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The one thing that can solve Stephen's problems is dancing. Dancing at Church, with his parents and brother, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise; he might have lost his faith, but he does believe in rhythm. Dancing with his friends, somewhere in a basement with the drums about to drop, while the DJ spins garage cuts. Dancing alone, at home, to his father's records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known.Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades? When his father begins to speak of shame and sacrifice, when his home is no longer his own? How will he find space for himself: a place where he can feel beautiful, a place he might feel free?Set over the course of three summers in Stephen's life, from London to Ghana and back again, Small Worlds is an exhilarating and expansive novel about the worlds we build for ourselves, the worlds we live, dance and love within.

'Everyone should be screaming about it' MONICA HEISEYWIFE. HUSBAND. BEST FRIEND. What if your two favourite people hated each other with a passion?A nice house, a carefree life, a doting husband, a best friend who never leaves your side. You couldn't ask for more. There's just one problem: your husband and best friend love you, but they hate each other. Over a single day, wife, husband and best friend Temi toe the lines of compromise and betrayal. Slowly, their lives begin to unravel, until a startling discovery throws everyone's integrity into question...'Funny, terrifically entertaining' DAILY MAIL'A treat... this millennial noir is a taut exploration of culture and the politics of relationships' BOLU BABALOLA'A tense read that will have you glued to your beach chair!' JENNY JACKSONREADERS LOVE THE THREE OF US'I devoured this brilliant book in one sitting''Compulsive reading...it's extremely hard to put down''Agbaje-Williams is definitely one to watch''An excellent book club read''The characters all felt completely real...utterly brilliant''I absolutely loved this book!'

'Re-imagines a story of gay men in London 200 years ago and under the pain of their betrayal and injustice, he uncovers loyalty and above all, love' SIR IAN MCKELLAN'An imaginative, layered, clever story' THE TIMESLondon, 1809. By day, minister John Church preaches to a congregation of commonfolk in Southwark. By night, he is drawn to the secretive, alluring world of a molly house on Vere Street. There, ordinary men reinvent themselves as outrageous queens: lads on the make flirt with labourers and princes alike, and John finds himself ordaining marriages between men.When he meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, one of a group of African abolitionists who attend his chapel, John falls in love with Ned's tender nature and discovers how quickly desire can turn to obsession.Based on the true story of one of the most important events in queer history, RADICAL LOVE is a sensuous and prescient story about gender and sexuality, and how the most vulnerable survive in dangerous times.'One of the boldest novelistic explorations of desire I have read in some time' KEIRAN GODDARD'Compellingly real' DAILY MAIL

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE 2024 DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSHilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MY NAME IS MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget.*Shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2024**Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick**Apple Book of the Month**A 2023 Debut of the Year as chosen by:SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, VOGUE, RED MAGAZINE, INDEPENDENT, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, HUFFINGTON POST UK, POP SUGAR, HARPERS BAZAAR, MY WEEKLY, EVENING STANDARD, COSMOPOLITAN, BUSTLE* ___________________________________________________________________________'Lively, funny, poignant . . . Prepare to fall in love with Maddie. I did!' BONNIE GARMUS, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry'Utterly charming and deeply moving . . . Maddie's journey will resonate with anyone who's had to grow up - or who's still trying to'CELESTE NG, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere 'I loved every page of this beautiful, heartwarming, empowering book. An exceptional debut from an incredibly exciting new talent' BETH O'LEARY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare'One of the must-reads of the year' SUNDAY TIMES----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means woman.What to say on a first date?Back pain in your mid-20s normal?Is it bad to cry at work?% of young people who are also carers?Meet Maddie Wright.She wants to wear a bright yellow suit.She wants to date men who her mother wouldn't like.She wants to stand up to her boss - once and for all.She wants to know why her father can't tell her he loves her.She wants to stop Googling every life choice she makes.But will the world let her?This is a story of heartbreak, friendship, and breaking the rules - it's a book that will leave you feeling braver than you were when you started.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT MY NAME IS MAAME:'Tender and compelling from the word go, Maame is one of the year's most anticipated books' STYLIST'A poignant and heart-warming coming of age story' RED 'George's novel is a deeply moving one, packed with heart and sparkling prose' HARPER'S BAZAAR'Moving, funny, poignant and completely unforgettable, you'll love this beautiful coming of age tale' MY WEEKLY'Funny, resonating and uplifting, Maame is going to be big in 2023' EVENING STANDARD'An accomplished debut from a talented writer' PRIMA*Previously published as Maame*

Josina leidet weiter unter der Horror-Kombination aus Burn-out und Liebeskummer. Während sie tagsüber versucht, Remy aus dem Kopf zu bekommen und sich für das Liebesglück ihrer besten Freundin zu freuen, ist sie nur nachts in ihren Träumen stark und tatkräftig. Als Schwarze Träumerin setzt sie in der germanischen Asenwelt alles daran, den EINEN zu retten. Doch die Gemeinschaft ihrer Gefährten ist zerschlagen, und ein dämonischer Pakt bedroht die WELT. Nacht für Nacht begreift Josina besser, wie eng ihre Träume mit der Realität verknüpft sind. Und wie sehr ihre eigene Welt bedroht ist vom Untergang Asenwelt ...In ¿Die Schwarze Träumerin¿ begann Josinas Reise in die WELT der Asen. Hier in ¿Nicht schon wieder Ragnarök¿ findet die Geschichte ihr Ende.

Josina ist grad mal Anfang zwanzig und schon frustriert von ihrem Job. Dann bekommt sie auch noch Albträume, in denen sie Nacht für Nacht in einem Fluss aus Blut ertrinkt. Träume, die sie in die germanische Asenwelt führen, in der ausgerechnet sie die auserwählte Schwarze Träumerin sein soll? Die an der Seite des Feuerriesen Surt eine uralte Prophezeiung erfüllen muss?! Um irgendeine mythische Welt zu retten, von der sie bislang nicht mal wusste?!?Ein Burnout, der weltschlimmste Liebeskummer und die Hoffnung, in ihren Träumen Heilung zu finden, geben Josina den Mut. Sie lässt sich ein auf ein Abenteuer, das ihre bekannte Welt zum Einstürzen bringen wird ...Hier in ¿Die Schwarze Träumerin¿ beginnt Josinas Reise in die WELT der Asen. In ¿Nicht schon wieder Ragnarök¿ findet die Geschichte ihr Ende.

Mit diesem Buch erscheint die erste Publikation, die sich dem Textilen und seiner unterschiedlichsten Formen in der Kunst annimmt. Warum es bis 2023 dauern musste, damit eine solche Publikation vorliegt, hängt mit dem ambivalenten Stellenwert des Materials und der Techniken zusammen: Baumwolle oder Nylon sowie Weberei und Stickerei wurden seit jeher im Kunsthandwerk angesiedelt und von der bildenden Kunst als eher minderwertig betrachtet. Inzwischen hat sich die Kunstwelt aber so stark ausdifferenziert und globalisiert, dass man dem Textilen in der Kunst international häufig begegnet und dies kaum noch in Frage stellt. Diese Publikation verspricht, eine breite regionale, nationale sowie globale Perspektive auf die Mannigfaltigkeit textiler Erscheinungsformen zu bieten. Anhand von 18 sorgfältig ausgewählten Künstler:innen, reich bebildert und mit neuen Interviews mit Produ-zent:innen aus der Schweiz, den USA und dem Kongo lernen wir ein überaus originelles aber noch wenig bekanntes Feld der Kunst kennen.Mit Werken von: Ernest Neto, Heidi Bucher, Sinzo Aanza, Andrea Zittel, Martin Soto Climént, Jakup Ferri, Jonathan Baldock, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas, Tobias Kaspar, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ghada Amer, Jeanne Vicérial, Nives Widauer, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Reto Pulfer, Serge Mouangue, Talaya Schmid und Yinka Shonibare.

Med sin kølige attitude og overklassebaggrund virker Chloe Brown som alt det, Red Morgan afskyr. Men hendes hverdag er slet ikke så fancy, som den ser ud på overfladen. Hun lever et stille liv som webdesigner, katteelsker og cardiganentusiast. Da Chloe en dag er dramatisk tæt på at blive kørt ned, beslutter hun sig for, at hun vil have mere ud af tilværelsen. Red har brug for hendes hjælp til sin kunsthjemmeside, og han kan til gengæld hjælpe Chloe med at få et liv. For når man er utrænet i at leve livet, er det godt med en wingman, og måske er det i virkeligheden på tide, at de begge kommer ind i kampen?Ind i kampen, Chloe Brown er første bog i serien The Brown Sisters, der handler om de tre Brown-søstres vej til at finde sig selv – og kærligheden.„Totalt charmerende … humor, intensitet, sødme og dybde balancerer lydefrit, og jeg elskede hver en side.“Helen Hoang„Forfriskende ægte.“The Washington Post„Talia Hibbert er en rockstjerne!“Meg Cabot, New York Timesbestsellerforfatter„Kærlighedshistorien er dampende hot.“Publishers Weekly„Sjov, dyb og fandens romantisk.“Library Journal

When the love of her life shows up with a girlfriend, Tia decides it's time to put herself out there.Expectations of dating apps are low, so it's a surprise when she instantly connects with handsome photographer Nate. He's everything she's looking for; he makes her feel safe, seen, and desired.Tia assumes they're on the same page - the only catch? They're yet to have The Talk.In a generation that's normalised competing over who cares the least, can Tia overcome her fears and lay her cards on the table, in the pursuit of something real?The Situationship is #Merky Books' first hilarious, unputdownable romcom!

"I must have stood in front of the closed door for half an eternity. My sense of time disappeared when the door closed. It was dark. Black. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I spotted a faint beam of light - a hole in the wall, was that supposed to be a window?"Gloria lives in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. There she manages the "Tatenda" house, where women in difficult situations find refuge, help and support. Things go on as usual until one day, through a chain of strange events, she is drawn deep into the Zimbabwean jungle of regulations and corruption. At the mercy of state power and inscrutable procedures, she faces the challenges, but how does one go on when obstacles are repeatedly placed in one's path whose meaning one does not see?Sarudza means 'make up your mind'. And that is often not easy. But why do we so rarely follow our heart or common sense?A thrilling, lively story about realising that the wealth of Zimbabwe lies not in its mineral resources or wonderful nature, but in the people who inhabit it, about knowing that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, and about how everything then makes sense after all. If you choose to recognise it.

Dive into this fun and entertaining quiz book from the UK's biggest Black British pub quiz!

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER '[Mr Loverman is] Brokeback Mountain with ackee and saltfish and old people' Dawn FrenchWINNER OF THE JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE 2014 and FERRO GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBT FICTION 2015 Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.Praise for Bernardine Evaristo: 'One of Britain's most innovative authors . . . Bernardine Evaristo always dares to be different' New Nation'Evaristo remains an undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional' Sunday Times'Audacious genre-bending, in-yer-face wit and masterly retellings of underwritten corners of history are the hallmarks of Evaristo's work' New Statesman Bernardine Evaristo is the author of three critically acclaimed 'verse novels' - Lara, The Emperor's Babe (which won the Arts Council Award in 2000) and Soul Tourists. Mr Loverman is her second prose novel, after 2008's Blonde Roots. Evaristo is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts, and was awarded an MBE in 2009. She lives in London.

A decolonised reading list for anyone who wants to redress the racial bias of their education and to rethink what are considered the 'classics' of literature.

Join the adventure for cool jungle rhymes, lions, giraffes, and swinging vines. Meet all the animals in the forest sunshine. Waa Gwaan Jimi! it's Jungle fun time!

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEARIt's time to dance, to love, to be free...'Mesmerising' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other'Fabulous' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of Hamnet'Beautiful' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Open WaterYamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes. Yamaye meets Moose, who she falls deeply in love with, and who offers her the chance of freedom and escape.After their relationship is brutally cut short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that leads her to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.***A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NOVEL AND GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2023***'A wonderfully literary, musical and original novel about a culture and era that rarely makes the pages of fiction' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Scorching... We follow Yamaye through love, loss and peril, as she chases her dreams and connects with her heritage' GUARDIAN'Ambitious, atmospheric... A novel of passion and anger' SUNDAY TIMES'A rich and rhythmic story about love and music' I

'Heart and humour in abundance... exquisite' The TimesAfter fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, now married to Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between them rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves?'A gorgeous novel from one of our most outstanding writers' Bernardine Evaristo'Diana Evans is fast proving herself a novelist to rank alongside Anne Tyler' Daily Mail'A warm but devastating narrative... Like any Evans novel, it is unputdownable' Harper's BazaarA New York Times *100 Notable Books of 2023*Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political FictionSelected in Best Reads of 2023 by The Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, New Statesman and Good HousekeepingA Waterstones Book of the YearThe Bookseller Editor's ChoiceThe New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceStarred Kirkus ReviewGuardian Book of the Day

After a judge finds her unfit to stand trial, Mala, a reclusive old woman suspected of murder, is placed in the tender care of a male nurse, who becomes her unlikely confidante and the chronicler of her extraordinary life.