EPISODE · Dec 8, 2022 · 1H 6M

Episode 04: Mireille Harper

from Making Conversation with Grant Brydon · host Grant Brydon

For this episode I spoke to my friend Mireille Harper, editorial director, writer, authenticity reader, communications consultant and the editor of my own book Life Lessons from Hip-Hop. She recently joined me at Levi’s Haus of Strauss in London to talk about going viral with her Instagram post “10 Steps To Non-Optical Allyship” in 2020, the role of authenticity reading, how words can be harmful and working towards a more diverse publishing industry. ---------- During this conversation Mireille kindly signposts the following people and programmes that are working to make a difference in the diversity of publishing: Sofia Akel - Free Books Campaign https://www.freebookscampaign.co.uk Lemara Lindsay-Prince https://www.instagram.com/lemelp Africa Writes https://africawrites.org Leonie Annor-Owiredu & Hannah Lee - Words We Write Festival https://www.wordswewritefestival.com Babes In Development - https://www.barbican.org.uk/take-part/communities-neighbourhoods/communities-in-residence Hope Nbada - https://instagram.com/blackbookbitch ---------- @mireillecharper @GrantBrydon ---------- Artwork by @chanylbtc Music by @jonphonics ---------- Buy my book Life Lessons from Hip-Hop here: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop