19Jul/17
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Chapelton, a small rural town in Jamaica. He moved to London at the age of 11 to join his mother who had immigrated two years earlier.
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19Jul/17
Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph (1966– ) is an unmatched presence in contemporary literature, touted as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’ and nominated…
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19Jul/17
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay Biography Writing Since her first attempt at writing a novel aged twelve – One Person, Two Names – Kay has written a myriad of works for adults and children: twoRead More…
19Jul/17
Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1944 and moved to the Isle of Wight, England, when she was six years old. She grew up on the Isle of Wight…
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18Jul/17
Kei Miller
Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1978, Kei Miller FRSL is an essayist, poet, and fiction author best known for his collections of poems and essays.
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16Jul/17
Daljit Nagra
Born in London to Sikh Punjabi immigrants, the poet Daljit Nagra (1966– ) draws influence from both his British and Punjabi identities in his award-winning work.
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14Jul/17
Ben Okri
Ben Okri (1958– ) is a Nigerian-born British novelist and poet. Ben Okri has published eight novels, including the Booker-winner The Famished Road (1991) and Starbook…
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13Jul/17
Yousif M. Qasmiyeh
Yousif M. Qasmiyeh Biography Writing Yousif M. Qasmiyeh has been vocal about his effort to write poetry that ‘sits precisely on the threshold’. In an interview with the Poetry Book Society, heRead More…
12Jul/17
Roger Robinson
Roger Robinson Biography Writing In 2001, Robinson moved from having his poetry printed in a number of influential anthologies – notably, The Fire People (ed. Lemn Sissay, 1998) and The Penguin BookRead More…
11Jul/17
Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire is a poet born to Somali parents in Kenya in 1988. When she was only a year old her family migrated to England. She has been described as a ‘refugee poet’…
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