Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo have had somewhat disparate careers; Attenberg has become known for her particular brand of family novel, and Evaristo shot to immense stardom last year when her ...

In a literary landscape where narratives of Africa have long been overlooked or distorted, award-winning British author Bernardine Evaristo is supporting emerging voices from the continent. With a ...

Bernardine Evaristo helped start London’s Theatre of Black Women in the early 1980s when creative opportunities were slim. She sees a similar determination to “shape our own future” in the playwright ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lennie James is leading and EPing a BBC adaptation of Girl, Woman, Other scribe Bernardine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman. The Save Me star will play Barrington Jedidiah Walker, or Barry to his ...

In 2019, British writer Bernardine Evaristo made history as the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize for her transcendent eighth novel, “Girl, Woman, Other.” By the time the Booker launched her ...

To mark its 30th year, the Women's Prize awarded a unique plaudit; an Outstanding Contribution Award. In partnership with Bukhman Philanthropies, this was to be given to a female writer whose ...

Witnessing black history being made during Black History Month is nothing short of monumental. Last night, Bernardine Evaristo won the prestigious Booker Prize, making her the first black woman to do ...

This year, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman – and Britain’s first black author ever – to win the prestigious Booker Prize. She won it jointly with Margaret Atwood, almost forty years ...

If the best thing a literary prize can do is spark lively discussion, this year’s Booker Prize was a stupendous success. Two weeks ago, the judges of England’s most prestigious literary contest broke ...

Author hopes to inspire students of colour as Rose Bruford college appoints her as president The Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has praised her former college for making an “important ...