BOOKS


Southern biscuit, honour- ing its place in Black culi- nary culture and beyond with more than 70 recipes.


DJ Paulette Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ Manchester University Press, January 2024, £11.99, PB, 9781526166906 Manchester’s DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a 30-year music career.


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humanitarian and advo- cate for child welfare. This is the tale of Edward’s life—and a testament to his drive to form a better world.


Aniefiok Ekpoudom Where We Come From: Rap, Home and Hope in Modern Britain Faber, 31st August, £20, HB, 9780571363254 A social history of British rap and grime, from the artists and communities who created and were shaped by the music, to the listeners who found a sense of identity and home within it.


Hermine Dossou The Thrifty Baker: Shop, Bake & Eat on a Budget White Lion Publishing, 7th September, £18.99, HB, 9780711287488 The “ultimate guide to baking on a budget” from former “Great British Bake-Off” contestant Dossou.


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Out of the Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race Serpent’s Tail, 1st Feb 2024, £10.99, PB, 9781788169912 Two-time Booker short- listee Edugyan delivers an analysis of the relation- ship between race and art in wide-ranging essays that reflect on depictions of Black experience in European and global art, culture and history.


Harry Edward, Neil Duncanson (ed) When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black Yale University Press, January 2024, £18.99, HB, 9780300270976 The “lost memoir” of Britain’s first Black Olympic athlete. After becoming the first Black British athlete to win an Olympic medal in 1920, Edward emigrated to America, rubbed shoulders with kings and presidents, was influential in the revival of Black theatre during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a passionate


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Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani Conjuring the Calabash Llewellyn Publications, 1st December, £16.99, PB, 9780738773711 This guide to magical spirituality empowers readers to “take back the power to heal and shine under [their] own strength”. Written by an accomplished Hoodoo practitioner, this book features spells, recipes and rituals.


Schuyler Esprit Imprinted: A Social History of Caribbean Reading Papillote Press, October, £12.99, PB, 9781739130305 A history of reading and the development of a literary culture in the Caribbean, exploring the places and spaces of such a journey, during and after the colonial period.


Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, this title is the story of Farrell’s jour- ney, as a Black Caribbean immigrant to the UK, of seeking belonging in an English country garden.


Marie Gentles Gentle Guidance Bloomsbury, 22nd June, £14.99, PB, 9781526658388 A guide for parents by a leading expert in child behaviour. Gentles draws on her decades of exper- tise supporting children to show readers how to establish positive relation- ships that bring out the best in their children.


George the Poet Track Record: Me, Music and the War on Blackness Hodder, 21st September, £22, HB, 9781529341935 The memoir by the rapper, poet and podcaster looks back at his life and career.


Tippa Irie Stick to My Roots Jacaranda, 24th August, £20, HB, 9781913090845 The memoir from Grammy Award-winning reggae artist Irie tells the musician’s incredible story—from his trail-blaz- ing beginnings in Saxon Sound International to the Grammy-nominated “Hey Mama” with the Black Eyed Peas.


Linton Kwesi Johnson Time Come Picador, 4th November 2024, £9.99, PB, 9781035006335 A memorable selection of Johnson’s most powerful prose writings, brought together for the first time.


Doro Goumaneh & Brendan Woodhouse Doro Unbound , 22nd June, £18.99, HB, 9781800182554 Goumaneh, a former fish- erman from The Gambia, fled violence in his home nation and now lives in France as a refugee. He tells his story to Woodhouse, a volunteer with Sea Watch who hel- ped rescue him from the Mediterranean, and with whom he became friends.


Jimi Famurewa Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London Bloomsbury, 6th July, £10.99, PB, 9781472991560 In this book, British- Nigerian journalist Famurewa journeys into the vibrant world of African London.


Marchelle Farrell Uprooting Canongate, 3rd August, £16.99, HB, 9781838858674


Afua Hirsch Decolonising My Body: A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty Penguin, 19th October, £20, HB, 9781529908664 Broadcaster Hirsch takes us on a global explora- tion of ancestral beauty practices.


London Hughes Living My Best Life, Hun Quercus, 5th September, £20, HB, 9781529420692 From the stand-up come- dian, actress and host of “The Netflix Afterparty” comes an “uplifting and raucously funny memoir to show you how to ditch the self-loathing, start the self-loving, and engage with your inner winner”.


Ellen E Jones Screen Deep Faber, 1st February 2024, £25, HB, 9780571369423 A comprehensive explora- tion of race in film and TV from journalist and podcast host Jones.


Samara Linton & Rianna Walcott The Colour of Madness Bluebird, 5th September 2024, £12.99, PB, 9781529088519 A powerful anthology giving voice to the mental health struggles experienced by people of colour in the UK.


Thandi Lubimbi A Screenwriter’s Guide to Race, Representation and Portrayal in Film & TV Oldcastle Books, 25th January 2024, £18.99, PB, 9780857305664 This title explores the popular representation of law and order, health- care and celebrity in the entertainment industry and compares this with the reality of these institutions in a racial context. Designed to help screenwriters and creative professionals understand the social construct of racism and how it affects the Black experience, in order for them to be able to write an authentic Black character.


Canongate, 7th September, £16.99, HB,


9781838854195 The memoir of a mixed- race child kidnapped and raised by his white supre- macist grandparents.


Kimberly McIntosh black girl, no magic Te Borough Press, 22nd June, £16.99, HB, 9780008477042 McIntosh’s essays explore race, class, the meritoc- racy myth, sex, desire, dating, friendship, the modern family and drugs, scrutinising why the world is shaped the way it is and how we navigate it.


Chris Kamara Kammy Macmillan, 10th December, £22, HB, 9781035023844 The story of Kamara, from his successful footballing career to his reinvention as one of Britain’s best- loved broadcasters.


Samuel Kasumu The Power of the Outsider: A Journey of Discovery Hodder, 22nd June, £20, HB, 9781529396911 Kasumu was the most senior Black advisor in Boris Johnson’s gov- ernment, until he left in April 2021. Throughout his time in Whitehall, he became increasingly aware that he was an outsider—this is an inves- tigation into the value of difference and an inspiring blueprint for outsiders everywhere.


Roxy Manning How to Have Antiracist Conversations Berrett Koehler , 29th August, £21, PB, 9781523003730 Utilising Dr Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community framework, this title aims to empower activists to create change and equity through fierce yet compassionate dialogue against racism and systematic white supremacy.


Roxy Manning & Sarah Peyton The Antiracist Heart Berrett Koehler , 29th August, £27, PB, 9781523003785 This title delivers a unique path to antiracist activ- ism and introspection by applying neuroscience exercises, questionnaires and journalling prompts based on the book How to Have Antiracist Conversations.


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Samuel Meffire Sam Dialogue Books, 29th June, £11.95, PB, 9780349703497 The story of East Germany’s first Black police officer, coming soon to Disney Plus. After becoming the face of an anti-racism campaign, Meffire slipped from being a model policeman into crime himself. After seven years in prison, Meffire became a social worker for young people with a serious history of violence and an indie author of dystopian crime novels.


Lisa E Mercer & Terresa Moses Racism Untaught MIT Press, 19th September, £25, PB, 9780262048583 An exploration of an iterative framework and toolkit that shows organ- isations how to recognise racism in designed artifacts, systems and experiences—and how to create antiracist design approaches.


Tiya Miles All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Profile, 13th July, £25, HB, 9781800818200 Historian Miles traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an insightful testament to people who are left out of the archives. Named a book of the year by


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