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CALL FOR PAPERS BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE

The Literary Encyclopedia at www.litencyc.com is looking for qualified writers to enhance its
coverage of writing and culture in postwar and contemporary Britain (Black British literature). The
list below is not comprehensive or final, and new proposals of writers/works/context essays that are
not currently listed in our database are also welcome. However, we will prioritize articles on writers
and works frequently studied in university courses, and those that are highly topical and wellknown.
In addition to publishing articles on canonical and much-taught literary works, the Encyclopedia is
also interested in making available information about important writers and works that are often
neglected, and in publishing articles about discrete historical events which are relevant to literary
understanding. It also seeks to broaden its scope to include more research-oriented articles with a
pedagogic function, such as 'Critical issues in title' or 'Critical readings of author/title'. If you are
interested in contributing such an essay, please contact the relevant volume editor or the managing
editor.
All offers of contribution should come accompanied by an up-to-date CV and, in the case of doctoral
students who wish to offer a contribution, a short writing sample.
We hope that you will wish to join us in this enterprise. If you wish to contribute, please contact the
volume editor, Dr Jenni Ramone (jenni.ramone@ntu.ac.uk) or the managing editor, Dr Cristina
Sandru (cristinasandru@litencyc.com).

LITERARY AND CULTURAL ARTICLES

Black consciousness movement
Radical black arts movement in Britain

AUTHOR/WORKS
Atinuke
Diran Adebayo
Patience Agbabi
Bola Agbaje
Simi Bedford
Malorie Blackman
Yvonne Brewster
Yvette Edwards
Destiny Ekaragah
Diana Evans
Victor Headley
Delia Jarrett-Macauley
Catherine Johnson
Nikita Lalwani
Dorothy Koomson
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Jennifer Makumbi
Gautam Malkani
Dreda Say Mitchell
Bali Rai
Dorothea Smartt
Maud Sulter

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Cass Pennant
Diriye Osman
Jacob Ross
Lemn Sissay
Meera Syal

INDIVIDUAL WORKS
Diran Adebayo
Some Kind of Black
Monica Ali
Alentejo Blue
In the Kitchen
Nadeem Aslam
Season of the Rainbirds
The Blind Mans Garden
Simi Bedford
Yoruba Girl Dancing
Ferdinand Dennis
The Last Blues Dance
Yvette Edwards
The Mother
The Cupboardfull of Coats
Diana Evans
26a
The Wonder
Bernardine Evaristo
Lara
Soul Tourists
Blonde Roots
Victor Headley
Yardie
Jackie Kay
Chiaroscuro
Darling: New and Selected Poems
Five Finger-piglets
Hidden Fears
Maw Broon Monologues
Off Colour
Other Lovers
Red Dust Road
The Adoption Papers
The Frog Who Dreamed She Was an Opera Singer
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Fix-up
Elminas Kitchen
Nikita Lalwani
The Village
Gifted
Andrea Levy
Every Light in the House Burnin
Fruit of the Lemon
Never Far from Nowhere
The Long Song

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Gautam Malkani
Londonstani
Kei Miller
Fear of Stones and Other Stories
Kingdom of Empty Bellies
There Is an Anger That Moves
The Same Earth
The Last Warner Woman
A Light Song of Light
Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies
The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Augustown
Courttia Newland
The Scholar: A West Side Story
Society Within
Snakeskin
The Gospel According to Cane
The Dying Wish
A Book of Blues
Music for the Off-Key
Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay
IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain
Courttia Newland and Monique Roffey
Tell Tales 4: The Global Village
Caryl Phillips
Cambridge
Crossing the River
Dancing in the Dark
Higher Ground
In the Falling Snow
The Final Passage
The Lost Child
Salman Rushdie
Luka and the Fire of Life
Grimus
Zadie Smith
Swing Time
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
NW
The Autograph Man
Two Lives