About 19th-century non-fiction by writers of colour
We're thrilled to be launching a new online resource, Writing Lives, bringing together extracts from non-fiction texts by 18th- and 19th-century writers of colour from Mary Seacole to Dadabhai Naoroji, and from travel narratives to political pamphlets, speeches, letters and more.
Discover practical and exciting ways of using the texts in your classroom to support GCSE English Language and inspire your wider teaching of literature in this special event with teacher Aaishah Rauf, author and teacher SI Martin, in collaboration with Lit in Colour.
If you have any queries, please contact discovering.literature@bl.uk
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What to expect?
Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy of Lit in Colour will host the event and chair the Q&A.
Our Learning team will lead a short tour of the new Writing Lives resource, touching on themes from activism and the struggle for freedom to daily life and travel.
We'll be joined in-conversation by teacher Aaishah Rauf, to share practical tips for using the resource with students at KS4, as well as KS3 and 5.
Historian, author and teacher SI Martin will give a short talk on the experiences of Black and South Asian people in 18th- and 19th-century Britain.
There will be time for our speakers to answer some of your questions.
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