Author Spotlight
Paula
Akpan
Paula Akpan is a journalist, speaker and founding director of Black Girl Festival, the UK’s first arts and & cultural festival celebrating black women and girls. She is also the co-founder of the ‘I’m Tired’ Project, a photography campaign and international workshop programme, which led to her receiving the Points of Light Award in 2017 for making a change in her community.
The Good
Literary Agency
The Good Literary Agency was founded in 2018 explicitly to represent British authors from backgrounds under-represented in UK publishing including writers of colour, working class, disability, LGBTQ and anyone else who feels they or their stories are under-represented.