Books published by Team Angelica Publishing

Los narradores de estos CUENTOS PARA NIÑOS PERDIDOS se encuentran constantemente al borde de la auto-revelación. Los personajes que aparecen en estos relatos (jóvenes gais y lesbianas somalíes) se ven forzados a navegar entre las convulsas aguas de la familia, la identidad y el exilio en su camino hacia la libertad. Ambientadas en Kenia, Somalia y el sur de Londres, estas historias están llenas de emoción, de pasión y juegos de lenguaje y anuncian la llegada de una nueva y peculiar voz de la ficción contemporánea.«Una obra fantástica, estoy impresionado. He llegado a leer varias veces alguna de las historias y todas y cada una de ellas rezuman talento por todas partes: por cada poro, por cada vena.»NURUDDIN FARAH«No hay mayor cura de humildad que una buena historia bien escrita, más aún cuando el autor es tremendamente bello e intensamente bondadoso. Que Diriye Osman tenga semejante talento es una simple cuestión de justicia hacia tanta bondad. No os podéis perder este libro.»MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO«Los personajes de estos cuentos se encuentran desplazados de varias y complicadas formas, pero la escritura de Osman consigue crear un refugio para todos ellos; un lugar cálido que es a la vez real e imaginario y donde pueden encontrar por fin la liberación política, sexual y psicológica.»ALISON BECHDEL«Uno de los grandes placeres de leer es encontrar libros que narren historias que no suelen aparecer en la literatura comercial. Cuentos para niños perdidos, de Diriye Osman, es una cruda colección de relatos sobre la experiencia queer somalí. Casi todos tratan sobre el exilio: de la familia, del país, de la cordura, de uno mismo. Osman consigue manejar con soltura la tradición del cuento. Utiliza diferentes dialectos, el argot urbano y una cadencia rítmica para contar estas historias en el único lenguaje en el que podrían ser contadas… la fuerza de estas historias es innegable.»ROXANE GAY, The Nation«En tiempos en los que la homosexualidad sigue siendo ilegal en la mayoría del continente africano y apenas aparece representada en su literatura, este libro supone una agradable sorpresa. A través de estas historias sensuales, eróticas y explícitas, Osman dibuja la vida de jóvenes somalíes cuya identidad se define tanto por su sexualidad como por su origen cultural… Osman no es solo un escritor valiente, también es original. Su escritura está salpicada de palabras somalíes y elaborada con la precisión y la riqueza propias del lenguaje poético. En un momento en el que la literatura africana parece estar en alza, Osman destaca entre la multitud.»BERNARDINE EVARISTO, The Independent

When a young black man, Brian, dies in police custody, it sends shock waves across the community. Reeling from his death, Brian's family struggle to make sense of their loss, whilst pursuing a lengthy court battle to clear his name.Based on the lived experience of creator Urbain Hayo, AKA Urban Wolf, and conceived by him, this stark and timely new play, written by Tom Wainwright and performed in March 2017 at London's Ovalhouse theatre, explores how young black men are slipping through the cracks in society. How do you fight for justice in a system where nobody is on your side?This is the playtext of the 2017 production, and includes author and director statements, and cast and creative biographies.

* Winner 2019 Ferro-Grumley Best LGBT Fiction Award *A compelling, thrilling tale of love in slavery times.When house-servant Abednego is sold away south, his broken-hearted field-hand lover Cyrus snaps and flees the estate on which he has lived his entire life. Leaving everything he knows behind him, and evading patrollers and dogs to head north and find freedom, in the midst of a dismal swamp Cyrus receives the revelation that Abednego is his true North Star, and, impossible though it seems, he determines to find and rescue his lost lover from slavery.Ten years in the writing, NAACP Image Award nominee John R Gordon's Drapetomania is an epic and exciting tale of black freedom, uprising, and a radical representation of romantic love between black men in slavery times."We've seen the African-American slave narrative told from many perspectives, but in this groundbreaking novel, Gordon becomes the first to explore this experience through the eyes of a gay slave. The result is an all-out masterpiece. With this bold, painstakingly historicized effort, Gordon arguably makes a bid to join the ranks of some of the greatest writers of the African-American experience - Baldwin, Haley, Morrison, Walker. This book is just THAT good. It's no easy task to write what feels like a classic American novel in the 21st century, but Gordon has done just that."- Patrik-Ian Polk (Blackbird; The Skinny; Noah's Arc)"John R Gordon's novel, Drapetomania Or, The Narrative of Cyrus Tyler & Abednego Tyler, lovers is a riveting, masterful work. Set against the brutalizing, material captivity meant to break the soul, that came to define the chattel enslavement of Africans in the American south, "Drapetomania" tells the compelling story of two men whose love for each other reimagines the erotic contours of what was possible under the whip and scrutiny of catastrophic bondage. Here is a story of love so powerful, so achingly present, it dares to consider not just the past but the future, as vital to freedom; and in doing so, defies any notion of the black enslaved body as an ugly, unpalatable thing, unworthy of the sweetness of love. Gordon's novel enters the company of such classic works as Edward P. Jones's The Known World, Toni Morrison's Beloved, and Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. We will be reading and talking about this extraordinary novel for years to come."- Alexis De Veaux, (author, Yabo and Sister Outsider: A Biography of Audre Lorde)

More Than! was created to inspire children to engage in a piece of extended writing outside of the everyday requirements of their school work. We asked the students of Stoke Newington School to discuss, workshop and explore sexuality identity issues by asking them to look 'beyond the label' of LGBTQ people. What are labels? Why are we given them? What do they do? How can they harm or protect us?It soon became apparent that this raised broader issues with some of our young people, such as: how it feels to be Muslim in the current political climate; why does a disability instantly dictate who people think you are? - and how it feels to be a 'geek'.The response we had from our students was overwhelming, with over 800 children submitting poems, scripts, songs, interviews, articles and other forms of insightful, eloquent and inspiring pieces of writing.Then, thanks to the kind efforts of many teachers, parents, governors and local members of our community the entries were read, marked and sorted into categories. We then selected approximately 70 students to take part in a development workshop-day lead by a fantastic team of artists, playwrights, journalists, actors, directors and writers. This day was remarkable to watch: students working alongside professionals to develop their work further, exploring form and potential final presentation of their piece.Edited by Gemma Van Praagh, John R Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair, this anthology includes pieces by: Anisa Khatun, Ayse Atun, Baran Kayman, Basak Altundal Bektas, Berry Coleman, Cassius Burley, Ceren Bektas, Ciar Wild, Connie Lammiman, Daniel-James Straughan, Deniz Aydin, Eddie Smith, Edith Wright, Elizabeth Fasulu, Faezah Manga, Fletcher Adams, Flora Kessell, Gabriel Devlin, Gunay Aksoy, Hallelujah Tedja, Hannah Finke, Hannah Ffychte, Jacob Fisher, Joe Halsey, Joel Cooper, Joshua Clark, Kate Hyatt, Leila Edelzstein, Lila Moar, Lily Crook, Lily McKay, Lorna Beckett, Louis Brine, Louis Powell, Lyra Robinson-Winning, Mack Quicke, Maliq Mussai-Mitchell, Marilyn Ferizaj, Martha Jack, Maya Isidore-Coyne, Mia Truman, Milly Mason, Minnie Court, Orla Newnham, Rachel Finke, Razana Djerkallis, Redrei Visaya, Rinesa Neziri, Rione Nurse, Sam Simmons, Servican Yeter, Shay Snipe Gayle, Skye Fitzgerald, Sophia Rivera Ramirez, Spike Sharkey, Stella Mathias-Stanley, Tamar Singer, Thomas O'Shea, Zoe Edwards

A ground-breaking, provocative and diverse anthology of writing about black gay men's lives in the UK - essays, activist memoirs, (auto)biographies, poems and fiction, edited by multi-award-winning writers Rikki Beadle-Blair and John R Gordon. Contributors are: Adam Lowe, Ade Adeniji, Anu Olu, Bisi Alimi, Cheikh Traore, Cyril Nri, Daniel Fry, 'Danse Macabre', David McAlmont, Dean Atta, Diriye Osman, Donovan Christian-Carey, Donovan Morris, D'relle Wickham (Khan). Edd Muruako, Geoffrey Williams, Giles Terera, Jimmy Akingbola, John R Gordon, Keith Jarrett, Leee John, Leo Ofori, 'Merlin', Mickel Smithen, Paul J Medford, P J Samuels, Rhys Wright, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Dr Rob Berkeley, Robert Taylor, Rogue Scott, Reverend Rowland Jide Macaulay, Salawu Olajide, Tonderai Munyevu, Topher Campbell, Travis Alabanza, Z Jai Walsh

From the author of black gay urban novels Faggamuffin and Colour Scheme:When violent thug Evill and his drug-dealing South London crew menace Stanlake, a young African refugee, and his mother Poppy, little do they realize that this effeminate youth is a former child soldier, capable of the most extreme responses. Forced to meet violence with violence, Stanlake stands up to his tormentors, only to find himself drawn into a darkly erotic and passionate relationship with the damaged, closetted Evill. As love begins to bloom between the two deeply-scarred young men old evil erupts, threatening to consume them both and compelling Stanlake to face - and move beyond - his past."A breathless, cinematic thrill-ride of a novel... Sweeps you up and envelops you in its unique world... this is what novels are for. Stunning." - Rikki Beadle-Blair

A novel of gay urban Afro-boho interracial romance set over one sweaty summer following a night of shocking violence in a post-9/11 London of vinyl records, video-cassettes and mix-tapes, seething with passion and oil-paint, music and dance.Meet bebop-cool Malcolm, wigger rudeboy Luke, Jamaican choreographer George and schizophrenic African artist Ziggy, seekers for love, on the run from buried truths that by the summer's end they all must face.Murder, bereavement, Vodou, twins and madness: new love on the rack. Will it - will they, survive?