Books and Writers articles
Eunice McGhie-Belgrave MBE Eunice McGhie-Belgrave is nothing short of extraordinary. With a spirit and energy which are immediately apparent, she has helped countless people, and in so doing has received an MBE, a Pride of Britain Award, a Queen’s Jubilee Award, and many others; she owns a trophy cabinet which I couldn’t help quipping resembles […]
Pao a novel by Kerry Young Pao by Kerry Young is a dazzling tale of race, class and colour, love and ambition, and a country at a historical crossroads – it is as much Jamaica’s story as it is Pao’s. Kerry Young was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Chinese father and mother of mixed […]
A Memoir – Bageye At The Wheel by Colin Grant A compassionate but unsentimental tale, rich in comic observation, of growing up in a provincial town of immigrants – Irish, Asian and Caribbean – rubbing along amicably and sometimes not so amicably with their English hosts, before the rise of the EDL. There weren’t many […]
Black Mahler: The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Story has been honoured with the indie book badge of excellence Black Mahler: The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Story (originally published in 2008) was republished on 06/01/12 to mark the 100th anniversary of this forgotten genius’ tragically premature passing. The book tells the true story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who was born to […]
I & I: The Natural Mystics – Marley, Tosh and Wailers by Colin Grant The Natural Mystics examines for the first time the story of the Wailers, arguing that these musicians offered a model for black men in the second half of the twentieth century Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trench Town R&B […]