SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 'Beautiful, haunting, thought-provoking … A book I will return to again and again' Bernardine Evaristo A gorgeously produced, hugely original examination of Black Britishness in the 21st century What is Black Britain? In 2021, award-winning poet Roger Robinson and acclaimed photographer Johny Pitts rented a red Mini Cooper and decided to follow the coast clockwise in search of an answer to this question. Leaving London, they followed the River Thames east towards Tilbury, where the Empire Windrush docked in 1948. Too often, that is where the history told about Black Britain begins and ends - but Robinson and Pitts continued out of London, following the coast clockwise through Margate to Land's End, Bristol to Blackpool, Glasgow to John O'Groats and Scarborough to Southend on Sea. Here, the authors found not only Black British culture long overlooked in official narratives of Britain, but also the history of Empire and transatlantic slavery to which every Briton is tethered. Home Is Not a Place is the spectacular result of the journey they documented: a free-form composition of photography, poetry and essays that offers a book-length reflection upon Black Britishness - its complexity, strength and resilience - at the start of a new decade. 'Masterful … A thing of brilliance' Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water - AWARD-WINNING COLLABORATION: Roger Robinson was awarded the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the TS Eliot Prize for his 2019 collection of poetry, A Portable Paradise, whilst Johny Pitts was awarded the Jhalak Prize for his debut book, Afropean, a survey of Black Europe. - ROAMING EXHIBITION: Photos from this book will be exhibited in a dedicated exhibition travelling from Sheffield to Edinburgh and London and onto the continent, with Paris and Amsterdam soon to be confirmed. - BLACK HISTORY MONTH: HINAP will be published to coincide with Black History Month and the authors will be driving home its significance in this regard in the press they do for the book. - BLACK BRITAIN - NOT BLACK LONDON: Most books on Black Britain begin and end in London. HINAP follows the coast clockwise from Margate to Land's End, Cardiff to Liverpool, Glasgow to John O'Groats and Newcastle to Southend on Sea, painting a picture of Black Britishness unlike any we've seen in book form. Competition: Black and British, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Natives, Afropean, A Portable Paradise, Open Water, Love Marriage, People Person. David Olusoga, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Akala, Johny Pitts, Roger Robinson, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Monica Ali, Candice Carty-Williams

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