Keir Starmer.

Folks, we have TWO days to make this goal. A bit of food, water, shelter for six families & support for a mutual aid team serving fifteen displaced families. Simple. Anything helps—especially clicking “weekly” + taking action. 1567/1900 by end of Saturday. chuffed.org/project/hope...

We invite all Arsenal fans, all London club supporters, and anyone who believes in justice to join us outside the court. Together, we will peacefully protest, stand in solidarity with survivors, and show that sexual violence in football will not be ignored. See you all there 🩵 #ASASV

Join Us Outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court – 5 August 2025 ⚖️ The news that Thomas Partey has been charged with 5 counts of rape and 1 count of sexual assault is a stark reminder of the urgent need for change across football.

I've been longlisted for The Mo Siewcharran Prize 2025!! Can't believe it 😳 🤩 This year's theme is Reclaiming History 😊 Wishing best of luck to all authors. Thanks for all the workshop support #Trapezebooks #Orionbooks @hachetteuk.bsky.social @agentbal.bsky.social @paulaakpan.bsky.social

So few people realize this about starvation. Once you’ve starved a population to near death, food won’t bring them all back. You need complex medical interventions, like tube feeding carefully monitored in hospitals…which we let be bombed into ruins.

Yay Jake Hall's SHOULDER TO SHOULDER is in the stack! Read it, it's great.

Held without charge for 7 months, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been beaten, starved, isolated, and cut off from his family. His freedom is nowhere in sight. Interview by Shatha Yaish. www.972mag.com/hussam-abu-s...

Very pleased to see David Roberts' We Are Your Children: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism published by @twohootsbooks.bsky.social It was a delight to consult on the book & great now to see that the other consultant was @paulaakpan.bsky.social Good company indeed! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/davi...

‼️ 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭: If you previously donated to my GoFundMe, ⛔️ 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝. GoFundMe is a 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, and 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐲 platform that 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. ❌𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬. ✅ 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞

I will always remember Jean Charles de Menezes.

'Is she a feminist hero or a ruthless tyrant who facilitated mass enslavement? Is celebration of women rulers a good thing? Or does it celebrate hierarchy and oppression?' Bronwen Everill on the questions raised by Africa’s queens

more summery WHEN WE RULED events! tix and more info on paulaakpan.com 💙 ‘'Full of interesting contemporary interviews and travel writing, and beautifully reconstructed retellings of the royal histories’ - The Times Literary Supplement @thetls.bsky.social #booksky #skystorians #blackbooksky

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This is my son and daughter… Kinan & Kinzy. They are my heart. My reason to live. We’ve lost everything, but I fight for them. Their tiny hands still hold on… but for how long? Please donate to keep us alive. 💔↘️🇵🇸 🔗 chuffed.org/project/mona...

📣 Help The Scarlett Letters Bookshop Workers defend their jobs ✊ Help them build the workplace they were promised 💸 Every donation is an act of solidarity www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-th...

Support The Scarlet Letters staff fighting for job security, dignity and respect. Please share this post and go to our link in bio to demand better from The Scarlett Letters' director! Hardship fundraiser: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-th...

PRIZE OPPORTUNITY! Please enter by this Monday 16th June to be considered for our brilliant prize! No matter how developed your work is, we want to see it 🧡 All entry guidelines in the link below. www.thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/landing-page... @historianmemory.bsky.social @paulaakpan.bsky.social

The reigns of Africa's female and genderqueer rulers have long been shrouded in mystery, misunderstanding and misogyny. We're joined on the podcast by @paulaakpan.bsky.social to discuss several of these people, including Njinga of Ndongo and Ranavalona I of Madagascar. episodes.fm/aHR0cHM6Ly9m...

Our weekly post for @dailykos.com /Black Kos of books published this week of interest to Black readers (but also recommended for ALL readers!): www.dailykos.com/comments/232... Authors and illustrators who are on Bluesky listed in the comment 🧵 #Booksky #blackbooksky

Happy 5 year anniversary to Edward Colston's statue getting thrown into Bristol Harbour :D

@paulaakpan.bsky.social is giving a talk on her new book, When we ruled: the rise and fall of twelve African queens and warriors, in Oxford next Friday. Details here: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/book-t...

History has long ignored half the story. Join authors @paulaakpan.bsky.social, Blessin Adams and @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social for an afternoon of powerful talks on the hidden lives of African queens, early modern rebels and women who claimed space in the wild. 📅 June 21—1PM 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4mtaJ4C

With gaping holes in our history curriculum, "the British education system obfuscates the violence necessary for a British empire to exist," writes author and historian @paulaakpan.bsky.social Read more in Saturday's edition of The Lead national.thelead.uk/p/schools-ar...

I am so so proud to publish this brilliant book today - a game-changing and revelatory treasure that will make your brain 10000x bigger! 📚🥰 @paulaakpan.bsky.social if you want a reading experience that will expand your mind, this is the book to buy: geni.us/WhenWeRuled/

Fidaa has psoriasis and has been suffering terribly for a while without meds and under so much stress i am praying for this sweet, persistent, beautiful soul. her kids need her. this world is better off with her in it please send a few dollars to her paypal if you can

I’m Jamal from Gaza. I lost everything home, safety, and almost my future but I haven’t lost hope. I’m trying to rebuild our life one step at a time. If you can donate or share, please do. Your repost might save us. gofund.me/a625d5ba

Gonna be *outside* outside over the next couple months! Chatting about my book! (incl. 11 May at the Common Press chatting about another book I wrote in, The Queer Bible, cos it’ll be out as a paperback!) 🎟️ etc on paulaakpan.com

Are you a writer from the global majority? Do you write non-fiction? Do you want to be published? If your answer is yes to any of these, then you can't miss this FREE virtual workshop happening this Wednesday at 6pm, hosted by myself and @paulaakpan.bsky.social 📚 #Writingcommunity #writingtips

Not to toot our own horn, but our Feminist Book Fortnight has shaped up to be 🔥 Joining Laura Bates & @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on the line up is queer historian @paulaakpan.bsky.social with STELLAR debut When We Ruled, hosted by Gemma Cairney on May 14th: lighthousebookshop.com/events/when-...

For Week 5, we have a special book talk event with Paula Akpan @paulaakpan.bsky.social, who is releasing her debut book, When We Ruled, this May! Registration is free, but required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/race-resista...

FREE workshop alert!!! Register now for HOW TO WRITE A NON-FICTION PROPOSAL via this link 📚 Hosted by myself and the amazing @paulaakpan.bsky.social, author of When We Ruled, do join us to learn all about what our judges are looking for! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mo-sie...

Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like. And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Really pleased to be a judge for the Mo Siewcharran Non-Fiction Prize 2025! Think your topic is too niche? No such thing. As long as you are unpublished, over 18 and a UK resident, Black or Brown, and writing non-fiction that speaks to our theme of ‘reclaiming history’, we want to hear from you!

At @orionbooks.bsky.social we're launching the Mo Siewcharran non-fiction prize for unpublished global majority writers who are writing about history, ancestry and culture 📚 An incredible opportunity to win funding or a publishing deal, please submit your work to us!

Our incredible judges include @historianmemory.bsky.social, @paulaakpan.bsky.social, @agentbal.bsky.social, Sofia Akel and Selina Brown, and they would love the opportunity to read your work ✍️ For more information please visit our website: www.thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/landing-page...

Keir Starmer’s government held a private meeting with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms firm, Declassified has found. The meeting occurred in December 2024 and was attended by 3 representatives from Elbit and 3 officials from the Home Office. www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-...