The first ever Black Book Swap event will take place on Saturday 3 March. There will be books to swap, authors to meet: Alex Wheatle, Chibundu Onuzo, Colin Grant, Sonja Lewis and Bim Adewunmi, and also the chance to meet other book lovers and dedicated readers.
Bring a book to swap: whether you loved it and want others to know that joy or hated it but cannot bring yourself to bin it, bring it along and swap it. You are bound to find an exciting read to replace it. Come along and join in even if you don’t have a book to swap. Any leftover books will be donated to charity.
Black Book Swap is free but as places are limited, so best to reserve a place, email: blackbookswap@gmail.com
The authors and writers in conversation at Black Book Swap will be:
Alex Wheatle:Brixton’s Bard has spent the autumn on tour with his one man show Uprising, and that followed the publication of his third novel, Brenton Brown last summer. Most recently, Alex has been telling it as it is in articles in The Independent. You can watch Alex talk about his show: Uprising Twitter: @brixtonbard
Sonja Lewis: An American in London, Sonja published her novel, The Barreness last April. The book follows a woman’s journey to deciding whether or not motherhood is for her. A new edition of the book is to be published in the US in February for Black History Month there, and in the UK in March for Women’s International Day.
Colin Grant: Best known as an historian, ‘…explaining the Afrocentric side of Jamaican culture and history to the world,’ Colin’s new book Bageye at the Wheel (published in April) is a memoir of growing up as one of the few black families in Luton during the 1970s.
Twitter: @colincraiggrant
Chibundu Onuzo: Only just 21, Chibundu is a third year student at King’s College London. Her first book The Spider King’s Daughter is published this month (March) by Faber. Chibundu is wonderfully talented writer. The Spider King’s Daughter is about love across the class divide in Lagos. www.authorsoundsbetterthanwriter.blogspot.com
Twitter: @ChibunduOnuzo
Bim Adewunmi: Journalist and blogger, Bim specialises in popular culture, feminism and race. She blogs at www.yorubagirldancing.com It was Bim’s tweet to her MP – Diane Abbott – about the media’s lazy description of the ‘black community’ that caused the recent twitter storm about divide and rule. Twitter: @bimadew
To reserve a place: email
blackbookswap(at)gmail.com
How to get to the Black Book Swap venue:
Cottons, 70 Exmouth Market. EC1R 4QP Map
Buses – 19, 38, 341
Railway Stations Farrington Rail,10 minutes walk King‘sCross Thameslink Railway Station 14 minutes walk
Car Parks near Exmouth Market
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That’s a really good idea, if I was living in London I’d be the first person there. I’ve got alot of black books. Hopefully it’s a success black writers never get enough credit. I read two of Alex Wheatle’s books and loved them
Nice idea…..
@Chico- Rei….you could always move back hahahahaa!
Hello, I am Tricia the blogger from Black Book News, one of the organisers of Black Book Swap event on 3 March. Thank you for posting this information for us; much appreciated. Bookings have been coming in thick and fast, only been promoting it for a week or so and we are almost full. Thanks again for your support. best, tricia.