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So… I Hosted My First Supper Club For years, I’ve loved cooking for people. There’s something about feeding people that I find deeply satisfying. I love putting together a menu, trying new recipes, spending far too much time thinking about what goes with what, and...

Nicola Garrard has taught English in secondary schools for over twenty years, including fifteen at an inner-city London comprehensive. She now works at a referral school in Islington with excluded students. Here she reviews Tasneem Abdur-Rashid's debut novel, Odd Girl...

I’m supposedly a writer but right now, I can’t write.  I’m sitting here with my laptop literally on my lap but I can’t bring myself to open it and type out words that may or may not end up in a book somewhere, some day, one day. Instead, I doom scroll. I weep. I...

It was an absolute honour and privilege to attend Leeds Lit Club in person for the very first time to talk about The Thirty Before Thirty List! I first met Dr Sofia Rehman when the club read my debut, Finding Mr Perfectly Fine, two years ago. Since then I've run into...

What’s everyone reading this bank holiday weekend? I usually read lighter books during the holidays, but I received Brotherless Night in my goodie bag at The Diverse Bookshelf Pod event and I’d been desperate to get stuck in. So while it’s not my typical August bank...

When I heard that the legendary Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan had written a play, I knew I had to go and see it. I love Suhaiymah's poetry and have been an avid fan and reader for a while.  Peanut Butter and Blueberries didn't disappoint - it was brilliant in every way and...