black history month

This October, in honour of Black History Month, Virago is celebrating Black women in publishing.   Margaret Busby was the first Black woman publisher in Britain. She has been one of the most consistent and […]

by Tasnim Morrison It goes without saying that we should all be reading books by Black authors and books centring the experiences of Black people all year round, however, October is Black History Month in […]

This October, in honour of Black History Month, Virago is celebrating Black women in publishing. Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, in recognition of the ‘visionary force and poetic import’ of […]

A collection of wisdom and life lessons, from the beloved and bestselling author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.     Dear Daughter,   This letter has taken an extraordinary time getting itself […]

Following faith healer, Harlan Jane Eagleton, The Healing is a beautifully-written portrait of this woman’s past and how she came to her first healing.     |   I open a tin of Spirit of […]

Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. When sixteen-year-old Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries […]

  Ten books to add to your reading list this Black History Month   Beloved by Toni Morrison Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–65), it is inspired by […]