Books & Poetry

Book Slam returns to The Tabernacle, Notting Hill on May 31st, its rightful home and a fitting venue. The event is in it’s eighth year and fuses fiction with spoken word, live music, comedians and poets. [...]

He’s been around the world and back, and now über producer Pharrell Williams is sharing some experiences from his globetrotting in a new travel book, “Places and Spaces I’ve Been.” While details about the book are scant — describing the book to GQ, he vaguely said, “It’s just things and people that have moved me [...]

Now this is something only Snoop Dogg could have invented. The weed-worshiping rapper is planning to release a “smokable songbook”, charmingly entitled Rolling Words. Not only is the whole thing made out of hemp, but the pages double up as fully usable rolling paper while the book’s spine serves as a surface to light your [...]

Author Chibundu Onuzo’s first novel, The Spider King’s Daughter, was published by Faber and Faber on March 15, 2012. Prior to the release, I had the pleasure of attending the Black Book Swap event, where Onuzo took part in a Q&A session and reading. Onuzo’s personal story is nothing short of amazing. Having written her [...]

Just over a week since the film hit the box office, The Hunger Games has been deemed a runaway success with huge opening weekend sales, raking in over $189 million in the U.S. alone. However, some of this success has been overshadowed as the film has also been the subject of a race row as [...]

Most ladies will know about the fail-safe option and the classic staple that is the little black dress, but legendary fashion designer and creative director of Chanel, Karl Lagerfield, is now exploring the The Little Black Jacket. [...]

  Though currently in the midst of defending his 2010-2011 Eastern Conference title with the Miami Heat, NBA superstar Dwyane Wade has also been busy completing his first book, “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball.” In the book, the former Finals MVP discusses his rough upbringing in Chicago and how his [...]

Dennis Morris is revered for his music photography. After working with legends such as The Sex Pistols (becoming the band’s official photographer), Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Isaacs and Bob Marley, the east-ender has etched  out an iconic career spanning the years. [...]

The founder of the innovative brand Bathing Ape and respected creative director, Nigo, will soon be releasing a book chronicling his favourite items during his 20-year career with the company. The book will simply be called Bape Archives by Nigo and will contain a personal selection of favourites dating back to when the label first [...]

F—k you, Cee Lo Green is writing a book about himself. Grand Central Books has announced that they’ve signed the rapping, singing, songwriting, acting, talent-judging showstopper to write an as-yet-untitled memoir to be released next year. [...]