Book and Lounge

By the Afro-Caribbean Bookclub

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An engaging monthly books podcast where members of the Afro-Caribbean Book Club discuss books they have read and sometimes talk to authors about their writing✍️.

Episode Date
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby: Revenge, Grief, and the Limits of Vigilante Justice
Jun 01, 2026
Percival Everett's James: A Bold Reimagining of Huckleberry Finn
Apr 30, 2026
The Dream Hotel: Is The Surveillance Dystopia Already Here?
Mar 31, 2026
Beyond Borders - Exploring the Complexities of Migration in Manchester Happened
Mar 01, 2026
A New Year of Reading - Rediscover the Joy in Books
Feb 08, 2026
Navigating Parenthood and Identity in Diane Evans' Ordinary People
Jan 01, 2026
Anansi's Gold - Exploring the life of a charismatic charmer who swindled the world
Nov 30, 2025
Unearthing the Past - A Dive Into Zeinab Badawi's An African History of Africa
Oct 31, 2025
The Scattering: In Conversation with Lauri Kubuitsile
Oct 01, 2025
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate - On The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Sep 09, 2025
Dreamcount by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche - Was it worth the 10 year wait?
Jul 31, 2025
Faith, Family, and Rebellion - Unpacking Safiya Sinclair's How to Say Babylon.
Jun 30, 2025
Books, Borders, and the Battle of Formats and the Benefits of Reading
May 31, 2025
Insights from Diane Abbot's A Woman Like Me
Apr 30, 2025
Love, Loss and Legacy: Exploring the Powerful Women at the Heart of Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
Mar 31, 2025
Navigating War Trauma and Memory - A Discussion on Small Country by Gael Faye
Feb 28, 2025
Love, Life and Literary Pursuits - The Rewrite: In Conversation with Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Feb 13, 2025
Navigating the African Publishing Landscape: In Conversation with Author and Publisher Richard Ali
Jan 31, 2025
A Year in Books: Our Top Book Recommendations of 2024
Dec 31, 2024
The First Woman: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Tale of Feminism and Identity
Nov 30, 2024
What is a Woman? bell hooks and the Intersection of Race and Gender
Oct 31, 2024
Chronicles of the Brixton Bard: Alex Wheatle on Writing, Reggae, and Resilience
Oct 17, 2024
Decolonising My Body by Afua Hirsh: Exploring the Complexities of Decolonising Identity
Sep 30, 2024
In the Ditch: Buchi Emecheta's Exploration of Life on Welfare
Aug 30, 2024
Friendship, Grief, and Resilience: Exploring Maame by Jessica George
Jul 31, 2024
Dispatches from the Diaspora by Gary Young: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Diaspora
Jun 30, 2024
Unveiling Better Must Come: In Conversation with Author Desmond Hall
Jun 15, 2024
Unpacking the Legacy of Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Africa: How Europe Undeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
Apr 30, 2024
Exploring the Impact of Politics and Motherhood in Sharma Taylor’s Debut Novel What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You.
Mar 31, 2024
Bound to Violence: Unraveling the Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem”
Feb 29, 2024
Nadifa Mohamed’s ‘The Fortune Men’: A Compelling Tale of Injustice and Identity
Jan 31, 2024
Surviving and Thriving: If I Survive you by Jonathan Escoffery on Writing and Identity
Dec 02, 2023
Unravelling the Threads: A Deep Dive into “Maybe I Don’t Belong Here” by David Harewood
Oct 31, 2023
Faith and Womanhood in "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" by Deesha Philyaw
Sep 30, 2023
Breaking Down Caste: Is it a Fit for Describing Racial Hierarchies in the USA?
Aug 25, 2023
How the World is Still Ruled by Racism and Colonialism: The New Age of Empire - a Book Club Discussion
Jul 28, 2023
How to Write Diverse Children's Books with Kampala Chukwuka
Jul 01, 2023
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo: A Captivating Novel Exploring Identity, Heritage and Belonging
May 31, 2023
Strictly Friends: In conversation with Author Frances Mensah Williams about Friendship, Love and Identity in the African Diaspora
May 01, 2023
Out With the Old, in With the New- The Best Books of 2022 and the Most Anticipated Books of 2023
Apr 16, 2023
The Afro-Caribbean Book Club discusses the Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
Mar 31, 2023
Healing from Birth Trauma: In Conversation with Illiyin Morrison about The Birth Debrief
Mar 08, 2023
Love, Loss and Destiny in An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Feb 14, 2023
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson - A Story of Love, Art and Blackness in London
Dec 19, 2022
Love the Dark Days in Conversation with Ira Mathur
Nov 18, 2022
The Dark Side of America - Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Oct 17, 2022
The Other Black Girl
Sep 16, 2022
In conversation with Remington Blackstaff
Aug 26, 2022
Assembly by Natasha Brown
Aug 05, 2022
In Conversation with Courrtia Newland
Jul 15, 2022
Black Spartacus - Sudhir Hazareesingh
Jun 23, 2022
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Jun 04, 2022
In conversation with Russell Brooks
May 13, 2022
The Sex Lives of African Women
Apr 22, 2022
Things I have Withheld - Kei Miller
Apr 08, 2022
Introducing Book and Lounge
Mar 29, 2022