A child of the Jamaican diaspora, Lenny Henry was one of seven children in a boisterous, complicated family. With honesty, tenderness and a glorious sense of humour, he conducts a jam session of memories - growing up in the Black Country, puberty, school, friendship, family secrets and unashamed racism. With his mother's mantra of 'H'integration' echoing in his ears, Henry set out on a glittering career - but at every stage wondering: Am I good enough? Is this what they want? Who am I, again? This book answers those questions.

Who Am I, Again?

Comics & Graphic Novels

Henry, Lenny

Graphic Novels

Faber&Faber

A child of the Jamaican diaspora, Lenny Henry was one of seven children in a boisterous, complicated family. With honesty, tenderness and a glorious sense of humour, he conducts a jam session of memories - growing up in the Black Country, puberty, school, friendship, family secrets and unashamed racism. With his mother's mantra of 'H'integration' echoing in his ears, Henry set out on a glittering career - but at every stage wondering: Am I good enough? Is this what they want? Who am I, again? This book answers those questions.

Who am I, again?

Who am I again

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Sir Lenny Henry rang up the Office for National Statistics to confirm something he'd been thinking about for a long time. They told him that only 29.5% of the United Kingdom's population is made up of white, heterosexual, able-bodied men; so, he wonders, why do they still make up the vast majority of people we see in our media?\nJoining forces with the former Chair of the Royal Television Society's Diversity Committee Marcus Ryder, he draws on decades of experience to reveal why recent efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective, and why they are simply not enough. With wit, humour and unflinching gravitas they analyse the flaws of current diversity initiatives, point out the structural and financial imbalances working against the cause, and provide clear solutions to get the media industry back on track.\nAccess All Areas is an urgent, actionable manifesto that will dramatically shift the debate around diversity and the media.

Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond

History

Ryder, Marcus

Historical Study & Educational Resources

This is more than a book – it’s an incitement to change people’s perceptions.\nGeorge Floyd’s murder and the resulting protests sparked a truly international movement, and one of the most prominent displays of solidarity with US protestors came from Britain. In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter rallies in London were attended by tens of thousands of people, and they reinvigorated the conversations around what it means to be Black and British.\nIn this collection, seventeen prominent Black British figures explore their experience within Britain and demonstrate that their lives and work should be celebrated when they are too often undervalued. Edited by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder, two leading British television personalities and champions for diversity in media, this collection illustrates the global impact that Black Lives Matter has had, and introduces a unique international perspective to what started as an American movement.\n“We achieve everything not because we are superhuman. We achieve the things we achieve because we are human. Our strength does not come from not having any weaknesses, our strength comes from overcoming them” ― Doreen Lawrence.\n"I always presumed racism would always be here, that it was a given. But the truth is, it was not always here, it was invented." ― David Olusoga\n“Our identity and experience will shape every story, bleed into every poem, inform every essay whether it’s about Black ‘issues’ or not” ― Kit de Waal

Black British Lives Matter: A Clarion Call for Equality

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Rising to the Surface: 'Moving and honest' OBSERVER

Arts & Literature

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study. 
Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays' ideas, themes and styles. The plays are performed by approximately 200 schools and youth theatre companies across the UK and Ireland, in partnership with multiple professional regional theatres where the works are showcased.
The volume features an introduction by Anthony Banks, Associate Director for the National Theatre Discover Programme, and each play includes notes from the writer and director addressing the themes and ideas behind the play, as well as production notes and exercises.
Published to coincide with the 2013 Connections festival, and the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre, this year's collection features work from Howard Brenton, Jim Cartwright, Lucinda Coxon, Ryan Craig, Stacey Gregg, Jonathan Harvey, Lenny Henry, Jemma Kennedy, Morna Pearson, and Anya Reiss.

National Theatre Connections 2013: The Guffin; Mobile Phone Show; What Are They Like?; We Lost Elijah; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Tomorrow I'll ... Forty-Five Minutes (Plays and Playwrights)

Brenton, Howard

Cartwright, Jim

Harvey, Jonathan

Craig, Ryan

Gregg, Stacey

Reiss, Anya

Pearson, Morna

Coxon, Lucinda

Kennedy, Jemma

Dramas & Plays

Methuen Drama

The Boy With Wings

Lenny Henry's hilarious adventure, The Boy with Wings, is for readers of 9 to 12 and illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. Includes an exclusive comic book adventure illustrated by Mark Buckingham.\nAn ordinary kid is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero!\nWings? Check. 
A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. 
An impossible mission to save the world from a fur-ocious enemy? Check.\nWhen Tunde sprouts wings and learns he’s all that stands between Earth and total destruction, suddenly school is the least of his problems. Luckily, his rag-tag group of pals have got his back, and with his new powers, Tunde is ready to fly in the face of danger.\nSo what if he can’t even stand up to the school bully? He’s the boy with wings – this is his destiny.\nNo pressure then. . .

Children's Books

Animals

Macmillan Children`s Books

Lenny Henry's brilliant first novel, The Boy with Wings, for readers of 9 to 12, illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. Includes an exclusive comic book adventure illustrated by Mark Buckingham.\nAn ordinary kid is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero!\nWings? Check. 
A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. 
An impossible mission to save the world from a fur-ocious enemy? Check.\nWhen Tunde sprouts wings and learns he’s all that stands between Earth and total destruction, suddenly school is the least of his problems. Luckily, his rag-tag group of pals have got his back, and with his new powers, Tunde is ready to fly in the face of danger.\nSo what if he can’t even stand up to the school bully? He’s the boy with wings – this is his destiny.\nNo pressure then. . .

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