In Conversation Black & Bookish
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Black & Bookish founder Antoinette Scully interviews Black authors and creators. Tune in to hear Antoinette talk with writers and creators from all backgrounds and genres about their inspirations, their work, and their experiences in the publishing industry. You’ll get to hear from children’s and middle-grade authors, fiction and non-fiction writers, and others with a passion for bookish culture in the African diaspora.
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Black Joy, Black Pain, and the Spaces Inbetween
This week’s episode features Jay Coles, author of Tyler Johnson was Here and the forthcoming novel, Things We Couldn’t Say, which drops September 21st.
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Representation and Roadblocks in Kid Lit
This episode features Crystal Swain-Bates, founder of Goldest Karat Publishing and author of several children’s books including Big Hair, Don’t Care and Supermommy: A Super Single Mommy Tale.
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Middle-Grade Fiction: Poop Jokes & Fiction
Black & Bookish founder Antoinette Scully interviews Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen, co-authors of Last Gate of the Emperor. Kwame Mbalia is the author of the Tristan Strong Series and editor of Black Boy Joy. Prince Joel Makonnen is an attorney, filmmaker, and great-grandson of the last Emperor of Ethiopia.