Liccle Bit: Book 1 (Crongton)

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A bit of a weird one: Robbie Turner said in 2018 she’d been in a car crash with an Uber driver who died but she made it out with a few scratches. Then a few days later, Uber announced this never happened and no driver had died. Robbie subsequently posted a huge statement and then hasn’t been seen publicly since, and hasn’t returned to drag. Princess Poppy In 2008, Wheatle was awarded the MBE for services to literature in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Wheatle, Alex (29 December 2021). "I felt so alone and rejected – until my prison cellmate taught me about belonging". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 December 2021. Yes I do, I keep it in here (points to bag) I'm not going to show you but I have a little pencil and notepad in there just in case. When I'm walking from Clapham Junction to BookTrust offices, who knows what phrase or cool saying I'll come across. I bank that or I write it down in my little notepad! How important is humour in your novels?

Wheatle’s fifth work of fiction, Island Songs (2005), strays further still from South London before returning to Brixton. Following their husbands from rural Jamaica to urban England, Jenny and Hortense Rodney find themselves on a journey of expectation which evokes the Windrush generation, and the pioneer West Indian settlers of the postwar years. As such it holds up to comparison with better known Windrush narratives such as Andrea Levy’s Small Island. If the Windrush narrative has been rendered routine through endless repetition in recent years, Wheatle’s work continues to innovate, moving beyond the youthful masculinities which are central to the authentic vision of his established fiction to dwell on the epic lives of two women. Today we have a variety of narratives and different perspectives. It's very diverse now. We've been talking about diversity for a number of years but I think we're getting there now. So really if we see a troubled young person in a school now, a very good librarian can say: try reading this. This might help you get over whichever issue you're contending with and I think that's a great place to be right now. I think YA and children's books are on the march on this, I think they're in front of adult literature which can sway away from these issues. In fact now I've been immersed in children's writing and young adult narratives I find it very difficult to get into adult literature. For me, it's too slow, the plot doesn't get going, and I can find it very hard to engage with what the author's trying to do or say. Again I think that evade and avoid the issues of today, issues that children have to go through. He has since been called upon to talk on the subject of the Brixton riots, most prominently in the 2006 BBC programme "Battle for Brixton". His early books are based on experiences from his life living in Brixton as a teenager and his time in social services care.He wrote and performed UPRISING, a one man play based on his own life at TARA ARTS STUDIOS, Wandsworth, London.

He now visits schools, colleges, universities, libraries and prisons facilitating creative writing classes and performing inspiring speeches. He has also narrated an audio guide to the streets of Brixton for soundmap. I found this novel started slowly but built in tension around the middle. Once you hit that point, it’s hard to put the book down. Following Lemar as he tries to work out how to keep his life in balance, this book draws you in for the ride right to the end. He has since been called upon to talk on the subject of the Brixton riots, most prominently in the 2006 BBC programme “Battle for Brixton”. His early books are based on experiences from his life living in Brixton as a teenager and his time in social services care. Tell us about the world of Crongton, the setting for all of your children's books Liccle Bit, Crongton Knights, Straight Outta Crongton, Kerb-Stain Boys and now your latest book Home Girl?

What would it have been like for you to have books like the Crongton series when you were a child?

Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (born 3 January 1963) [1] is a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riot in London. [2] Biography [ edit ]