Join Colin Grant for an evening discussing his book I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be.

Join author Colin Grant and journalist Amelia Gentleman for an evening discussing I’m Black So You Don’t Have To Be. Written with the intrigue, nuance, beauty and wit of short stories, and with the veracity and painful revelation of memoir, I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be is an unforgettable exploration of family, identity, race and generational change. Colin Grant is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and writes for a number of newspapers including the Guardian, Observer and New York Review of Books.

Colin Grant’s books include Bageye at the Wheel, short-listed for the Pen Ackerley Prize, and Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and director of WritersMosaic. Grant writes for a number of newspapers including the Guardian, Observer and New York Review of Books.

The Burgh House Book Lab is supported by Osbornes Law and features local beers from 3 Locks Brewing Company.