Maame Blue

You breathe the fire of a dragon with your art. Measured and far reaching.

As part of The Stories We Tell Ourselves, we commissioned 12 writers from Australia and the UK to write a letter to their past or future selves. In response to the question “Who are we now?”, these writers consider what conversations and stories

"My partner felt the same as me; we were still attracted to men, but neither of us were vibing with other women outside of each other — or wanting to. So, not bisexual and not gay. Maybe queer? Did that even hold meaning for either of us?"

As more books are published featuring Black protagonists in historical fiction, we look at the role Black women authors are playing in changing the face of the genre.

Now Free To Read: Writer and SoA Awards winner Maame Blue on the Black authors who are driving positive change in publishing

A Creative Nonfiction piece

We haven’t seen Nana; not since the fire. I told friends at school it was a blaze, but I lied, like always. It was just a fire, spreading quickly and evenly throughout our kitchen…