BOOKS


Discover everyday practices, reflections and wisdom from this wellness practitioner and contemporary spiritual guide.


Evie Muir Radical Rest Elliott & Tompson, 18th July, £16.99, hb, 9781783967650 A bold book about the malaise of burnout in our society—and a radical solution to what we can do about it.


Poppy Okotcha A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us Bloomsbury Publishing, 10th Apr, £18.99, hb, 9781526666512 Ecological horticulturalist Okotcha maps moments through a year in her wild garden, sharing the joy, pleasure and beauty of working with the natural world, and what we need to do to protect it.


Melonie Parker Bend the Arc Macmillan, 23rd Jan, £22, hb, 9781035031887 Parker, Google’s Chief Diversity Officer, redefines leadership and diversity in her transformative guide- book to diversity.


Megan Pillow and Roxane Gay Do The Work: A Guide to Understanding Power and Creating Change Leaping Hare Press, 20th June, £14, pb, 9780711268968 This guide provides a foundation for examining hierarchies and inequali- ties and establishes a framework for under- standing power and how it shapes our lives and communities.


Ebony Reid Trap Life Cornerstone, 1st May, £18.99, hb, 9781529911893 These stories explore how it’s possible to become ‘trapped’ in difficult identities like ‘dangerous’, ‘pathological’ and ‘criminal’.


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the unique ways loss affects the Black commu- nity, and the effects of the widespread lack of under- standing of traditional rituals and beliefs.


exploration of public memory, reckoning with the legacy of the Second World War.


Catherine Joy White Rebel Takes: On the Future of Food Dialogue, 2nd Oct, £10.99, pb, 9780349702636 This title explores global legacies of ownership of and access to food in the past and present—and how we can reconstruct this relationship.


Noo Saro-Wiwa Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China Canongate, 12th Sep, £10.99, pb, 9781838856977 The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China exploring the intersections and divides between the two cultures and the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s Republic.


June Sarpong Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon HQ, 26th Sep, £20, hb, 9780008603885 A powerful biography shining a light on the incredible forgotten legacy of the BBC’s first Black female broadcaster.


Dr Linia Patel Food for Menopause Murdoch Books, 12th Sep, £20, pb, 9781761500305 A practical food-based guide to managing menopause symptoms— from perimenopause and beyond—through simple recipes.


Jordan Peele Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror Picador, 3rd Oct, £11.99, pb, 9781035040308 An anthology of brand new stories showcasing the best Black talent from across contemporary horror writing.


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Staci Robinson Tupac Shakur: The Authorised Biography Cornerstone, 6th June, £10.99, pb, 9781804946411 The first and only estate- authorised biography of the legendary rapper and an essential re-evaluation of his legacy, fully illus- trated with mementos, clothing, handwritten poetry, lyrics, musings and more.


Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah We Need to Talk About Sex Dialogue, 29th May, £18.99, hb, 9780349703411 Part memoir, part work- book, this new book from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah aims to help readers find a route to sexual freedom.


Danez Smith Bluff Vintage, 8th Aug, £14.99, pb, 9781784745738 A powerful new collection reckoning with America, protest and poetry itself.


Bola Sol Your Money Life: How to Afford the Future You Want Cornerstone, 29th Aug, £16.99, pb, 9781529911954 The ultimate guide to financial wellness, secur- ing your future and paying for the things that matter most.


Venus Williams Strive: 8 Essential Strategies for Living Your Best Life Piatkus, 10th Sep, £22, hb, 9780349443126 Williams’ strategic, practi- cal and inspirational guide to winning and wellbeing.


Tamara Winfrey Harris A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free Berrett Koehler, 9th July, £19.99, pb, 9781523006915 Empowering, feminist guidance for Black women on living unapologetically and authentically.


Jordan Stephens Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs Canongate, 22nd Aug, £16.99, hb, 9781838858087 From the writer and performer comes a blister- ing memoir exploring masculinity, mental health, addiction and heartbreak. A 2024 superlead title for the publisher, supported by a huge marketing and publicity campaign.


Yansie Rolston and Patrick Vernon (ed) Black Grief and Healing: Why We Need to Talk About Health Inequality, Trauma and Loss Jessica Kingsley Publish- ers, 19th Sep, £18.99, pb, 9781839973277 The stories and poems in this anthology illuminate


Caster Semenya The Race to Be Myself Cornerstone, 25th July, £10.99, pb, 9781529186383 Banned from the sport she loved because she was labelled ‘different’, Olympic and World Champion Semenya is sharing the vivid story of how the world came to know her name.


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Beneath the Soil Dialogue, 3rd Apr, £25, hb, 9780349704487 Smith continues his


Keon West The Science of Racism Picador, 23rd Jan, £18.99, hb, 9781035030651 West cuts through divisive anecdotes and rhetoric with decades’ worth of clear, factual, rigorous, quantitative science, to reveal the truths about racism.


Charlene White Home Renegade, 20th June, £22, hb, 9780349703640 With White’s own stories woven into a fine collection of recipes and interviews from a wide range of collaborators, Home is an exploration of family, food and finding your place.


pb, 9781838916404 Learn all about how to be bold and brave with this engaging self-help book from award-winning youth advocate Adebogun.


John Agard, Satoshi Kitamura (illus) The Day the Numbers Spoke Hodder Children’s Books, 20th June, £12.99, pb, 9781444975468 Celebrate the wonders of science, identity and the natural world with this bumper illustrated poetry collection from the award- winning poet Agard.


Yepoka Yeebo Anansi’s Gold Bloomsbury Publishing, 1st Aug, £12.99, pb, 9781526667083 The never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century’s longest and most auda- cious frauds.


Gary Younge Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter Faber, 10th Oct, £10.99, pb, 9780571391158 A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation’s leading political voices.


Children’s


Anu Adebogun, Soofiya and Lila Cruz (illus) It’s a Brave Young World Little Tiger, 6th Feb, £12.99,


B B Alston Amari and the Despicable Wonders Farshore, 29th Aug, £12.99, hb, 9781405298674 The third book in Alston’s Supernatural Investigations series. Soon to be a major motion picture with Universal Pictures, with Black-ish’s Marsai Martin and Don Cheadle producing.


Annemarie Anang and Natelle Quek Dance Just Like So! Five Quills, 26th Sep, £8.99, pb, 9781912923397 It’s dance class day and Gran will teach Kwesi and the neighbours her trophy-winning dance, the Shooby-Doo Mambo. But Gran hurts her knee before Kwesi can learn all the steps.


Raymond Antrobus, Ken Wilson-Max (illus) Terrible Horses Walker, 3rd Oct, £7.99, pb, 9781529520934 A picture book on brother- sister dynamics and how


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