Upcoming events
WWR book talk
Wed 24 Sept, 4pm
— Chelsea History Festival, London (£)
Developing Your Non-Fiction workshop [SOLD OUT]
Sat 11 Oct, 10am
— The Coast is Queer, Brighton (£)
‘Black History: Reclaiming and Retelling’ panel talk
Sat 11 Oct, 6pm
— The Coast is Queer, Brighton (£)
‘Is a Shared History Possible?’ panel talk
Sun 12 Oct, 12:15pm
— The Coast is Queer, Brighton (£)
WWR book talk
Tue 14 Oct, 6pm
— Bookhaus, Bristol (£)
An Evening on African History with Luke Pepera
Wed 15 Oct, 6:30pm
— Waterstones Gower St, London (£)
Roots and Reigns with Luke Pepera
Sun 19 Oct
— Black British Book Festival, London (£)
WWR book talk
Wed 22 Oct, 7:30pm
— The National Archives, online (free)
Past talks and podcasts
Zeinab Badawi in conversation with Paula Akpan, Tottenham Literature Festival (2024)
‘Twitter is changing: what could that mean for arts and culture?’, The Space (2023)
Belonging & Reclaiming: Queer Around the World panel, Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh (2023)
Episode 10 of Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV podcast, BBC Radio 4 (2022)
S6 EP6 of Out with Suzi Ruffell, Keep It Light Media (2022)
Networks of Pride: Creativity, Queerness and Blackness panel, New Art Exchange (2021)
Episode 95 of Two Twos Podcast (2021)
‘Paula Akpan: Unfurl’ for ANTHEMS, Broccoli Productions (2020)
Photographed by Francis Augusto
Paula Akpan 