Happening this Friday! What better way to mark Baldwin 100 than with bookish chats and nibbles. Tickets are free. t.ly/9U55X

As the BIG publishers get even BIGGER And dominate the world of bookselling Please support if you can, smaller independents. Here are a few. Jacaranda Books Peepal Tree Press Galley Beggar Press Tangerine Press Influx Press Saraband Books Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow Thank you.

✨We are so excited to be celebrating the award winning essayists with LSE tomorrow. Inspired by Baldwin's legacy, the two winning, and runner-up essays, are thoughtful considerations fo the world around us. Read all three now on our blog: jacarandabooks.co.uk/blogs/news

Today, we are celebrating Baldwin's Centenary with a few friends LSE From Hackney Libraries to Black History Walks to Rose & The Burma Sky- Paperback Out Now ... Currently, Dr Keith Jarrett, poet and lecturer shares his work intertwined with readings for Baldwins' 'Go Tell It On The Mountain'

Celebrating James Baldwin’s 100th birthday today at this brilliant day-long event exploring his connections to Britain - really love this photograph, taken at the CLR James Library in Hackney Black History Walks LSE International History Jacaranda Books

Celebrating Baldwin at 100 In partnership with Jacaranda Books and Hackney Council A one of a kind Baldwin celebration screening and Q+A of the classic *If Beale Street Could Talk*. 8th August 2024 18:00 - 20:50 Rio Cinema Hackney Join Tina Andrews, Anni Domingo and Magdalene

📭 We are currently accepting proposals for the RSL Literature Matters Awards! £20,000 is available to support a number of projects - yours could be one of them! 2024 Judges: Chris Gribble, Khadijah Ibrahiim, Farhana Shaikh 🍉 Closing 6 September: bit.ly/RSL_LMAs

✨Last night, we took over Rio Cinema in Hackney for an 'If Beale Street Could Talk' screening to celebrate James Baldwins' Centenary! We capped this with a Q+A with Tina Andrews (she/her) and Anni Domingo This Sunday, we take on 'I Am not your Negro' Join us: riocinema.org.uk/checkout/showi…

👀Spotted at the My Runway Group x Somerset House takeover, a selection of Jacaranda Books! Available to shop in store and online for the next 8 weeks. bit.ly/3SD3WaX

🎧 Friday evening listening in on 'What We Leave We Carry ' ft Isabelle Dupuy On this writersmosaic podcast she shares her migration story from Haiti, and how she came to appreciate the country via the NHS Listen in: writersmosaic.org.uk/what-we-leave-…

Fabulous evening at Rio Cinema Hackney on panel with phenomenal Tina Andrews brilliantly moderated by Magdalene Abraha discussing James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk and film by Barry Jenkins. Also signed copies of my book Breaking The Maafa Chain. Thanks @jacarandabooks

A few hours to go until our 'If Beale Street Could Talk' screening and Q&A Rio Cinema While we countdown to 2pm, we're enjoying this recently released album and basking in the sunshine. Tickets still available. open.spotify.com/album/2ba5r7ic…

Thread from yesterday afternoon and our screening of 'I Am Not Your Negro' Rio Cinema

"𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦." The Sealey Challenge - Locating Strongwoman, by Tolu Agbelusi (Jacaranda Books) Black women's survival ripples, echoes in these poems.

Do you know a talented writer? Show them this! 👇 The 2025 #CWprize will open for entries on 1 September 2024! It is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. See more 🔗👇 commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-pr…

Jacaranda Books x Hackney Council kindly invited us to celebrate their James Baldwin Festival with them, an event created to mark his centenary! we headed over to Rio Cinema to watch a special screening and Q&A of his ‘I am not your negro’ documentary.

✨MASCULINITY IN LITERATURE✨ Introducing the following fantastic authors on our Masculinity Panel: JJ Bola Ian Russell-Hsieh & Iggy London chaired by the brilliant Kasim Ali Join us: 📅Saturday 7th Sep 2024 🕰 3.30pm 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/candid-festi… 📍Foyles Bookshop Charing X

We caught up with Jacaranda Books & Komikamo on The Republication Of The Spook Who Sat By The Door. Full article here✨ thefloormag.com/post/the-repub…

🍂This autumn, our paperback releases look like: 🎛️Tippa Irie's Stick To My Roots: A Music Memoir ⛴️Alford Gardner's Finding Home: A Windrush Story 🇸🇩🇳🇬Colours of Hatred, the pacy, political thriller from award-winning Nigerian writer, Obinna Udenwe. jacarandabooks.co.uk/collections/pa…