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Rudolph Walker’s Birthday Book Launch

Has there been any other Caribbean-born actor who has had such a prominent presence on British TV screens over the past six decades than Trinidadian …
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Nubian Fairies: A Secret Paradise

Multi-award-winning entrepreneur Nefateri Asantewa, whose Black greeting card company was established in 2008, added the title, Author, to her bow (including being a mixed...
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Review: Party Lines. Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain

A book about the rave and clubbing scene might seem an odd choice for a review in Soca News, but Ed Gillett’s masterful analysis...
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Nailah Blackman to debut her first children’s book

Nailah Blackman, soca songstress and granddaughter of the late Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman), venerated soca music pioneer, has diversified into children’s books. Set...
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The King of Soca receives maiden international award

Soca and calypso are two of the most iconic and entrenched music genres in Trinidad. For the past 40 years these cultural gems have...
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Red Carpet Film Premier Shines a Light on Black Women’s Menopause...

The premier of Dr Yansie Rolston’s Our Menopause was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London on 29 May. The short...
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Professor Carole to launch her newest book at New Beacon

Award-winning Caribbean-American author Carole Boyce Davies who has specialised in writing about the African Diaspora and black women will be launching the newest addition...
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Black History Walks book launch events

There was a full house upstairs at the Prince of Peckham (a Black-owned pub) for the first of a series of launch events for...
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Jumbie in Town – searching for the spirits of Trinidad

Have you been bitten by a soucouyant? Did you meet a largahoo while coming home late one night? Does Papa Bois spoil your shot...
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Machel Montano launches The King of Soca

Machel Montano has launched his eagerly awaited book, The King of Soca. The tell-all biography takes us inside the life and 40-year musical career of...
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The Frontline – the unheard of Notting Hill in their own...

A new book by Ishmahil Blagrove is always a notable event, and the launch of The Frontline on 24 June 2022 was no exception....
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Machel Montano celebrates 40 years as king of soca

Elizabeth ‘Lady’ Montano has written a biography of her son, entitled King of Soca. The story of Machel Montano will be on Trinidadian bookshelves...
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A Quick Ting On Afrobeats

Billed as the first-ever book on the Afrobeats genre, Christian Adofo’s A Quick Ting on Afrobeats is his debut book. The title is part...
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Children’s Author making a Creole difference

In 2017, British children’s author Joshua Cartwright and his wife Glenda Cartwright, who is originally from Guyana, launched their first children's book. The Granny...
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Canisia Lubrin wins Caribbean literature prize

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest team hosted a virtual ceremony via its website and social media on 24 April to announce the winner of...
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David Kalloo, Trinidadian-born author

Trinidad-born author David Kalloo grew up in the eastern borough of Arima. A self-taught writer, Kalloo migrated to London in 1989 and joined the...
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The Caribbean Connection, The Bella & Logan series

Soca News spoke to soca lover Lorraine O'Garro, who is making tracks of her own in the publishing industry by proudly sharing aspects of...
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New mystery-adventure stories in Creole bring Guyana to life for our...

What if you could have something special to remind you of 'back home'? How do you best teach your children what it was like...
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Nobel Prize-winning British author VS Naipaul dies aged 85

British novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at his home in London aged 85, his family have...
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Review – Bayonets, Mangoes and Beads, by Nairobi Thompson

At June’s official unveiling in Brixton of Britain’s first permanent memorial to the contribution made by servicemen and women from Africa and the Caribbean
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ACUK to launch Calypso in London book on 26 October

This year the London Calypso Tent enjoyed its best season yet. Now it has even more reason celebrate
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A New Beacon

New Beacon, the black bookshop established back in 1966, has reopened after a six week refurbishment process
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Belvidere Estate – Fedon’s House, by Herman G Hall

Sometimes a newspaper headline tells you all you need to know about a story
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New Beacon Books shines on

Finsbury Park’s famous Black bookshop, New Beacon Books (NBB), celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016
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Carnival, by Ishmahil Blagrove – history and inspiration

For a world-renowned festival, Notting Hill Carnival has been poorly served by writers and film-makers. Its representations in the UK’s national and regional newspapers...
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