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First Queen’s reading medal goes to Black British book festival founder Selina Brown

The founder of Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature and champion of inclusive reading becomes Queen Camilla’s inaugural National Reading Hero

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25

London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

Children’s author becomes first writer shortlisted twice for Waterstones book awards

Welsh writer and illustrator has had two of his books nominated in distinct categories in the prestigious awards

The Independent UK · Feb 5

'There was an apprehension that the book might be deemed "too Black"'

Years after publishers pledged to diversify the industry in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, has anything really changed for Black authors? Selina Brown, founder of the Black British Book Festival, reports

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

‘I thought it was me alone’: how the Black British book festival has grown

Now in its third year, the event stepped up its ambitions and aims not only to spotlight authors but to change audiences

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Glasgow toddler at 'low risk' months before she starved to death in filthy flat

Health visitor Irene Soley told a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of two-year-old Lauren Wade that she had "no reason" to up the risk category to "needing "attention" eight months before the tragedy.

Glasgow Live · Jul 12, 2022

Glasgow toddler found 'playing with battery' in flat by health visitor just eight months before death

Lauren Wade had the "poisonous" item in her hand when Irene Soley, 77, visited.

Daily Record · Jul 12, 2022

Glasgow toddler was left to starve in ‘grubby’ living room during 'horrific neglect'

Margaret Wade, 41, and Marie Sweeney, 40, left Lauren Wade to starve to death at their filthy flat in Glasgow's Sighthill.

Daily Record · Jul 11, 2022

Glasgow toddler starved to death in 'grubby' room had thousands of head lice

A Fatal Accident Inquiry at Glasgow Sheriff Court heard today from school nurse Sharon McIntyre who made an unannounced visit to the family home in Sighthill less than a year before little Lauren Wade's death.

Glasgow Live · Jul 11, 2022