AKIRA PRESS PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

 

Akira Press was founded in 1983 by the Poet Desmond Faada Johnson. The company was one of the first pioneering publishers that published black writers in the UK. Working with new writers in the early 1980s was an economically risky business. However the risk was minimised by the excellent support the company got from writers, the community and arts community, especially Greater London Arts. Akira Press published poetry, children books, plays, fiction and non-fiction books. It was very difficult in those days to sell books written by black writers in mainstream bookshops and libraries. So the company devised a road show, that was organized around poetry readings, writers residencies, book launches and community events, all around the UK and introduced the writers directly to the communities. Gradually, mainstream bookshops, book distributors and Libraries started to stock the books and the rest is history. Many of the writers that Akira Press published has gone on to become major writers and have influenced a new generation of writers that have made massive progress, in fiction, non-fiction and children writing. Akira Press is back! with new innovative writing and a huge list of new writers to launch on the world. Akira Press Publications Limited 10 Greycoat Place London SW1P 1SB United Kingdom info@akirapress.com