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2023 Festival Schedule

Black British Book Festival take place on 27th and 28th October 2023. We’ve carefully curated a program featuring the finest Black British Authors from across the UK.

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MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
Unmasking Brilliance: Black British Voices in Media Everything Dispatches from the Diaspora Psychosis of Whiteness A Purposeful Life 01.00 02.00 Clive Myrie Gary Younge CHAIR: Kehinde Andrews Dawn Butler	Catch - Live Drawing and Reading Session 01.00 02.00 Trish Cooke Ken Wilson-Max I Am Nefertiti (PB) 5 Quills 01.30 02.00 Annemarie Anang		Crack code publishing success 01.00 02.00 Hannah Chukwu Milie Seaward Leodora Darlington Sile Edwards
	Dancing 02.30 03.00 Oti Mabuse	PANEL: A Quick Ting On 02.30 03.30 Magdalene Abraha Rui Da Silva Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy Christian Adofo Tskenya Sarah Frazer	How to Secure a Literary Agent 02.30 03.30 Agent Jane Graham Maw

Whats Love got to do with it 04.00 05.00 Candice Brathwaite, Liv Little Chidera Eggerue		#BlackBooktok Masterclass 04.30 05.30 Chair ; Hope Ndaba Fats Timbo	Weaving Magic into your Children’s Book 04.00 05.00 Jasmine Richards Diane Ewen (Pan Macmillan)
	Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels (MG Simon and Schuster 05.30 06.30 Tọlá Okogwu		Crime Fiction Explored: An Electrifying Journey into the Thrilling World of Crime Writing 05.30 06.30 Audible x Joffee Books Ayo Onatade Dorothy Koomson Christie J. Newport Emma Grundy Haigh
		Young Black and Unstoppable Richie Brave Shakaila Forbes-Bell Iggy London Kelechi Okafor 06.30 07.30
Good Vibes Only: A Spoken Word and Poetry Celebration 07.00 08.00 Yomi Sode Inua Ellams	Capturing the Essence: Unveiling the Black British Teenage Experience in Young Adult Writing Simon and Schuster Pan Macmillan Knights Of 07.30 08.30 CHAIR: Cheyney Smith (Pan Macmillan) Benjamin Dean Tomi Oyemakimde Alexandra Sheppard		Stocked & Sought After: Getting Your Book on Waterstones' Shelves 07.00 08.00 Waterstones Zain Mahmood Bea Carvalho
		Never too black; The significance of authentic representation in writing 08.30 09.30 Dialogue Hodder Simon and Schuster James Barber Dean Atta Temi Oh Bolu Babalola Chloe Pierre

		Literature Powerhouses: Shaping the Future 10.30 11.30 Crystal Mahey-Morgan Waterstones Booker Prize Nielsen BookData Royal Society of Literature	The Art of Writing Engaging Dialogue 10.00 11.00 Black Ballard Jendella Benson

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
		#BlackBooktok Masterclass 04.30 05.30 Chair ; Hope Ndaba Fats Timbo

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

#BlackBooktok Masterclass
04.30 - 05.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
	Capturing the Essence: Unveiling the Black British Teenage Experience in Young Adult Writing Simon and Schuster Pan Macmillan Knights Of 07.30 08.30 CHAIR: Cheyney Smith (Pan Macmillan) Benjamin Dean Tomi Oyemakimde Alexandra Sheppard

Children zone

Capturing the Essence: Unveiling the Black British Teenage Experience in Young Adult Writing
07.30 - 08.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
	Catch - Live Drawing and Reading Session 01.00 02.00 Trish Cooke Ken Wilson-Max

Children zone

Catch - Live Drawing and Reading Session
01.00 - 02.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			Crack code publishing success 01.00 02.00 Hannah Chukwu Milie Seaward Leodora Darlington Sile Edwards

Workshop zone

Crack code publishing success
01.00 - 02.00

No events available!

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			Crime Fiction Explored: An Electrifying Journey into the Thrilling World of Crime Writing 05.30 06.30 Audible x Joffee Books Ayo Onatade Dorothy Koomson Christie J. Newport Emma Grundy Haigh

Workshop zone

Crime Fiction Explored: An Electrifying Journey into the Thrilling World of Crime Writing
05.30 - 06.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
	Dancing 02.30 03.00 Oti Mabuse

Children zone

Dancing
02.30 - 03.00

No events available!

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
Good Vibes Only: A Spoken Word and Poetry Celebration 07.00 08.00 Yomi Sode Inua Ellams

MASTERCLASS ZONE

Good Vibes Only: A Spoken Word and Poetry Celebration
07.00 - 08.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			How to Secure a Literary Agent 02.30 03.30 Agent Jane Graham Maw

Workshop zone

How to Secure a Literary Agent
02.30 - 03.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
	I Am Nefertiti (PB) 5 Quills 01.30 02.00 Annemarie Anang

Children zone

I Am Nefertiti (PB)
01.30 - 02.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone

Children zone

I Love Me, The Best Me (PB)
12.30 - 01.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
		Literature Powerhouses: Shaping the Future 10.30 11.30 Crystal Mahey-Morgan Waterstones Booker Prize Nielsen BookData Royal Society of Literature

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

Literature Powerhouses: Shaping the Future
10.30 - 11.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
		Never too black; The significance of authentic representation in writing 08.30 09.30 Dialogue Hodder Simon and Schuster James Barber Dean Atta Temi Oh Bolu Babalola Chloe Pierre

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

Never too black; The significance of authentic representation in writing
08.30 - 09.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
	Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels (MG Simon and Schuster 05.30 06.30 Tọlá Okogwu

Children zone

Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels (MG
05.30 - 06.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
		PANEL: A Quick Ting On 02.30 03.30 Magdalene Abraha Rui Da Silva Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy Christian Adofo Tskenya Sarah Frazer

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

PANEL: A Quick Ting On
02.30 - 03.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

PANEL: Eric Collins: Salon
12.30 - 01.30

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			Stocked & Sought After: Getting Your Book on Waterstones' Shelves 07.00 08.00 Waterstones Zain Mahmood Bea Carvalho

Workshop zone

Stocked & Sought After: Getting Your Book on Waterstones' Shelves
07.00 - 08.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			The Art of Writing Engaging Dialogue 10.00 11.00 Black Ballard Jendella Benson

Workshop zone

The Art of Writing Engaging Dialogue
10.00 - 11.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
Unmasking Brilliance: Black British Voices in Media Everything Dispatches from the Diaspora Psychosis of Whiteness A Purposeful Life 01.00 02.00 Clive Myrie Gary Younge CHAIR: Kehinde Andrews Dawn Butler

MASTERCLASS ZONE

Unmasking Brilliance: Black British Voices in Media
01.00 - 02.00

No events available!

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
			Weaving Magic into your Children’s Book 04.00 05.00 Jasmine Richards Diane Ewen (Pan Macmillan)

Workshop zone

Weaving Magic into your Children’s Book
04.00 - 05.00

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
Whats Love got to do with it 04.00 05.00 Candice Brathwaite, Liv Little Chidera Eggerue

MASTERCLASS ZONE

Whats Love got to do with it
04.00 - 05.00

No events available!

MASTERCLASS ZONE	Children zone	SPARK IDEAS ZONE	Workshop zone
		Young Black and Unstoppable Richie Brave Shakaila Forbes-Bell Iggy London Kelechi Okafor 06.30 07.30

SPARK IDEAS ZONE

Young Black and Unstoppable
06.30 - 07.30

No events available!

Countdown:

As we count down the days to the festival, we're working tirelessly behind the scenes to curate a program that surpasses all expectations. This year promises to be our biggest and most diverse yet, with a lineup of renowned Black British authors, thought-provoking panel discussions, captivating book readings, engaging workshops, and so much more.