Part of the Story

Writings from Half a Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

AvMargaret Busby

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‘An important and wonderful book . . . Margaret Busby gives us her heart within the pages, not to mention her wisdom and wit’ Irish TimesThis rare self-portrait from pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Margaret Busby underscores her powerful legacy and celebrates some of the people and places that have shaped her exceptional lifeMargaret Busby has been at the heart of cultural life in the UK for over 50 years. From becoming Britain’s youngest and first Black woman publisher when she founded publishing house Allison & Busby, to editing the ground-breaking international anthologies Daughters of Africa and New Daughters of Africa, her many achievements are testament to her dedication to championing the lives and stories of others, particularly those throughout the world who have been marginalised by the mainstream.With little attention previously given to her own skills as a writer, Part of the Story is a unique opportunity to enjoy her own remarkable literary output. It brings together her writings on people, places, politics and publishing, and provides a rich insight into the many elements that have contributed to shaping her life, from her childhood in Ghana to the Black writers, intellectuals, artists and activists she has worked with, befriended, supported and championed for over half a century.'Fascinating and simply fantastic’ Bernardine Evaristo'Incisive , unflinching, sharply funny and exact . . . Margaret Busby revolutionised literary London' Observer‘Margaret Busby is one in a million, a pivotal figure in the literary world, a champion of the unheard, a fighter for literary excellence’ Lemn Sissay

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Utgivningsdatum2027-03-18
Mått129 x 198 x 20 mm
Vikt229 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN9781405964401

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Margaret Busby (Nana Akua Ackon), CBE, Hon. FRSL, is a publisher, editor, writer, broadcaster, activist and mentor. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary doctorates, she has judged prestigious literary prizes, including the Booker, and served on the boards of such organizations as the Royal Literary Fund, Wasafiri magazine, Tomorrow’s Warriors, the Africa Centre in London and the Caine Prize. In 2023 she was appointed President of English PEN.As editorial director of Allison & Busby for twenty years, from the late 1960s, Margaret published an international list of more than three hundred notable authors – among them, Buchi Emecheta, Sam Greenlee, Roy Heath, Chester Himes, Jill Murphy and Val Wilmer – and found new audiences for the likes of C. L. R. James and George Lamming. She is the editor of Jane Cortez’s collected poems, Firespitter, as well as two groundbreaking anthologies, Daughters of Africa (1992) and its sequel, New Daughters of Africa (2019), which seeded the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award to fund young women from Africa to study for a master’s degree in the UK.

Celebrated as Britain's youngest and first Black female publisher, Margaret Busby revolutionised literary London . . . Margaret's writing, like her thinking, is incisive , unflinching, sharply funny and exact . . . In her prose and in person, Margaret neither shows off her expertise nor flaunts her achievements. Her lightness of presence is that of the consummate editor: fully focused and committed while working and thinking outwards. She understands the power of writing that is born out of personal imperative and framed by collective endeavour. She deflects attention and is quick to point out the activity going on around her, and the importance of sharing and passing on what you learn . . . Writing in 1985, she quoted her friend and fellow editor Toni Morrison, but could have been speaking for herself: "What I really want to do . . . is to make it possible for someone else to do the same things." She has and she does and she will