Publishing – Siana Bangura

Slay In Your Lane Presents…’Loud Black Girls’

The Slay In Your Lane girls are back! And this time, they’ve curated a stunning collection of punchy, smart, and hard-hitting essays by 20 Black female writers in the UK asking ‘what on earth is next?’ – and the timing is pretty perfect. I am thrilled to be one of these writers, having contributed an […]

‘Head Above The Parapet’: The Best of No Fly on the WALL – Coming 8th July 2018

“The thing that gets reaffirmed for me every time I attend a No Fly on the WALL event is just how much we all have in common. It always strikes me that a Black woman sitting across the room from me whom I’ve never met before can sing my whole life back to me without […]

Initial Call Out for Upcoming Anthology of Black Writing

Yesterday the Haus of Liberated Reading announced that work has started on their next publication. Following in the footsteps of ‘Elephant’, by Siana Bangura, the Haus is now on the hunt for contributors to its upcoming twin-anthology. Edited by Siana Bangura, the anthology aims to ‘bring together Black voices from across the world in an attempt […]

The new generation of poets mastering DIY culture

‘A powerful emerging voice on London’s poetry circuit, Siana Bangura is also reaching into publishing more widely, finding ways around the world’s gatekeepers and ‘no’s. Having recently set up her own publishing house, The Haus of Liberated Reading, through which she published her first poetry collection, Elephant, Bangura is making a path for writers who don’t […]