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‘There needs to be a lot more awareness that we are part of the story – they can’t leave us out’

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By Angela Cobbinah, Margaret Busby, Hamish Hamilton
| Westminster Extra Verified
Margaret Busby [Angela Cobbinah] THE story of a former black CIA agent who uses his inside knowledge to subvert the US establishment just couldn’t find anyone willing to publish it until a young woman came along and helped turn The Spook who Sat by the Door into a best-selling novel. It was 1969 and she was university graduate Margaret Busby, one half of Allison & Busby, a publishing company no one had ever heard of on the look-out for its first big break.
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Part of the Story

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By Margaret Busby
| Penguin Books UK Verified
Margaret Busby has been at the heart of cultural life in the UK for over 50 years. From becoming Britain’s youngest and first Black woman publisher when she founded publishing house Allison & Busby, to editing the ground-breaking international anthologies Daughters of Africa and New Daughters of Africa, her many achievements are testament to her dedication to championing the lives and stories of others, particularly those throughout the world who have been marginalised by the mainstream.
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On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

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By Margaret Busby
| Literary Hub Verified
Is there a more high-profile political prisoner in Egypt than British-Egyptian writer and software developer Alaa Abd el-Fattah? In my role as President of English PEN, I see growing international outrage at the injustice of his case, and bear witness to the respect and support for Alaa and his extraordinary family and writing. Last year, English PEN was honored to name Alaa as our Writer of Courage, selected for the award by the winner of the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, author Arundhati Roy.
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