In this episode, Tanuja and Rosa speak to their first guests on the show, debut author of 'An Ocean Apart' Sarah Lee and Editorial Assistant at HarperFiction, Elizabeth Burrell about their journeys in publishing, their family history in Britain and their favourite black British authors.

This episode's book recommendations:

• An Ocean Apart by Sarah Lee
• Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant
• Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
• Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
• The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
• Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation by Floella Benjamin (Author) Diane Ewen (Illustrator)
• In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
• The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
• Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel
• Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (Author) Anshika Khullar (Illustrator)

Further recommendations:

• Slavery and the Bank Exhibition at the Bank of England
• Rethinking Diversity in Publishing Report

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