The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Ahead of the film adaptation of bestselling book ‘My Name Is Leon‘ coming to BBC Two this Friday, actor and executive producer Sir Lenny Henry joined the Birmingham writer behind the story, Kit de Waal, and the programme’s young star Cole Martin on the red carpet last night. They appeared along with the film’s director Lynette…
A Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club player has written a book about tackling mental health struggles in relation to the national sport. Winger Aquile Smith has published ‘Rugby Insight: Mental Health to Mental Wealth’, which focuses on raising awareness and countering some of the stigma around mental health in sport and more specifically, rugby.
BBC Radio 5 Live’s overnight phone-in show is being relaunched for life beyond lockdown with Dotun Adebayo. The official voice of night owls everywhere, Dotun has been the host of the 1am-5am show each weekend for nine years on 5 Live.
The creator of an unexpectedly hugely popular online comic strip has cancelled her upcoming UK tour, despite it selling out after only one Instagram post. Catana Chetwynd, creator of Catana Comics, has had to pull out of planned visits to Waterstones bookstores in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, which were due to begin tomorrow.
We chat with with author AA Abbott, who is about to release her fourth book, The Revenge Trail, the latest part of the ‘Trail‘ series. Author AA Abbott – real name Helen Blenkinsop – moved to Birmingham as a teenager, got her first “proper job” in the city, got married and together they stayed in the city…
Birmingham music star and television presenter Jamelia will be discussing all things ‘Black Girls Bible’ with writers Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené in Digbeth next week. The musician will be joining the authors to discuss their work ‘Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible‘, a long-awaited and highly anticipated “guide to life for a generation of…
[THE BELOW EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED, POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR] Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give (THUG), comes back to Birmingham to talk about the phenomenal success that has seen her debut novel take the Number One spot in the New York Times Bestseller list for 65 weeks. The Hate U Give is…
It is currently International Women’s Month, with International Women’s Day (IWD) taking place on Thursday 8th March. Both annual events are celebrated to highlight the contributions of women in history and contemporary society.
Owen Jones. 33. Northerner. Author. Journalist. Vampire… possibly. So maybe not a vampire but hard to say considering the guy never appears to age. He begs to differ.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI39NoEzNJo&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] FILM: Preparations for the BookCrossing Valentine’s Event (14th Feb) LOCATION: Urban Coffee Co., Church Street, Colmore Row, Birmingham DATE: Thursday 11th February, 2010