Contributors and supporters Sandra A. Agard has been a Professional Storyteller, Writer, Cultural Historian and Literature Consultant for over forty years. She has performed at venues across the UK and internationally. She has written numerous plays and has had work published in a variety of collections and anthologies like Time for Telling ed. by Mary Medlicott and Unheard Voices ed. by Malorie Blackman. Sandra was the Literature Development Officer for Southwark and Lewisham Libraries for eighteen years. In 2016, Sandra was the Centenary Storyteller for the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. Sandra published her first children’s book called Trailblazers: Harriet Tubman-The Journey to Freedom in 2019. Sandra co-edited with Laila Sumpton the book Where We Find Ourselves – a collection of poems and stories. Sandra has recently performed in the play Passing On, a collection of monologues and duologues at the Roundhouse in London. In 2022 Sandra will be publishing four books for children on Black History. Sandra is currently a Learning Facilitator for Schools at the British Library. Joanna Brown is a writer, researcher and educator, working with a focus on Black British lives and histories. She is currently reading for a PhD in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London and is a British Library Eccles Centre Research Fellow. Her short memoir, Birds can be heard singing through open windows, was Highly Commended in the 2020 Spread the Word Life Writing competition. Joanna trained to teach at the Institute of Education and worked for several years as a primary school teacher in Haringey. Her recent work for schools includes the Africa Writes poetry development programme. At the British Library, she has led school workshops and CPD sessions, exploring the Library’s collections with pupils and teachers to spark curiosity and inspire creative writing. Joanna writes for children under the name JT Williams. Her debut novel, The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, spotlighting Black British lives in Georgian London, will be published by Farshore Books in June 2022.
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