Multi talented freelance writer, festival producer and literature programmer Marcelle Mateki Akita zooms onto a virtual sofa to interview some of the best black British female writing talent, grabbing your attention with some wonderful beautiful hypnotic storytelling as part of Brent Libraries' BBC Novels That Shaped Our World programme.

You can register now for this free event.

This is a partnership project between BBC Arts, Libraries Connected, The Reading Agency, The British Library and The Publishers Association using public funding from Arts Council England.