A Date with Dialogue Books – Paul Mendez and Yvonne Battle-Felton In conversation with Professor Harriet Tarlo

Paul Mendez’s debut Rainbow Milk is a raw and revelatory coming-of-age story of race, class, sexuality and freedom with shades of James Baldwin. American born, Sheffield based writer Yvonne Battle Felton’s debut Remembered tells the tale of an emancipated slave and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Yvonne teaches Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. A double date with two exciting and daring new fiction voices.

Harriet Tarlo is Professor of Ecopoetry and Poetics, Sheffield Hallam University

An explosive work that reels from sex, to sin, to salvation all the while grappling with what it means to be  black, gay, British… A remarkable debut.Marlon James about Rainbow Milk

A powerful exploration of slavery, motherhood and racial tensions The i newspaper about Remembered

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All books featured during the festival can also be ordered through the website blackwells.co.uk