The Black Jacobins had been on my ‘to read list’ for a long time. So many activists and creatives I admire have spoken of how the book...

I read these 2 books and after ruminating a while to let facts and narratives seep in, I was intrigued with how they both push forward...

All those moons ago when I was 100 times more anxious and awkward, back in that heady chemical trap of being a teenager, I was OBSESSED...

I’ve already proclaimed my love for a book on mermaids (The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey), and already written how mystical...

It seems fitting that at the end of such a disastrous year I would subconsciously choose a novel about the end of the world (and how we...

I’m currently trying to write poems critiquing and exploring the links between white supremacy and white femininity/womanhood, so...

Completing my masters meant reading and writing and re-reading and re-writing VERY MANY POEMS, so for the past few months I’ve noticed...

Rankine began working on Just Us long before the chaos of anti-blackness in America (and the entire world) erupted into the fever-pitch...

Admittedly I am late to the party on this one, but after practically inhaling the book in one go I couldn’t resist singing my praises...

Don’t Let It Go To Your Head is the first poetry book by the activist/artist Liv Wynter, and it offers up some very inspirational rage....

At this moment in time the world is holding its breath. Biting fingernails and pacing nervously, awaiting the dreaded fall of the...

Every month is black history month when it comes to exploring new literature and poetry, however seeing as October is the official UK...

Anyone who knows me knows I am a lover of fairy-tales. Not so much the Disney Princess tripe pretty much all young kids assigned as girls...

Life has changed immensely since my last post back in April- the world is simply on fire. Again. But 'again' would imply that at some...

Stella Nyanzi stole my heart a while back, we foulmouthed poets always seem to seek each other out somehow... When Stella’s story popped...

I had never read any of Crispin Best's work before, so maybe it was the dreamy cover with colours like candy necklaces that sold me, or...

Danez Smith first stole my heart with their collection 'Don't Call Us Dead'; a very famous (and rightly so) book that I assume most poet...