Join writer, poet and podcaster Derek Owusu to celebrate the publication of his new book Losing The Plot.

Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother’s life before he was born, Derek offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of displacement are felt across generations.

Told through the eyes of both mother and son, Losing the Plot is at once emotionally raw and playful as Derek experiments with form to piece together the immigrant experience and explore how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don’t.

In conversation for this event Derek will build on the ways in which his newest book continues to explore the lived reality of the Black presence in the UK. From the trauma experienced by the diaspora and the desire to find one’s voice and thrive in a new place called home, this promises to be an event capable of capturing hearts and minds.

“A highly enigmatic, affectionate and robustly written portrayal of a mother-son relationship and . . . very relatable” Diana Evans

“Derek Owusu is a writer of rare empathy, intensity and allure.” Paul Mendez