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A regular genre column for Mslexia, introducing writers to a fiction genre through the authors shaping it, the craft it demands and the agents currently buying it. One morning in 2014, novelist Laila Lalami saw a Google notification on her phone: ‘If you leave right now, you will make it to YogaWorks at 7.28.’ She…
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A regular genre column for Mslexia, introducing writers to a fiction genre through the authors shaping it, the craft it demands and the agents currently buying it. In Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella, Gregor Samsa opens his eyes and discovers he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. It is one of the most striking and…
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I was in Berlin the other day. There is a world-famous club (Berghain) and a world-famous bouncer (Sven) who stands between a night (or morning) of pulsing beats, slick sweat and sensational (I imagine) vibes. The door policy is notoriously opaque – and you can be turned away with a flick of the wrist without explanation…
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Each year, the Black publishing issue offers a critical pause: a moment to reflect,not only on the books, voices and visions shaping Black British publishing today, but also on the wider systems in which they are trying to thrive. It is an issue produced with care, but also with urgency – because the stories shared…
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In 2020 – amid a glut of black Instagram squares, urgent tweets and bold diversity declarations – publishing promised change. Five years on, the industry is seemingly teetering between stasis and regression. Behind the public messaging, many publishing insiders describe a quieter, more insidious reversal: funding has dried up, initiatives have folded and editorial interest…
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Celebrating 40 years at the forefront of Caribbean and Black British literature, Leeds-based independent publisher Peepal Tree Press has become a “honeypot” for writers and readers seeking stories that transcend the mainstream and preserve the cultural richness of the Caribbean and its diaspora.
Natasha Onwuemezi 