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I wanted to use this video to tell you about the incredible new debut by Roseanne A Brown and highlight the vital work of the Black Lives Matter movement as there is a huge disparity in publishing between white authors and authors of colour. We need to be more committed (myself included) in reading diversely across your favourite genres not just one book with a racism focus to tick a box. Black authors and other authors of colour write incredible books that are just about everyday life (and this, of course, includes fantasy too I'm just generalising the genres)! The first part of this review is spoiler free. C H A P T E R S 0:00 Black Lives Matter and Publishing 1:18 Spoiler Free review 7:54 Full discussion B O O K L I N K S Book Depository https://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780062891495/?a_aid=thatfictionlife Audible (free trial) http://tidd.ly/b9a025d9 Waterstones http://tidd.ly/7f1d861 I M P O R T A N T L I N KS Black Lives Matter Petition Card (some key petitions to sign for free which are collated in one place, please don't donate at the end of signing as that money goes towards promoting the petition on change.org not the organisations themselves) https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Official Donation Pages https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Key educational resources for learning more about systematic racism https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Petition for updating the school reading lists https://www.change.org/p/department-of-education-battle-racism-by-updating-reading-lists-at-gcse Trevor Noah talking about the protests and what it's like to be Black in America, a very insightful video https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyfFnaJbyL/ Nic Stone (one of my favourite authors please read her books) hosted some speakers to discuss racism including other authors and people in publishing - this is the link to episode 1, the rest can be found on the IGTV page of Nic's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA6eW4-gpeM/ Alicia Garza has written a great thread to put into perspective why long term change is essential https://twitter.com/aliciagarza/status/1265689702973050881