An Amazing Read
Buy the Anthology”This collection is a testament to the impact of a silent
Malika BookerForward Prize Winner
literary revolution that began in a kitchen in Brixton
in 2001 and it serves as a blueprint for all grassroots
writing initiatives who are trying to have longevity
in terms of decades of change making and artistic support
”One of the Evening Standard's
Best Non-fiction 2021.
”We knew that black and brown bodies, working class
Malika BookerForward Prize Winner
voices, women’s voices, did not have a space where
they could be heard – and so this writing collective
was a necessary and political act.
Read an extract of Daniel Kramb‘s history, courtesy of Foyles
A Friday in August, 2001. A bedroom on Fairmount Road, Brixton. Against the orange wall neat piles of jeans, a long row of trainers. The room is Malika Booker’s, but she’s not here yet. On the floor near the futon two women are crouched next to one another. Patricia Foster and Janett Plummer. Others have found elsewhere to sit. By the wall a shy American leans, watching. Peter Kahn. Then, suddenly, a towering figure bounds in, wearing his trademark hat. Alright. Let’s get started. Roger Robinson. It’s the second session of a collective that have no idea that they are about to begin something that will have a groundbreaking influence on the poetry scene in the UK, affect hundreds of poets in this country and beyond, and help place a new generation of voices into the landscape.
Reviews of Too Young, Too Loud, Too Different:
1: Fahad Al-Amoudi on Writers Mosaic
2: Emily Zobel Marshall on Ink Sweat and Tears
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