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20/11/2024 · 17:27


FOLLOWING BLACK HISTORY

You may recall that October was Black History Month. It was a very busy time for
publishers and authors, so much so that I’m still waiting for feedback from some
of them! However, a trawl through my own library produced three particular books
I’d like to share.



The first is Propa Propaganda by the late Benjamin Zephaniah, writer, dub poet,
actor and musician as well as professor of poetry and creative writing at Brunel
University London. It was a huge loss to the world when he died aged 65 less
than a year ago.

Propa Propaganda (Bloodaxe Books 1996) is a few years old now, but right from
the start carries the distinctive BZ voice we all came to know. This collection
is short treasure, if you’ve never read any of his poems: Terrible World based
on Louis Armstrong’s memorable song, White Comedy (I waz whitemailed/ By a white
witch,/Wiz white magic), De Queen an I and his three part Acts of Parliament
which loses nothing with time and could have been written yesterday!



Acknowledging Black Authors: A couple of years ago I met Garfield Robinson at an
event and spent some time talking about the work of black authors, poets,
songwriters, all types of storytellers.

His book Keepers of the Flame (POH Books, 2022) is an excellent collection
saluting the work of 100 Black authors – all the way from Shirley Anstis, a
mental health counsellor, to Lyndon Wissart a professional chef. Every one of
the hundred has a story to tell – inspirational, heart-warming, inquisitive,
passionate. The illustrations, printed like engravings or woodcuts, provide an
image to accompany the voice explaining their reasons for writing. Some writers
you may know, many you will not.

If you want to investigate further, this is the place to start. A ready-made
reference compile by Garfield Robinson – bookseller, author and publisher.


My third choice is The Perseverance by British-Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus. I
had the pleasure of interviewing Raymond back in 2019 at the London Book Fair,
where he was performing readings from this debut collection.



Beginning with his deafness he merges masculinity, race his mother’s dementia
and his father’s death – with a lot of focus on his father. There’s a wonderful
series of poems ‘Samantha’ based on an interview he did with a deaf Jamaican
woman about her arrival in England. As we might expect his own deafness and
communication, his identity (Jamaican British or Jamaican, British? choose) run
throughout these poems.

The Perseverance is published by Penned in the Margins 2018.

That’s just a small but belated contribution to Black History month. All well
worth a read.



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07/10/2024 · 17:16


NOT QUITE THE HOUSE OF THEIR DREAMS!

After much searching, the happily married young couple, Amber and Stevie, think
they have found the perfect spot in Grimaldi Square. Number 4 is the house of
their dreams, despite one or two negative surroundings.



But, upstairs in their new home, seated on an old red sofa is the woman they
bought the place from – seventy-nine-year-old, foul-mouthed, straight-talking,
wise-cracking Dorothy – who has decided that she’s not going anywhere. As it
transpires, Dorothy will be only the first in a line of life-changing
surprises. 

Friends of Dorothy is a funny, touching novel about a family that is not
biological, but logical; a story close to Sandi Toksvig’s heart. 

Sandi Toksvig needs, as they say, no introduction and is familiar to UK
audiences as a broadcaster. Her TV career includes ‘Call My Bluff’, ‘Whose Line
Is It Anyway?’, ‘QI’, and ‘The Great British Bake Off’. Most recently her
‘Extraordinary Escapes’ series on Channel 4 proved immensely popular.  

Picture by Debbie Toksvig

Much of Sandi’s time is devoted to writing and in 2019 she became president of
the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. She has more than 20 fiction and
non-fiction books for children and adults to her credit, has co-authored the
musical Big Night Out at the Little Sands Picture Palace Theatre (with Dillie
Keane) and the Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (with Elly Brewer).
She adapted Treasure Island for Leicester Haymarket Theatre (2018} and Mamma Mia
the Party (2019). Sandi is an activist for gender equality and co-founded the
Women’s Equality Party.

Friends of Dorothy is published by Virago.





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22/09/2024 · 13:17


EVERYONE LOVES A BEAR, ESPECIALLY GRANDPA KUMA

Grandpa Kuma (which means ‘bear’ in Japanese) is a beautiful debut book from
author/illustrator Michelle Maiden. 



It tells the story of a little girl, Miko, who goes to meet her grandad at the
airport. She’s so excited, but when he greets her with “Konnichiwa” she doesn’t
know what he’s saying – so they have a problem. They don’t understand each
other, so how are they going to play? The story unfolds as Miko and Grandpa each
find ways of communicating through card games, origami, meals and trips to the
city.

The characters are wonderfully drawn and the adventures they have are very
simply illustrated. It’s ideal for grandparents and grandchildren, but as it’s
for 3+ years parents, teachers and older siblings can read to youngsters. As a
bonus there is also a free ‘Read Along’ audio book, narrated by Michelle, which
is accessed by scanning the QR code inside the front cover. And, if readers want
to be more adventurous, there’s a helpful Japanese pronunciation guide, with
English translation at the end of the book. 




Grandpa Kuma, published by the wonderfully named Wacky Bee Books, makes a great
gift or, if you’re a collector of beautifully illustrated children’s books, then
add this to your shelf.

So from Grandpa Kuma and me, ‘Ja, mata ne’.

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