Yvvette Edwards

.@BernardineEvari chairs "Black Women Speak Volumes Between Generations" at the British Library in March 2026! The panel celebrates two books centering older Black women's experiences with @YvvetteEdwards, @MsJoyFrancis, and Andi Oliver. Get tix now! 🎤 brittlepaper.com/2026/01/bernar…

Congratulations to London resident Nnena Kalu from Wandsworth on winning the prestigious Turner Prize, the first artist with learning disabilities to receive this honour. London is proud to celebrate her amazing achievement. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

#Book peeps: ONLY 3 weeks remain till submissions close for our three awards for landmark 10th anniversary year. What are you waiting for? Send in those amazing books! #publishing #books #representationmatters thebookseller.com/news/news/jhal…

Looking for a new read? Wasafiri is one of my favorite magazines for new writing. If you haven’t read it, check it out. #Read, #write, #share

Publishers: send us your fabulous books so we can celebrate them! Authors: nudge your publishers and agents! Or get in touch if you want us to chase them. #jhalakprize26

🚨 Yet another horrific Block of the Month. This is only a sample of what I’ve received. #ButlerBlocks I’ve suffered a relentless wave of racist abuse this #BHM2025 — and again after challenging the Reform MP’s racist comments. Lets unite in calling this behaviour out.✊🏾

Publishers, agents, authors: we are now open for submissions! Send in those beautiful books! #jhalakprizeat10

They lynched a Black man, and if it weren't for Kapernick paying for a private autopsy, many would have believed the official statement. Police lie. Authority figures lie. We as people have to demand accountability

He was apparently a former spiritual adviser to Trump. And he got ten years in prison for his child sex crime but will only serve six months. Where’s the outrage from MAGA? If Dems were ruthless, they’d be all over this. Imagine what Fox would do if it was Biden’s adviser?

I finnished this portrait! Oils on canvas. Sold.

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude. My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found. At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me. At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul. At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being. At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever. I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness, Patricia Routledge ***** Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

Happy Black History Month. In honour of the start of BHM I want to highlight Black bookshops. First up is New Beacon Books, the UK’s 1st Black bookshop. In 2021, owners said they’d be closing down due to financial pressures but then over £70k was raised to keep them open 🙌🏾

Thrilled to receive my copy of Good Good Loving by the incredible @YvvetteEdwards @ViragoBooks I can't wait to spend time with these characters.

@IrenosenOkojie @ViragoBooks Really hope you enjoy it.🤞🏽X

I don't even know how to write this. It feels like I'm slowly being turned inside out with each passing thought. I'm asking any and all people who know me to please share this. I just got the news last night. Please share. Get the word out. It's my baby nephew, man. I'm not okay

We have our winners for this giveaway: 1. @mazsbookscape 2. @92Hjp 3. @MrBedwellEng Please DM us your address so we can send you the books. And watch this space for more wonderful book giveaways #JhalakPrizeAt10 #jhalakprize

I'm in remission! But I won't stay there without a stem cell transplant. If you're young, Black and reading this please register to become a donor dkms.org.uk/get-involved/b… (UK) dkms.org/get-involved/b… (US)

Live facial recognition technology was not used at the rally organised by far right activist Tommy Robinson where 26 officers were injured because there was ‘no intelligence basis for it’, Met Commissioner Mark Rowley has said. bbc.com/news/articles/…

I hope you’ll write with me. I’m looking forward to this workshop. It feels a bit like time traveling. #writingtime #WritingCommunity #writers

66 people have died waiting for the Windrush compensation they are due. There is a widespread perception that the government is simply waiting for people to die off. If she wants to genuinely reassure people, the new Home Secretary needs to act urgently. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s…