We wanted to start a virtual book club to recommend reading materials to entertain, educate and delight everyone. Have a look at our recommended reading list which we will keep updating as the weeks go by. Where possible exchange books with friends, buy from charity shops or support local book shops :)
Anti-Racism Article reading list:
An Open Letter To My Sister, Angela Davis – James Baldwin (via New York Review of Books)
Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire- Marc Perry (The Guardian)
How To Make This Moment The Turning Point For Real Change – Barack Obama (on Medium)
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race – Reni Eddo Lodge (The Guardian)
The Death Of George Floyd In Context – Jelani Cobb (The New Yorker)
This is how workplaces can be better environments for black employees- Danielle Dash (Stylist)
What Not To Say To Your Black Colleagues Right Now- Monica Torres on (Huffpost)
7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real- Ben & Jerry's
“Racism Is A Global Issue”: Edward Enninful On The Importance Of Cultivating An Anti-Racist Agenda (British Vogue)
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice- Corinne Shutack
Anti-Racism Book reading list:
So you want to talk about race- Ijeoma Oluo
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - Akala
Me And White Supremacy – Layla F Saad
Between The World And Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
How To Be An Antiracist – Dr Ibram X. Kendi
Books:
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood and Ian Kelly
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Where the Crawdads Sign by Delia Owens
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Juilet Takes a Breath by
