1st Black Book Swap

London To Host First Black Book Swap Event

Saturday 3 March 2012, 1pm - 5.00pm

There will be books to swap, authors to meet: Alex Wheatle; Chibundu Onuzo; Colin Grant; Sonja Lewis & Bim Adewunmi, and also the chance to meet other book lovers and dedicated readers.

Bring a book to swap: whether you loved it and want others to know that joy; or hated it but cannot bring yourself to bin it, bring it along and swap it. You are bound to find an exciting read to replace it. Come along and join in even if you don’t have a book to swap. Any leftover books will be donated to charity.

Black Book Swap is FREE but places are limited, so best to reserve a place - email: blackbookswap@gmail.com

The authors and writers in conversation at Black Book Swap will be:

Alex Wheatle: Brixton’s Bard has spent the autumn on tour with his one man show Uprising, and that followed the publication of his third novel, Brenton Brown last summer. show: Uprising Twitter: @brixtonbard

Sonja Lewis: An American in London, Sonja published her novel, The Barreness last April. The book follows a woman’s journey to deciding whether or not motherhood is for her. A new edition of the book is to be published in the US in February for Black History Month there, and in the UK in March for Women’s International Day.  
www.sonjalewis.com

Colin Grant: Best known as an historian, ‘…explaining the Afrocentric side of Jamaican culture and history to the world,’ Colin’s new book Bageye at the Wheel (published in April) is a memoir of growing up as one of the few black families in Luton during the 1970s.   
Twitter: @colincraiggrant

Chibundu Onuzo: Only just 21, Chibundu is a third year student at King’s College London. Her first book The Spider King’s Daughter is published this month (March) by Faber. Lagos.  www.authorsoundsbetterthanwriter.blogspot.com 
Twitter: @ChibunduOnuzo