Atinuke and Kingsley Nebechi | Nibbies Podcast
We are back with two guests for this episode - author Atinuke and illustrator Kingsley Nebechi. When Atinuke started out on her research for this project, her twenty-somethingth book, she expected to cover 2000 years of Brilliant Black British History. It soon emerged that the roots go deeper and that an expansion to 12,000 years was needed. In this episode, host Hannah MacInnes talks to Atinuke and Kingsley about the research and design process for their book, shortlisted for Book of the Year: Children’s Non-Fiction.
We learn about the moving reactions of not just children but also elders in the Black British community, how the contributions of enslaved people were not given due credit for innovation until recently and hear of a spectacular ‘aha!’ moment in the British Library.
The British Book Awards, fondly referred to as The Nibbies, celebrate books and everyone who makes them, charting a journey from the writer’s mind to the reader’s hand. This podcast series delves deeper into the journeys behind the Books of the Year, as broadcaster and podcast host Hannah MacInnes interviews a bestselling and celebrated author for each episode. The podcast is produced by Heavy Entertainment and brought to you by The Bookseller, the team behind The British Book Awards.
