Each month we invite two authors or illustrators to share their experiences. This page provides an archive of previous month’s entries for you to browse.
The BookTrust Represents Community archive
Read past posts from members of the BookTrust Represents Community.
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Yelitza Smith reflects on the role of resilience in realising her dreams and the BTR Creator Spotlight is on talented emerging author Dominic Yoboué.
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Middle-Grade author Isaac Hamilton-McKenzie reflects on his weekend at Cheltenham Literary Festival with BTR, and our Creator Spotlight is on Midlands-based author Siren Knight
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In October 2025, Lancashire-based creator Reyhana Ismail explored community, connection and the benefits of freelancing, and our BTR Creator Spotlight was on author Clare Weze.
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In September 2025, debut picture book author, Lucy Tandon-Copp, took us behind the scenes of her journey to publication and the BTR spotlight was on illustrator Suhayla Ibrahim.
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BookTrust Represents is a programme created to promote and improve the representation of people of colour in children’s books so that all children read a range of books that reflect them and their wider communities.
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