✍️ The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is open for submissions! Apply for a chance to win £1000 and have your story published in Prospect Magazine online and in the RSL Review. Judges this year: Tash Aw, Tania Hershman, Fiona Mozley Closing 13 September: bit.ly/VSPP

Feeling super blessed today to be translated into other languages. Big thanks to all the translators and publishers for their hard work, and clear love for books and thanks to Johny Pitts for his iconic cover pic . #translations #poetry #translators #travel #aportableparadise

Roger Robinson Sukina Noor ❤️‍🔥 سكينة نور 🇵🇸 Casey Bailey Deepraj Singh A big shout out to our collaborators Words of Colour for co-producing a day of activities, the activity's funders Bristol City Council and Arts Council England, and the team at Bristol Beacon. Our next event will also be at Bristol Beacon. In the MAIN HALL for our 10th birthday special!

With a major Home Office location in Croydon, the borough is home to a large number of refugees and asylum seekers, including many young people & unaccompanied minors. If you open your eyes to look, you'll see them.

We are delighted to present the Poets of Colour Incubator 'AI, Home, Sleep and Me' together with Words of Colour 🎉 Join acclaimed poets Ilisha Thiru Purcell BITEZ🫀 and Jeremy Pak Nelson (plus special guests) at Contact on September 12th for an immersive, multimedia exploration🗣

Find out more and book your tickets now🔗bit.ly/AIHomeSleep Contact 📍 September 12th 📆 6:30pm-8:30pm 🕝

REMINDER: 2 part-time #curator internships up for grabs in #Leeds with a focus on #mentalhealth, #wellbeing, racial justice and healing, for 18-30 yr olds from black and South Asian backgrounds. bit.ly/RWFcuratorinte…. Deadline: 27th Aug @ 11.59pm

Join us in London on Thursday 12th September for an exclusive one-day event to discuss decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing pedagogy and publishing w/ MA Black British Literature (2015-2024) Angelique Golding Sunny Singh Leone Ross FRSL Diana Evans Book by 1/9/24: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…

#ConversationswithBaldwin is back from summer hols and our first stop this autumn is... GLASGOW!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Watch under-seen shorts, rare Baldwin footage, and the gorgeous Beale Street at 'Conversations with Baldwin: James Baldwin on Film' - with GFT🍿 🎟️tinyurl.com/cwbjamesbaldwi…

We're excited to be a supporting partner for The Stuart Hall Foundation's upcoming keynote with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley - happening this Thursday. 👉🏾Join in person Conway Hall or online, Thur 5 September, 7pm - 9pm 🎟️tinyurl.com/SHFRobinDGKell…

We can't wait to be joined by poet, filmmaker and multi award-winning artist BITEZ🫀 for the Poets of Colour Incubator at Contact next week 👏 She will be taking a surrealist deep dive into AI, romantic relationships, family and health. Tickets🔗 contactmcr.com/events/ai-home…

🌟Hey loves, quick tweet to let you know about my first show of the autumn season: I will be Hastings Book Festival on September 21st for an in-conversation with Anita Rani - it’s gonna be brilliant and you can book tickets now! 🎟️linktr.ee/salenagodden

As Black-centred programmes at Chichester,Winchester,BirminghamCity&Goldsmiths are removed from the university (all within a year), this event will enable timely discussions of protest &next steps. Kehinde Andrews Words of Colour Kadija George Kurt Barling Gary Younge Lara Pawson

A rich and enriching morning at #sailfest2024. The brilliant Children's Bookshop have a gorgeous pop up with a really wonderful surprise: Jhalak Prize shortlist posters and merch!

I'm in shock. Just heard that Simon Albury has passed. Met him when I was a practising journalist years ago at a 'diversity and the media' event. I will miss his passionate digital circulars on the industry's shortcomings. A great champion for us. #RIP. Joy