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1 month ago | 
womensprize.com | Janet Ahlberg |Judy Blume |Candice Carty-Williams
Charlene is a pioneering journalist, author, and broadcaster. She began presenting ITV News in 2008 and in 2014 became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten. Charlene is also one of the presenters of daytime show, Loose Women. The show’s first all-black panel special, which Charlene helmed, won a Royal Television Society award and was nominated for a BAFTA.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
blavity.com | Candice Carty-Williams |Shanique Yates
The new Hulu series Queenie, adapted from the eponymous book written by Candice Carty-Williams, who also serves as showrunner on the Onyx Collective project, sends a message to women of all ages and from all walks of life: It’s OK to start over. To move forward, one must face the past head-on. Queenie Jenkins has found herself picking up the pieces after a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, but she must uncover things before she can come out on the other side. Can she do it?
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May 2, 2024 | 
womensprize.com | Claire Kilroy |Jacqueline Crooks |Candice Carty-Williams |Madhumita Murgia
No plans? No problem. Our Women’s Prize library is packed with literary treasures to transport you to new and exciting worlds, all from the comfort of your favourite armchair. We’ve picked some books from our current shortlists and other treasures in our library to fill your weekend with books. What are you waiting for?
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
vogue.it | Candice Carty-Williams
Fenty Beauty: come Rihanna ha rivoluzionato l'industria beautyPer troppo tempo, i reparti cosmetici delle profumerie sono stati luoghi inospitali per le donne (e gli uomini) di colore come me. Le conversazioni con le commesse si rivelavano essere spesso alienanti, finendo col diventare a volte persino offensive. «Non abbiamo la tua tonalità», mi disse una di queste commesse con tono di scusa.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
southwalesargus.co.uk | Candice Carty-Williams
Plan to convert former Pisgah Baptist Church to flats Candice Carty-Williams says Succession’s Jesse Armstrong was ‘incredible mentor’ (Ian West/PA) British author Candice Carty-Williams said Succession creator Jesse Armstrong helped her make a TV series based on her 2019 debut novel Queenie.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
irishnews.com | Ellie Iorizzo |Candice Carty-Williams
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Candice Carty-Williams |Emma Loffhagen
Jeffrey Wright in American FictionClaire Folger / Orion PicturesEmma Loffhagen @emmaloffhagen2 minutes agoDuring an early scene in acclaimed new film American Fiction, the protagonist Monk – played by Jeffrey Wright – wanders into a reading at a literary event by fellow author Sintara Golden (Issa Rae) of her new best seller We’s Lives in Da Ghetto. Monk, who has just left his own sparsely attended panel, watches as a packed, mostly-white audience sit enraptured by Sintara’s words.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
taggedonline.co.za | Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika |Candice Carty-Williams |Busisekile Khumalo
It’s nasty business that for decades Black people were branded illiterate and perhaps worse — uninterested in reading. The truth of the matter is that despite existing in a country with a racist publishing industry that didn’t trade books that reflected or represented us — we Blacks were buying and reading books. If we could not afford books, we passed books on from home to home, in the same way we passed on oral histories and narratives since van toek’ af.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
netflix.com | Candice Carty-Williams
Newly released from prison, rapper Bosco Champion makes a triumphant return to the stage. Later, his 25th birthday party doesn’t go quite as smoothly. Vita gets an opportunity that could kick-start her career, but her family still refuses to take her seriously. Bosco faces money troubles. With the Champion children still fighting, Beres sees an opportunity to manipulate them for his own ends. Honey gets her revenge on Vita.
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Candice Carty-Williams
Watch the trailer: Champion is an upcoming eight-part musical series and the first TV project from Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie and People Person. The show tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. Tell us about ChampionChampion is about a brother and a sister. Bosco Champion – a rapper who’s been in prison for the last two years – and Vita Champion his sister.
