#BlackLivesMatter
Celebrating Black Lives and Black Writers
A selection of books chosen from the shelves in the bookshop, browse, buy, read and share their stories…
Biography, Essays and History – Fiction – Poetry
Child and Teen Biography – Child and Teen Fiction – Picture Books
Biography, Essays and History
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston£9.99
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Becoming by Michelle Obama£25.00
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Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus£10.99
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Black and British by David Olusoga£12.99
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Black, Listed by Jeffrey Boakye£8.99
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah£10.99
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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch£9.99
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Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker£12.99
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Colossus Of New York by Colson Whitehead£8.99
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Dark Days (Penguin Modern: 38) by James Baldwin£1.00
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Dear White People by Justin Simien£14.99
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Desert Flower by Waris Dirie£8.99
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Different Class: Football, Fashion and Funk – The Story of Laurie Cunningham by Dermont Kavanagh£9.99
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Different Class: Laurie Cunningham by Dermot Kavanagh£20.00
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Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston£8.99
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Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith£10.99
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Forced Out: A Detective’s Story of Prejudice and Resilience by Kevin Maxwell£14.99
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From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen by Snoop Dogg£17.99
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How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style by Constance C. R. White£42.50
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou£9.99
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I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown£14.99
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In Black and White: A Young Barrister’s Story of Race and Class in a Broken Just by Alexandra Wilson£16.99
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Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan£16.99
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Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano£9.99
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James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen£20.00
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Kind Of Blue: Miles Davis and the Making of a Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn£9.99
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Langston Hughes by W. Jason Miller£11.99
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Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism by Layla F. Saad£14.99
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Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations by Toni Morrison£9.99
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave£6.99
Fiction
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American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson£8.99
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Americanah by Chimamanda N. Adichie£9.99
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Another Country by James Baldwin£9.99
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Apex Hides The Hurt by Colson Whitehead£8.99
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Beloved by Toni Morrison£9.99
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Beloved by Toni Morrison£14.99
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1 by Marlon James£9.99
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Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison£9.99
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Corregidora by Gayl Jones£9.99
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Dominicana by Angie Cruz£16.99
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Every Light In The House Burnin by Andrea Levy£9.99
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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi£8.99
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin£9.99
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin£7.99
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo£9.99
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God Help the Child by Toni Morrison£8.99
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Golden Child by Claire Adam£8.99
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Grand Union by Zadie Smith£20.00
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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda N. Adichie£9.99
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Hold by Michael Donkor£8.99
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How to Love a Jamaican: Stories by Alexia Arthurs£8.99
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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin£8.99
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler£9.99
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Lara by Bernardine Evaristo£9.95
Poetry
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A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson£9.99
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And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou£8.99
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Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith£10.99
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Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems by Lemn Sissay£9.99
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Homie by Danez Smith£10.99
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I Have Crossed an Ocean: Selected Poems by Grace Nichols£12.99
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Taking the Arrow out of the Heart by Alice Walker£8.99
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The Coming of the Little Green Man by John Agard£9.95
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The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus£9.99
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The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by Derek Walcott£16.99
Child and Teen Biography, History and Non-fiction
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500 Words: Black Lives Matter by Various Various£6.99
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Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World by Burhana Islam£16.99
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Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Tyson, Neil deGrasse£8.99
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Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama£14.99
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Bedtime Stories: Beautiful Black Tales from the Past by Candice Brathwaite£14.99
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BEYONCE (Knowles-Carter) by Nansubuga Nagad Isdahl£6.99
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Black and British: A short essential history by David Olusoga£6.99
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Black and British: An Illustrated History by David Olusoga£16.99
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Black Artists Shaping the World by Sharna Jackson£14.99
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Brilliant Black British History by Atinuke and Kingsley Nebeechi£12.99
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Coming to England by Floella Benjamin£7.99
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Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation by Floella Benjamin£12.99
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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon by Helaine Becker£10.99
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DK Life Stories Harriet Tubman by Kitson Jazynka£6.99
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Harriet Tubman by Isabel Sanchez Vegara£9.99
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Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet by Michaela DePrince£8.99
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I Will Not Be Erased: Our stories about growing up as people of colour by gal-dem£7.99
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Jesse Owens by Vegara, Maria I Sanchez£9.99
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Kamala Harris: Volume 68 by Maria I Sanchez Vegara£9.99
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Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison£7.99
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Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison£12.99
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Martin Luther King, Jr. by Vegara, Maria I Sanchez£9.99
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Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser£9.99
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Meet the Artist: Frank Bowling by Zoe Whitley£6.99
Child and Teen Fiction
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A Change Is Gonna Come by ,£7.99
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A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars by Yaba Badoe£7.99
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Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide£8.99
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Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 3 by Marguerite Abouet£12.99
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Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston£12.99
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Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston£7.99
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Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door and the Ice Cat Mystery by Lola Morayo£6.99
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Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door by Lola Morayo£6.99
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Becoming Dinah by Kit de Waal£7.99
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Blended by Sharon M. Draper£7.99
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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn£9.99
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Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traore£7.99
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo£7.99
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Cuts Both Ways by Candice Brathwaite£7.99
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Cyborg Cat and the Night Spider by Ade Adepitan£5.99
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Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah£7.99
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Ghost (Run 1) by Jason Reynolds£6.99
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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes£6.99
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Heroes of the pirate ship by Esi Merleh£6.99
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High-rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson£7.99
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Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender£6.99
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Jackpot by Nic Stone£7.99
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Jummy at the River School by Sabine Adeyinka£6.99
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Kemosha of the Caribbean by Alex Wheatle£7.99
Picture Books
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A Fun ABC by Sade Fadipe£6.99
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Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty£12.99
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Anansi and the Golden Pot by Taiye Selasi£9.99
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B Is for Baby by Atinuke£7.99
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Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke and Brooksbank£7.99
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Baby, Sleepy Baby by Atinuke£12.99
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Colour and Me by Michaela Dias-Hayes£7.99
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Come All You Little Persons by John Agard£6.99
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Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation by Floella Benjamin£7.99
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Daddy Do My Hair: Beth’s Twists by Tola Okogwu£6.99
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Daddy Do My Hair: Deji’s Haircut by Tola Okogwu£6.99
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Dance with Oti: The Bird Jive by Oti Mabuse£12.99
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Dream Big, Little Leader by Vashti Harrison£6.99
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Ella Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks£6.99
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Gloria’s Porridge by Elizabeth Laird£7.99
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Hair Love by Matthew Cherry£6.99
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Handa’s Noisy Night by Eileen Browne£7.99
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Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne£7.99
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Hey You! by Dapo Adeola£7.99
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Jabari Jumps (CSR18) by Gaia Cornwall£7.99
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JoJo & GranGran Visit the Farm by Pat-a-Cake£6.99
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Look Up! by Nathan Bryon£6.99
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My Hair by Hannah Lee£6.99
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My Two Grandads by Floella Benjamin£6.99
This is just a selection of books we currently stock in the bookshop, just a drop in the ocean!
For further ideas and inspiration, the following publishers are leading lights positively publishing and specialising in excellent, prize-winning books by black authors and writers from diverse backgrounds:
And for children: