September
Sept 12: Hastings Book Festival
Sept 13th: London, Soho Theatre, The Good Immigrant
Sept 15th: Bristol, St Georges, The Good Immigrant
Sept 19: Morecambe Poetry Festival
October
Oct 1: National Poetry Day Special with Piece Of Work
Oct 14: Brighton, Theatre Royal, John Cooper Clarke & Friends
Oct 15: London Palladium, John Cooper Clarke & friends
Oct 24: Birmingham Town Hall, John Cooper Clarke & friends
November
Nov 6-8: Bristol, Weekend Writing Retreat, Raise The Bar
Nov 14: Newham Poetry Festival
Nov 21: Warwick Arts Centre, The Good Immigrant
Nov 25: Leicester, De Montfort Hall, John Cooper Clarke & friends
September 10th 2026 is the 10th anniversary of The Good Immigrant
And we are celebrating its induction into the British Literary Canon. Canongate has selected it for their iconic The Canons series. Very excited about this good news. Beautiful new cover. New introduction by Candice Carty-Williams. We are publishing the book in September 2026, ten years to the day after its post-Brexit release in 2016. Ten years have passed, we keep fighting the good fight. Thank you Nikesh Shukla.
To mark the book’s 10th anniversary, editor Nikesh will chair a series of live panels bringing together original contributors to The Good Immigrant, to reflect on what’s changed in Britain in the decade since publication, and what hasn’t. To book your tickets and re-discover the collection that lit a fire and gave voice to a generation, details at the Fane website:
“Fearless, challenging, playful, moving and always real, this groundbreaking essay collection sees 21 leading writers of colour explore the realities of the immigrant experience in Britain. What it means to grow up and live in a country and still be made to feel like an outsider, no matter how long it’s been your home. When it was first published, The Good Immigrant lit a fire: telling the truth, starting conversations and irrevocably changing how we talk about race. But the work is far from done, and its wisdom is needed now more than ever. Here are 21 of our most vital voices, urging you to listen, care - and resist.” -- The Good Immigrant
The official companion podcast to the bestselling collection of essays, The Good Immigrant launches next Tuesday 15 September 2026. Find us and follow on your favourite podcast app!
I also felt like making a mighty book list of further and deeper reading, here’s an incredible list of some of the 21 contributors work over the last decade or so. I found about 75+ titles, award-winning, trail blazing books, audio books, plays, poetry collections, essays, non-fiction, short fiction, inspirational, impactful works, beautiful children’s books and powerful novels, check it out!
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-good-immigrant-10th-anniversary
Lastly on a more personal note: I now have work in three books in The Canons: 1990’s poetry collection ‘The Fire People’ edited by Lemn Sissay, my literary childhood memoir ‘Springfield Road’ and now also ‘The Good Immigrant’ check out the full list ‘The Canons’ on the Canongate website: https://canongate.co.uk
Thank you for reading this far down the page,
Thank you to Nikesh and Canongate and TGI family,
We will keep on keeping on...
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