As David Olusoga observes in his book Black and British, in much of history “black figures are mute”, particularly the voices of women, “silenced by a lack of written sources”. The wide-ranging ...

Writer Bernardine Evaristo receives lifetime accolade for her ‘transformative impact’ - The British writer scooped the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award ...

Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other is longlisted for the Orwell Book prizes for Political Fiction. The book tells the interconnected stories of 12 characters, many of whom are black British women.

While five of the books are titles originally published in the 90s (aka, contemporaries of Evaristo), the sixth book in the series – C.L.R James’ Minty Alley – was published in 1936 and was ...

EVARISTO: For me, the writing itself is a reward, but you also need a readership. I became really ambitious about my writing in my 30s, and it was my goal to sell millions of copies of my books.

LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn't like boundaries. For the Booker Prize -winning novelist, rules about genre, grammar or what a working-class biracial woman can achieve are all to be ...

Books Entertainment With ‘Manifesto,’ Bernardine Evaristo reimagines memoir as a manual for creativity, activism and reinvention Jan. 20, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 21, 2022 at 6:12 pm ...

The 2019 Man Booker Prize winner for “Girl, Woman, Other” on her characters as British ambassadors: “Hopefully they’re broadening Americans’ understandings of what Britain is.” ...

In a literary landscape where narratives of Africa have long been overlooked or distorted, award-winning British author Bernardine Evaristo is supporting emerging voices from the continent.