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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...
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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...
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Nailah Blackman to debut her first children’s book

Nailah Blackman, soca songstress and granddaughter of the late Ras Shorty...
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The King of Soca receives maiden international award

Soca and calypso are two of the most iconic and entrenched...
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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...
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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...
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Black History Walks book launch events

There was a full house upstairs at the Prince of Peckham...
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Jumbie in Town – searching for the spirits of Trinidad

Have you been bitten by a soucouyant? Did you meet a...
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Machel Montano launches The King of Soca

Machel Montano has launched his eagerly awaited book, The King 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,...
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Machel Montano celebrates 40 years as king of soca

Elizabeth ‘Lady’ Montano has written a biography of her son, entitled...
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A Quick Ting On Afrobeats

Billed as the first-ever book on the Afrobeats genre, Christian Adofo’s...
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Children’s Author making a Creole difference

In 2017, British children’s author Joshua Cartwright and his wife Glenda...
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Canisia Lubrin wins Caribbean literature prize

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest team hosted a virtual ceremony via...
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David Kalloo, Trinidadian-born author

Trinidad-born author David Kalloo grew up in the eastern borough of...
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The Caribbean Connection, The Bella & Logan series

Soca News spoke to soca lover Lorraine O'Garro, who is making...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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