Author Patience Agbabi FRSL is a celebrated poet and novelist for middle-grade audiences.  She has turned her attention to writing fiction in the last five years and is offering mentoring that will enable her to share knowledge on her more recent experiences as well as her deep-rooted writing craft. We met with Patience to find out more about the mentoring opportunity and her work.   “Mentoring is communication – an exchange of knowledge and insights – which is invaluable for writers at any stage of their career. It offers you a time to focus on your needs. ” — Patience Agbabi…

Our submissions process Here at TGLA our submissions are open from the 1st – 21st of each month and then closed from the 22nd until the end of the month. This is to allow us to stay on top of submissions in the face of a huge increase in what we are receiving, while making sure that we are never closed to writers for very long. We remain committed to providing feedback to every eligible writer who submits to us. Our submissions are therefore open each month from the 1st – 21st (unless specified differently below). If you have any feedback…

Manifesto for Black Futures will explore the multiplicities and power of Black lives, what Black futures look like, and how we can continue creating spaces celebrating the richness of Black lives.  Novelist and screenwriter Catherine Johnson has been commissioned to write the manifesto, and artist Michael Salu has been commissioned to produce an artistic response to the manifesto, which will be revealed after the manifesto address. Curator Debo Amon will lead the roundtable discussion post address and art reveal. Speakers include: Catherine Johnson has been published for over thirty years. Her books for young readers have won awards, including Young…

BBC Africa Spotlights Emi Mahmoud’s Poem on the War in Sudan.In the BBC Africa interview, Mahmoud notes that she has lost seven of her family members in the conflict in Sudan over the past year. Last week alone, she lost four more. She remarks, “This is one of the biggest wars and crises of our times and it’s going completely unnoticed.”

Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize