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26Jul/17
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Diran Adebayo

26 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersDiran Adebayoadmin

Known as Diran Adebayo, Oludiran Adebayo (1968– ) was born in north London in 1968 to Nigerian parents. He is the acclaimed author of Some Kind of Black (1996)…
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25Jul/17
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Monica Ali

25 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersMonica Aliadmin

Monica Ali Biography Writing Besides Brick Lane, Monica Ali’s major works include the novels Alentejo Blue (2006), In the Kitchen (2009), and Untold Story (2011). In each of these works, she turnsRead More…

25Jul/17
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Nadeem Aslam

25 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersNadeem Aslamadmin

Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan in 1966. He moved to Britain at the age of 14 when his communist father fled the country to escape President Zia-Ul-Haq’s military dictatorship.
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24Jul/17
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Malorie Blackman

24 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersMalorie Blackmanadmin

Born in Clapham, London to Barbadian parents in 1962, Malorie Blackman OBE is the author of the best-selling and television-adapted series Noughts and Crosses.
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23Jul/17
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Brian Chikwava

23 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersBrian Chikwavaadmin

Brian Chikwava (1972– ) is a Zimbabwean writer, journalist, and musician currently living and working in London. He is the author of the acclaimed novel Harare North (2009).
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22Jul/17
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Teju Cole

22 July 2017Fiction, Non-fiction, Profiles, WritersTeju Coleadmin

Teju Cole – author, critic, and photographer – was born in 1975 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Nigerian parents, and raised in Lagos. At the age of 17, he returned…
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22Jul/17
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Selma Dabbagh

22 July 2017Drama, Fiction, Profiles, WritersSelma Dabbaghadmin

Selma Dabbagh (1970– ) is a British Palestinian writer currently based in London, but whose fiction is mainly – though not always – set in the contemporary Middle East.
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22Jul/17
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Rana Dasgupta

22 July 2017Fiction, Non-fiction, Profiles, WritersRana Dasguptaadmin

Born in Canterbury in 1971, Rana Dasgupta is a British writer whose work deals extensively with global capitalism and its impact on the modern psyche…
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22Jul/17
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Kwame Dawes

22 July 2017Drama, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Profiles, WritersKwame Dawesadmin

Kwame Dawes is a poet, critic, editor, playwright, storyteller, broadcaster, actor and musician, born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica. The author of twenty books of poetry…
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21Jul/17
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Diana Evans

21 July 2017Fiction, Profiles, WritersDiana Evansadmin

Diana Evans was born in 1972. Of mixed white British and Nigerian descent, she described herself in a BBC radio interview as ‘a Londoner’, one who has ‘lived in London all her life’.
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