Society Within

Name: Society Within
Author: Courttia Newland

by Courttia Newland

A woman confronts gang culture, motherhood, and belonging in urban London neighbourhoods

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Courttia Newland

British novelist and short-story writer whose fiction explores Black British life in West London with gritty realism and speculative possibility. The Scholar and A River Called Time are among his most celebrated works. He is a key voice in contemporary Black British literature.

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