Alex Wheatle - You're Booked
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This week we are delighted to spend some time with the author, playwright, screenwriter, performer and all-around inspiration Alex Wheatle MBE! Alex's first book was 1995's award-winning Brixton Rock and he has followed that with numerous critically acclaimed works for adults, young adults and children with the latest being Cane Warriors. We talked to Alex about the importance of music in his work, being inspired by the Beano, learning to love reading while in prison and the experience of having your life story turned into a film by the Oscar-winning Steve McQueen. You can find the Dialogue Books Black History Month reading list HERE. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Alex Wheatle - Cane Warriors CLR James - Black Jacobins Malcolm X - Autobiography Alex Haley - Roots Langston Hughes - Collected Poems Chester Himes - Rage in Harlem James Baldwin - Fire Next Time Mark Twain - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Linton Kwesi Johnson - Selected Poems Marcia Williams - Baby Mother Naomi King - OPP Karline Smith - Moss Side Massive Courttia Newland - The Scholar Stephen Thompson - Toy Soldiers Peter Kalu - Lick Shot Alex Wheatle - Brixton Rock Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe EA Ritter - Shaka Zulu Alex Wheatle - Liccle Bit Alex Wheatle - Crongton Knights Danielle Jawando - And The Stars Were Burning Brightly Raymond Chandler - Big Sleep Colleen McCullough - Thorn Birds Vivien M Goldman - Book of Exodus Marlon James - Brief History of 7 Killings Timothy White - Catch a Fire Steve McQueen - Small Axe Patrice Lawrence - Eight Pieces of Silva
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