiba Jaigirdar’s YA romance novel holds the story of Humaira “Hani” Khan and Ishita “Ishu” Dey. The two teenage girls attend the same all-girls school and, like many other immigrant children, are expected to befriend one another. Despite ethnicity, the girls share little else in common. Hani is easy-going, extroverted and […]
