Reni Eddo-Lodge

Reni Eddo-Lodge

Eddo-Lodge in 2014
Eddo-Lodge in 2014
Born (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 34)
London, England
Occupation
  • Columnist
  • author
Alma materUniversity of Central Lancashire
Subject
Notable worksWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (2017)
Website
renieddolodge.co.uk

Reni Eddo-Lodge FRSL (born 25 September 1989) is a British journalist and author, whose writing primarily focuses on feminism and exposing structural racism. She has written for a range of publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Voice, BuzzFeed, Vice, i-D and Dazed & Confused,[1] and is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[2][3]

In June 2020, following the George Floyd protests, her book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (published in 2017) rose 155 places to top the UK non-fiction paperback chart, at the same time as Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 novel Girl, Woman, Other topped the paperback fiction chart, the first time books by black British women headed both charts.[4][5] On 16 June 2020 she became the first black British woman to be No. 1 overall in the British book charts.[6]

  1. ^ "Reni Eddo-Lodge". Felicity Bryan Associates. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ "New Daughters of Africa". Myriad Editions.
  3. ^ Uwadiae, Etinosa (22 March 2019). "5 Diverse Anthologies To Add To Your Reading List In 2019". bookriot.com.
  4. ^ Flood, Alison (10 June 2020). "Black British authors top UK book charts in wake of BLM protests". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Chilton, Louis (11 June 2020). "'I can't help but be dismayed': Reni Eddo-Lodge becomes first black author to top paperback non-fiction charts". The Independent. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  6. ^ Flood, Alison (16 June 2020). "Reni Eddo-Lodge becomes first black British author to top UK book charts". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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