AN ACCLAIMED British actor will be speaking about his new book on Friday, October 14.
Reading Central Library are inviting Reading residents to attend a screening of Paterson Joseph talking about his debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.
The event will be streamed live from the British Library in London.
The book follows Charles, who was born on board a slave ship in c.1739, before being orphaned and sold into slavery.
Transported across the Atlantic to Britain at the age of two, he spent his upbringing in a household with three English sisters, before escaping enslavement.
He develops a career as a businessman, writer and composer who sat the very heart of Georgian London, becoming the first Black person to vote in Britain and leading the fight to end slavery.
Beginning with a reading from the book, Mr Joseph will go on to explore what it meant to be a Black Briton at that time.
He will also discuss how historical fiction can help breathe fresh life into real historical figures.
The event is part of Reading’s Black History Month events.
The screening is free to attend with no prior booking required. It will run from 7pm-8.30pm.
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