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Exclusive: The author, whose life featured in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, speaks to Nadine White about his shock diagnosis and how prostate cancer affects twice as many Black men as white

This year's shortlisted books feature stories based on harrowing real-life events, such as Fukushima and the Blitz

The UK’s most prestigious children’s books prize and its sister award for illustration the Kate Greenaway medal highlight books that can help young readers

THE manager of The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley, Mike Sansbury, was recently approached by publishers Simon & Schuster to be champions of the Jhalak Prize, which is presented annually for the best fiction and poetry by a Writer of Colour. He was given sets of the Adult and Children’s longlists and invited to donate them to a local school and library. The prize has been going for five years and previous winners include Guy Gunaratne, Renni Eddo-Lodge and Jacob Ross. Mike said: “We chose as our...

Book lovers have spoken and the nominations are in for the inaugural Caribbean Readers’ Awards, hosted by Rebel Women Lit. Launched on December 1, 2020, phase one of the awards saw readers putting forward their favourite Caribbean books published between November 2019 and November 2020. Now, with the shortlists revealed, the voting phase of the awards has commenced and everyone is encouraged to vote for their top picks in each category. Voting ends on December 31, 2020, and the winners will b...

Features The Penguin Podcast: Alex Wheatle on the book that changed his life The Cane Warriors author speaks to Nihal Arthanayake about Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, The Black Jacobins and growing up in Brixton 16 December 2020 Alex Wheatle. Image: Simone Padovani/Awakening /Contributor/Getty In the latest episode of The Penguin Podcast, guest Alex Wheatle gives an insightful and poignant interview about seeing his life brought to the small screen and the book –...