Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hannah Lowe and Nicole-Rachelle Moore introduce Small Island by Andrea Levy. Through notes, sketches and drafts from Andrea Levy’s archive, discover how Levy developed character, voice and setting in the novel and explore key contexts including Windrush and migration from the Caribbean to Britain.

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Director: Timi Akindele-Ajani
Producer: Cree Brown (Pavilion Works)
Camera operator: Caleb Johnston
Sound recordist: Danny Hilton
British Library editorial and production: Katie Adams, Noha Choudhury

Generously supported by The Patricia G. and Jonathan S. England – British Library Innovation Fund, Eccles Institute and The American Trust for the British Library.

Music from #Uppbeat: uppbeat.io/t/sega-williams/forever
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Audio described version available here: youtu.be/tKFej3gM5VE