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Malik Al Nasir

Malik Al Nasir is an author, film maker, performance poet, and an award winning academic from Liverpool.

Malik started tracing his roots back through Caribbean slavery over 20 years ago and his pioneering research has been recognised by Sir Hilary Beckles (Chair: CARICOM Commission for slavery reparations), historian David Olusoga, and The University of Cambridge, where Malik has just completed a PhD in history with a full scholarship. In recognition of the significance of his research, Malik received several awards whilst at Cambridge, as well as an honorary Doctorate from Liverpool Hope University.

Malik is co-founder of the policy making initiative, ‘Black Academia – Lifting the Barriers.’ He has produced and appeared in several documentaries with Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Benjamin Zephaniah, Public Enemy, Ice T and many other luminaries.

Norman Arlott

Wildlife artist Norman Arlott has illustrated nearly 100 books and his artwork regularly appears in magazines. He has designed special bird stamp issues for countries including Jamaica, Bahamas, Seychelles, British Virgin Islands, The Gambia, Malawi and Christmas Island. He has also led ornithology tours to East Africa.

Susan Arnout Smith

Susan Arnout Smith is a third generation Alaskan now living in California. Winner of the Stanley Drama Award, she has written television movies that have aired in the United States and other countries. She has been a playwright at the National Playwrights’ Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and an essayist for National Public Radio.

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was a 19th-century American novelist best known for her novel, Little Women, as well as its well-loved sequels, Little Men and Jo’s Boys. Little Women is renowned as one of the very first classics of children’s literature, and remains a popular masterpiece today.

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