Authors

Diane Oliver (1943 – 1966) Diane was born in Charlotte, North Carolina where she went to public schools. After graduating from high school, she attended Women’s College (which later became the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and was the Managing Editor of The Carolinian, the student newspaper. She published four short stories in her […]

Yewande was born in Barbados. She grew up in Nigeria and moved to South Africa in 1992. Yewande trained as an architect. After completing a Masters degree in Creative Writing, her debut novel Bom Boy was published in 2011 by Modjaji Books and in the US and Canada in 2019 by Catalyst Press. It won the 2012 South African

Courtney is a saxophonist and founder of the Jazz Warriors. He was one of the first black British jazz artists to make a serious mark on the jazz scene when his debut album ‘Journey To The Urge Within’ charted in 1986. He has released a further sixteen albums and tours internationally with his award-winning band. His

Hanna is from the UK and lives in Norwich. Having trained as a costume maker at RADA, she has worked in the London theatre and film costume industry for several years. She holds an MA in Japanese Studies from SOAS and a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing PhD from the University of Sussex.  She

Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) Ken Saro-Wiwa was born in Nigeria. He was a writer, poet, television producer and environmental activist. His first novels, Songs in a Time of War and Sozaboy, were published in 1985. Sozaboy, written in ‘rotten’ English, has been translated into several languages. Following his campaign against environmental degradation in the Niger Delta,

Noo was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and raised in England. Noo attended King’s College London and Columbia University in New York and is an author and freelance journalist. Her first book, Looking for Transwonderland:Travels in Nigeria, was published by Granta in 2012. In the same year, it was a Sunday Times Travel Book of

Born to Tanzanian parents, Erica has lived in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya. She began her career in the film industry as a screenwriter in South Africa and has worked in various capacities in the television sector, including as a commissioning editor and an executive producer. In 2019, her short story ‘How to Marry an African President’

Josefina was born in Chile and moved to London to pursue studies in literature. A pastry chef and food writer, she trained at Margot Bakery, specialising in sourdough and viennoiserie. She has worked at The River Café and is currently at The Elder Press Café. Her belief in the power of a shared table and

Stephanie was born in London to a French-Creole Mauritian family. In 2010 she graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from London Metropolitan University. Her short story collection, The Other World, It Whispers, was published by Salt in 2016. In 2017 it was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and Saboteur Awards, and shortlisted for

Aisling was born in Dublin. She holds a BA in English, Sociology and Politics from NUI Galway and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from University College Dublin. Her short stories have been longlisted and shortlisted for many prizes. In 2020, ‘Lump’ was shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize and the Fish Short