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Candice Carty-Williams: ‘People feel very attached to Queenie’

The breakout success of her debut created a publishing scramble for Black writers, but has that appetite for diversity endured? Carty-Williams talks about wanting to quit the TV adaptation, why now is the perfect time for her sequel

The Guardian - UK

Cartwright injured as Aussies start hot at Perth Sevens

Australia have made a hot start to the Rugby Sevens in Perth, with both the men's and women's teams going unbeaten in securing semi-final berths.

AAP

Queenie review: Bitingly funny adaptation lives up to the brilliant book

Candice Carty-Williams’ novel, hailed as the Black British answer to ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’, is brought to life on Channel 4

The Independent UK

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‘I wanted Queenie in everyone’s house’: Candice Carty-Williams’s era-defining novel explodes on to TV

Her literary debut was a smash-hit tale of female self-discovery. As it gets its long-awaited television debut, the author talks breakups, Bridget Jones and why Ian McEwan gets an easier ride than she does

The Guardian - UK

England lose ODI series as West Indies chase reduced target

Jos Buttler out first ball as top-order collapse leaves England with mountain to climb in Barbados.

The Independent UK

Champion review – Candice Carty-Williams’s confident rap drama is full of certified bangers

This hugely entertaining show from the Queenie author sees Top Boy’s Malcolm Kamulete shine as a British rap star battling his sister. Is its writer now south London’s TV bard?

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like all my dreams coming true’: inside the BBC’s electrifying new musical drama

From working with grime legends to tackling racism, author Candice Carty-Williams’s new show Champion is landmark TV. Its team talk Shola Ama, being peng – and the greatest group chat ever

The Guardian - UK

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Cork City 2-3 St Pat's: Inchicore side win battle of interim bosses in five goal thriller

It was a five-goal thriller in Cork as St Pat's came out on top.

Irish Mirror

My favourite fictional character: Queenie, a young Black woman living and dating in London, is 'complex, funny, broken, fun'

Early in the pandemic, I looked after my niece because she had conjunctivitis and couldn’t go to daycare. Despite my best efforts, I caught it. My infection morphed into tonsillitis and I became very sick. I couldn’t read or watch TV properly – which everyone knows are the only pleasures…

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Candice Carty-Williams: ‘It’s time to write a book just about Black people’

How do you follow a game-changing, award-winning debut? Candice Carty-Williams on Queenie, binning her second novel, and how People Person draws on life with eight siblings

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