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Teenage author tackles HIV stigma in debut novel: ‘There has to be space for more black narratives’

19th November 201918th November 2019 Josie McFarlane 296 Views 0 Comments #HIV, BAME, black author, black narratives, book, Stigma, writer

Camryn Garrett is the teenage author poised to shake up the world of young adult fiction, and her debut novel

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Stormzy’s Merky Books will publish Malorie Blackman’s autobiography

17th October 201917th October 2019 Josie McFarlane 288 Views 0 Comments author, Autobiography, Malorie Blackman, Merky Books, musician, Publish, Stormzy, writer

The author Malorie Blackman has announced she’s writing her autobiography, to be published by Stormzy’s Merky Books imprint. Merky Books

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Arimah’s ‘naked until married’ story wins Caine Prize

10th July 20199th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 290 Views 0 Comments #Winner, Arimah's 'naked until married', black author, book, Caine Prize, competition, Prze, writer

Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah has won a prestigious prize for her story about a parallel universe where single women

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Book Reviews Lifestyle 

Global bestselling Christian author Philip Yancey to tour UK shining a light on leprosy

5th July 20192nd July 2019 Josie McFarlane 2604 Views 0 Comments awareness, Book review, Book Tour, Christian author, Faith, God, Jesus, Leprosy, Philip Yancey, Religion, writer

American author Philip Yancey’s books have sold more than 15 million copies in English and have been translated into 40

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Google honours Kenyan author

12th June 201912th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 400 Views 0 Comments author, celebrate, Doodle, google, Kenya, writer

Google has honoured the late Kenyan author Margaret Atieno Ogola with a doodle on what would have been her 60th

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Book about the wrongful conviction of a black man wins Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019

9th June 201911th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 668 Views 0 Comments #Prize, black man, Books, fiction, Life, Tayari Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, writer

A book about the wrongful conviction of a young black American man has won the the 2019 Women’s Prize for

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Book Reviews Lifestyle 

Rediscovering the Reformation – Learning from the one church in its struggles

30th April 201928th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 2528 Views 0 Comments author, book, Christ, church, community, Faith, Jesus, review, writer

This book will approach the Reformation from the perspective on last year’s Spring Harvest theme, ‘One in Christ’, and therefore

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Church rallies around Christian author in coma

27th April 201926th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 1022 Views 0 Comments author, christian, church, Coma, community, Faith, prayers, writer

Christians around the world are praying for best-selling US Christian author Rachel Held Evans, who remains in a medically-induced coma

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Small Island and Long Song author dies aged 62

15th February 201918th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 734 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, Andrea Levy, author, black, community, Death, Long Song, Small Island, writer

British author Andrea Levy, whose award-winning novels captured the black British experience in the years after Windrush, has died at

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Losing My Passion by Vanessa Grossett

4th December 20183rd December 2018 Becky Wybrow 2784 Views 0 Comments #Vanessa Grossett, author, bestselling, Christianity, church, community, Faith, God, New York Times, passion, writer

Dear Vanessa, I hope you can help me. I recently became a New York Times bestselling author. My genre is

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Forthcoming book aims to help gospel artists succeed

28th November 201828th November 2018 Becky Wybrow 2728 Views 0 Comments advice, artist, author, book, Business, community, Entertainment, Faith, Gospel, How To Make Gospel Music Work For You, music industry, Roy Francis, success, UK gospel scene, writer

Roy Francis, a leading figure in the UK gospel scene, is putting the finishing touches to How To Make Gospel

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Google celebrates South Africa’s first black woman novelist

12th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 480 Views 0 Comments #South Africa, activist, author, birthday, celebrated, google, Google image, legacy, Miriam Tlali, Novelist, writer

Internet giant Google yesterday celebrated the legacy of author and activist Miriam Tlali, South Africa’s first black woman to publish

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Stephanie Sounds Single: ‘Much Better’

18th August 201723rd September 2017 Mariah 2506 Views 0 Comments choir, creativity, develop, globe, Gospel, honouring, London, loneliness, release, September, single, song, Songstress, Stephanie Sounds, strength, strong, talent, travelling, writer

Stephanie Sounds Single: ‘Much Better’ Release Date: 15th September Album: ‘Much Better’ Release Date: 6th October Label: T’Ayce of Pie

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