This year, our August Reading list is back with the most important books of the year based on the recommendations from authors who have featured in our First Draft interview series and the editorial team at The Republic.

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The Chagos Betrayal by Florian Grosset-winner of the Bread and Roses Award- featured in The Republic as one of the most important books of the year. I cannot recommend this book enough Florian Grosset! Published by MyriadEditions

This is your regular reminder that 87% of comics creators in the UK are not working full time in comics. (I’m not, even now!) No one should feel bad about having a day job, especially in these crushing times. You are no less of a comics creator.

The United States and the United Kingdom have been accused of “crimes against humanity” in the Chagos Islands mediarunsearch.co.uk/the-united-sta…

Yachts are allowed to dock off the #ChagosIslands , but Chagossians are not permitted to visit or be part of the crew. On Monday WORDfest Crawley showcased the story of the displaced islanders with authors Florian Grosset MyriadEditions and Natasha Soobramanien Fitzcarraldo Editions

Independent bookshops are brilliant & we need to cherish and use them...regularly!! #londonbooklovers

Schools in the UK, USA and Canada are already using this powerful memoir with their students. Now there’s a free guide, link below: ‘I’ve been living in two places all my life; the England I was born in, and the lost world of my Iraqi-Jewish family’s roots.’ The Surreal McCoy

This may have been a short month, but the team have come across GEMS - cyberpunk about found families fighting aliens to a memoir about memory and astronomy and much more.

A wee round-up of Lighthouse Feb reads! (1/9)

Susanna Nicklin MyriadEditions Priya Hein Foyles Bookshop Florian Grosset The Indigo Press An excellent conversation! Good to meet you and Priya Hein All luck to your new novel #Riambel Thank you, Antony, and Harry Foyles Bookshop and to Florian Grosset as always for her impassioned presentation of her graphic novel witnessing UK colonial debacle #TheChagosBetrayal #Mauritius

TONIGHT! Heading off to Foyles Bookshop to see Florian Grosset Priya Hein talking about colonial violence #Mauritius #ChagosIslands Florian's graphic novel #TheChagosBetrayal was inspired by the discrimination she witnessed against the Chagos Islanders as she grew up in Mauritius.

No plans tomorrow evening?

Come and join us at Foyles Charing Cross, to hear
Priya Hein and Florian Grosset talk to critic Anthony Cummins about the legacy of colonial violence in Mauritius, the subject of their evocative books.

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Less than two weeks until this, sure to be incredible, event Foyles Bookshop with Florian Grosset and Priya Hein! Get your tickets now. foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/…

Rethinking Mauritius. Next month THE CHAGOS BETRAYAL author Florian Grosset is teaming up with Priya Hein for an evening at Foyles Bookshop CXR. Guaranteed to be a fascinating, thought provoking conversation. Tickets here: foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/…

Event news!

🌸 Transport yourself to Mauritius for a night of literature with RIAMBEL author Priya Hein and THE CHAGOS BETRAYAL author Florian Grosset, hosted by Anthony Cummins at Foyles, Charing Cross 🌸

Tuesday 21 February | 19:00 GMT Foyles Bookshop, London

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Sabba Khan's WHAT IS HOME MUM? (the US title for THE ROLES WE PLAY) came 3rd in Publishers Weekly 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll! Congratulations @sabbakhan_! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…