Black Women's Forum UK presents our third online book club for black women, including trans women, and those who are non-binary or gender non-conforming, where we consider books by black women. The book club will take place every other month, and will alternate between Black British authors and black authors from around the world.

For our third meeting, we will be discussing 'Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold' by Bolu Babalola. The meeting will be on Monday 7th December 2020, starting at 8pm and ending at 9.30pm.

Brief blurb of the book:

Join debut author Bolu Babalola as she recreates the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and retells them with new incredible detail and vivacity. From the homoromantic Greek myths, to magical Nigerian folktales, to the ancient stories of South Asia, Babalola is inspired by tales that truly show the variety and colours of love around the world.

A high-born Nigerian goddess feels beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover and longs to be truly seen.

A young businesswoman attempts to make a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life.

Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realising that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the character's in these vibrant stories try to navigate this most complex human emotion and understand why it holds them hostage.

Bolu takes a step in decolonising tropes of love and creates new stories inspired by the wildly beautiful tales that already exist in so many communities and cultures. Moving exhilaratingly across perspectives, continents and genres, from the historic to vividly current, Love in Colour is a celebration of romance in all its forms.

This event is open to women, including trans women, and those who are non-binary or gender non-conforming, of Black heritage.

You will be emailed a link to the event which will be hosted on Zoom.