Nubian Fairies: A Secret Paradise
Multi-award-winning entrepreneur Nefateri Asantewa, whose Black greeting card company was established...
Review: Party Lines. Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain
A book about the rave and clubbing scene might seem an...
Nailah Blackman to debut her first children’s book
Nailah Blackman, soca songstress and granddaughter of the late Ras Shorty...
The King of Soca receives maiden international award
Soca and calypso are two of the most iconic and entrenched...
Red Carpet Film Premier Shines a Light on Black Women’s Menopause...
The premier of Dr Yansie Rolston’s Our Menopause was held at...
Professor Carole to launch her newest book at New Beacon
Award-winning Caribbean-American author Carole Boyce Davies who has specialised in writing...
Black History Walks book launch events
There was a full house upstairs at the Prince of Peckham...
Jumbie in Town – searching for the spirits of Trinidad
Have you been bitten by a soucouyant? Did you meet a...
Machel Montano launches The King of Soca
Machel Montano has launched his eagerly awaited book, The King of...
The Frontline – the unheard of Notting Hill in their own...
A new book by Ishmahil Blagrove is always a notable event,...
Machel Montano celebrates 40 years as king of soca
Elizabeth ‘Lady’ Montano has written a biography of her son, entitled...
A Quick Ting On Afrobeats
Billed as the first-ever book on the Afrobeats genre, Christian Adofo’s...
Children’s Author making a Creole difference
In 2017, British children’s author Joshua Cartwright and his wife Glenda...
Canisia Lubrin wins Caribbean literature prize
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest team hosted a virtual ceremony via...
David Kalloo, Trinidadian-born author
Trinidad-born author David Kalloo grew up in the eastern borough of...
The Caribbean Connection, The Bella & Logan series
Soca News spoke to soca lover Lorraine O'Garro, who is making...
New mystery-adventure stories in Creole bring Guyana to life for our...
What if you could have something special to remind you of...
Nobel Prize-winning British author VS Naipaul dies aged 85
British novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for...
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
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
A New Beacon
New Beacon, the black bookshop established back in 1966, has reopened after a six week refurbishment process
Belvidere Estate – Fedon’s House, by Herman G Hall
Sometimes a newspaper headline tells you all you need to know about a story
New Beacon Books shines on
Finsbury Park’s famous Black bookshop, New Beacon Books (NBB), celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016
Carnival, by Ishmahil Blagrove – history and inspiration
For a world-renowned festival, Notting Hill Carnival has been poorly served...
