Now that Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour Party, I very much hope that included in his government policies-to-oppose tray, is a memo to crank up the protests against the closures of public libraries. Following a short imprisonment in Wormwood Scrubs in 1981, the institution where I managed to educate myself and…
Posted on 2nd October 2015
Posted by joanna
Tags: Alex Wheatle, Brenton Brown, Brixton Bard, Brixton Rock, Catherine Doyle, guest editor, Irenosen Okojie, Jacaranda Books, Libraries, Library Closures, Stephen Thompson
Posted on 25th September 2015
Posted by joanna
Tags: Alex Wheatle, Brenton Brown, Brixton Bard, Brixton Rock, Edinburgh International Book Festival, guest editor, literary events
We’re in the Entertainment Business
Devising ways to publicise my debut novel, Brixton Rock, the ever-inventive, Rosemarie Hudson, publisher of BlackAmber Books, came up with the idea of giving away a free stick of Brixton Rock with every purchase of the novel. Local bookstores and their staff loved the notion (and tasted it during tea-break) and had enough enthusiasm to…
