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Writing The Other

Here are brilliant essays and articles that explain how to write another race, culture or people and why it's important to be vigilant of...

Diverse vs Inclusive

Recently we've been thinking about the term diversity and how it has been used by teachers, bloggers, publishers, writers and...

How to Write a Promotional Blog Post

If you're a new author whose book is coming out soon, then this blog post is for you. Often publicists will arrange free promotional...

Demystifying Children's Publishing

Are you a new writer, especially a writer of colour and/or under-represented in the industry? Then you will find publishing often opaque....

WINNING THE WARWICKSHIRE 9 BOOK AWARD

We invited Savita Kalhan to tell us about her book That Asian Kid winning the Warwickshire 9 Book Award this winter. Here is what she...

Dinah Talks About CHILDREN OF THE BENIN KINGDOM

We recently connected with Dinah Orji to ask her about her new book CHILDREN OF THE BENIN KINGDOM. Here is her story behind this story....

Seasonal Offerings At The Colourful Bookshelf

Books are a great way to share a holiday. Especially books about the seasonal celebrations and the joys of not just our own families but...

Non-Fiction at The Colourful Bookshelf

On our colourful bookshelf we have listed 80 non-fiction titles written by British writers of colour. The subjects range from cooking...

Corey's Rock - A Book Review

I recently read two books by two Asian authors – both very different in feel, different in target age-group and the topics they dealt...

That Asian Kid - A Book Review

This is not a book I’d read normally. But based on the first chapter Savita Kalhan read at her book launch, I bravely sat down to begin....

Tomorrow - A Book Review

Tomorrow by Nadine Kaadan (published by Lantana Publishing) is a story of reality and hope. Nadine Kaadan brings to life the story of...

An invitation to participate

We are inviting British kidlit creators of colour to be part of this initiative in a hands-on way. We want this resource - the website,...

The Colourful Bookshelf on Bookshop.org

The Colour Bookshelf has created a shop-front for all books for children, published in the UK, written and/or illustrated by creators of...

Managing your presence on our shopfront

The Colourful Bookshop UK has a bookshop presence at uk.bookshop.org. The bookshop lists books by British-based creators of colour...

The Story Behind The Colourful Bookshelf

It all started with this tweet. I've been part of tweeting and RT-ing names of writers and illustrators of colour ever since I've been...

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