- Chair of the Orwell Prize for Fiction, 2021
The last few months have been very busy. No idle moments during lockdown. I worked on visual arts and literary projects, building on existing relationships and creating… Read more: Chair of the Orwell Prize for Fiction, 2021 - English Pen
Another literary project that I enjoyed working on was the English Pen’s Anti-Racism Audit(https://www.englishpen.org). And, an off-shoot of that consultancy work, an engaging Writer’s Event, chaired by… Read more: English Pen - Consulting on Turner’s Modern World at Tate Britain
One of Britain’s greatest artist, JMW Turner, was the focus of my introduction working as a consultant with the curators of Tate Britain. I was thrilled to… Read more: Consulting on Turner’s Modern World at Tate Britain - Podcasts
I took part in Dr Panjwani’s Women and Shakespeare Series: http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Genuine Fakes, an interdisciplinary symposium, Oxford. The series was launched and promoted at TORCH at the University of Oxford,… Read more: Podcasts - ‘How did we get here?’ Talk at the Globe Theatre
Shakespeare, and especially investigating the diverse aspects of the Bard’s work, has been one of my research interests since writing Moses, Citizen and Me. In 2018, an… Read more: ‘How did we get here?’ Talk at the Globe Theatre - New Daughters of Africa: an international anthology of writing by women of African descent
In 2019 Margaret Busby published New Daughters of Africa: an international anthology ofwriting by women of African descent, showcasing the work of more than 200 women writers.… Read more: New Daughters of Africa: an international anthology of writing by women of African descent - South Asian Dance – Feasibility Study 2018
Follow the link below to read the full Research and Report by Magdalen Gorringe, Delia Jarrett-Macauley and Anita Srivastava: South Asian Dance – Feasibility Study 2018 - Research and development for Richard II
Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton co-direct a women of colour cast in a post Empire reflection on what it means to be British in the light of… Read more: Research and development for Richard II - Supporting Visual Artists of Colour
Eating At the Same Table is a new collective of young emerging artists of colour. Founded in September 2017 by Bold Tendencies’ Director of Education, Sasha Morgan… Read more: Supporting Visual Artists of Colour - South Asian Dance degree feasibility study
Photographer: Simon Richardson - The Diverse Bard:Shakespeare, Race and Performance
Publication date: 2017Publisher: RoutledgeISBN: 978-1-138-91382-0 Delia’s work on Shakespeare resulted in a number of exciting projects. She joined the London Book Fair delegation to China and spoke… Read more: The Diverse Bard:Shakespeare, Race and Performance - The Orwell Youth Prize
The Orwell Youth Prize, one of my favourite prizes, is targeted at writers aged 14-18. Anyone in that age group is allowed to enter, but what I… Read more: The Orwell Youth Prize - Chair of Caine Prize Board of Trustees (2016 – )
For nearly twenty years The Caine Prize for African Writing has been regarded as a leading literary award and it has honoured a stream of talented authors… Read more: Chair of Caine Prize Board of Trustees (2016 – ) - Othello can be white, Romeo can be a girl
Photo: William Shakespeare, First FolioCourtesy of www.ox.ac.uk “Several years ago in 2007 when I served as a judge for the Caine Prize (commonly known as the African Booker),… Read more: Othello can be white, Romeo can be a girl - Delia Guest at ‘Africa Writes’ Symposium
A symposium featuring translators, writers, artists and academics. opened the 2013 ‘Africa Writes’ literature and book festival at the British Library in London. Delia was invited to… Read more: Delia Guest at ‘Africa Writes’ Symposium - Bath and Bristol Event is Yardstick for African Writing
Discussion Panel: Lost in Translation, BathDelia (panel chair) with Mukoma Wa NgugiCourtesy of thephoto.co.uk A dozen of the best writers and performance poets from across the African Diaspora… Read more: Bath and Bristol Event is Yardstick for African Writing - Delia Goes Cock-a-Hoop for Shakespeare
Bath Spa University invited Delia to speak at a national symposium exploring Shakespeare in the New Millennium. Hosted by the Department of Performing Arts, in partnership with… Read more: Delia Goes Cock-a-Hoop for Shakespeare - I’m lonely, I’ll make me a world
Photo: Artist Graeme Mortimer Evelyn with his installation ‘Call and Responses: The Odyssey of the Moor’. Courtesy of www.voice-online.co.uk Award winning novelist, Delia Jarrett-Macauley, has recorded an audio… Read more: I’m lonely, I’ll make me a world - The Life of Una Marson 1905-1965
Publication date: 1998; reprinted 2010Publisher: Manchester University Press (1998, 2010)ISBN: 9780719082566 A biography of Jamaican feminist, activist and writer Una Marson, who established herself as a pioneering… Read more: The Life of Una Marson 1905-1965 - On Winning the Orwell Prize
Delia’s thoughts on some of the misconceptions surrounding Moses, Citizen & Me, and how she sees the Orwell Prize as recognition of her novel’s unique and measured… Read more: On Winning the Orwell Prize - Moses, Citizen & Me
Moses, Citizen & Me Publication date: 2005 Publisher: Granta Books (2005) ISBN: 186207741X