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Colin Grant

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About Colin Grant

Colin Grant is an author, historian and critic. He has written acclaimed biographies of the Wailers and of Marcus Garvey. Bageye at the Wheel, his memoir of growing up in a Caribbean family in 1970s Luton, was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. His history of epilepsy, A Smell of Burning, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. His most recent book, Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. He is director of WritersMosaic and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Black History Month

You should read A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

11 days ago

Black History Month

Discover A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant. Published by Ladybird.

11 days ago

World Humanitarian Day

Why not read about some humans in A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant from Ladybird

1 month ago

World Humanitarian Day

Why not read about some humans in A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant from Penguin Random House Children's UK

1 month ago

World Population Day

A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant from Ladybird

3 months ago

World Population Day

A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant from Penguin Random House Children's UK

3 months ago

World Storytelling Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant and Melleny Taylor.

6 months ago

World Storytelling Day

Could there be a better time to read A Ladybird Book: Windrush by Colin Grant and Melleny Taylor. Published by Ladybird.

6 months ago

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