Valerie Brandes

Founder and Publisher at Jacaranda Books Art Music.

[Valerie Brandes @valrey]

So proud and excited for our new board!
Koomson joins Jacaranda Books' inaugural advisory board https://t.co/qhzOzblgxH

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

She tore that tf UP whew ZERO lies were told. #They are ADDICTED

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it. RT

[Misan Harriman @misanharriman]

Remind everyone, ALL the time.

@WearThePeaceCo

[Misan Harriman @misanharriman]

Every month, I will remind you about Grenfell! Please never forget!

It will be 9 years this year, and still no justice.

The Grenfell Fire is the UK’s deadliest residential fire since World War II.

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

Wrote something for industry insiders to digest.

Perhaps someone at the BBC and BAFTA will read and digest because the way they've handled this is unacceptable.

https://t.co/y4dFjFko5W

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Nadiya Hussain has suggested her latest Islamic cuisine cookbook led to alienation from brands such as the BBC 👇 https://t.co/nClQKDWVDc

[The Voice Newspaper @TheVoiceNews]

#YourVoiceMatters

@DawnButlerBrent: ‘The BBC broadcast the N-Word. Black Britain deserves answers’

In this searing critique, the Brent East MP questions why a racial slur was deemed acceptable for the BAFTA broadcast and warns that without diversity and accountability, these incidents will continue to happen

➡️Read full commentary here: https://t.co/TbDM9k3xiG

[The Voice Newspaper @TheVoiceNews]

"This is not about the involuntary nature of the outburst.

"It is about the voluntary nature of the broadcast."

"The @BBC had the power to prevent this. It chose not to use it. And that choice speaks louder than any apology"

Read full op-ed from @richardsudan

https://t.co/NORIK29F8V➡️

[Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 @DawnButlerBrent]

The @BBC had a 2-hour delay, yet a racial slur was broadcast to millions. We need answers.

This isn’t about blaming people with Tourette's.

It’s about editorial accountability, failure of duty of care for all and how Black pain is often minimised. ✍🏾

https://t.co/tVCm7JD75X

[The House Of Montecito @blakjaxx]

#MisanHarriman on his friend #MeghanSussex and the #ToxicBritishMedia asking him why the #Sussexes have not commented on #PrinceAndrew

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Nothing scares Donald Trump more than a smart, accomplished, and beloved Black family.

RETWEET if you are proud to stand with the Obamas!

[Sylvia @joeloveshelen]

Keep this loathsome woman & this deleted video trending! Quote from @thecarolemalone on her source for defamatory claims she made about #DoriaRagland.

"I believed this to be the case based on what I now understand to be misinformation I had seen online."

[Valerie Brandes @valrey]

@Lorna_TVeditor 'Precise dates and times' of the putrid lie, a basic journalistic requirement of even the basest 'reporting', are dismissed. Why does that dreadful woman still have a job????

[Fly Sistah 🪷 @Fly_Sistah]

I've been warning ya'll about this for years. Only a few billionaires own all media companies. They're always going to pick money over people. Kimmel mocked Trump not Charlie Kirk. Nexstar has a $6.2B deal pending that needs FCC approval.
https://t.co/54aGhJ3qDo

[FL-Shawn @FLShawn1]

#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #NoKingsDay

#NoKingsInAmerica #NOKINGSPROTESTS

[Black History Walks @blackhistwalker]

https://t.co/eNDYFPmP14 @sophiebwaterman @JoyceOhajah @joycegreycarter @blackpoppies14 @SocCaribbean @QMPan @erbradfield @MirandaKaufmann @MsLadyPhyll @daliagebrial @DrDoyinA @UKBBSHOW @BinoandFino @TheHardStop @valrey @ricyeboah @Mimlish @BarnetLibraries

[The Rap Up @TherapupUK]

The Spook Who Sat By The Door the cult classic first published by Margaret Busby in 1969. A landmark republication by Jacaranda Books in 2024. Margaret Busby CBE, HON. FRSL tells us more.
Get the book: https://t.co/p2tyodtwot
Full Interview: https://t.co/jaFwvQt8nE
Sam Greenlee’s The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969) is a satirical, anti-racist classic about Dan Freeman, the CIA’s first Black officer, who uses espionage training to incite militant rebellion against systemic oppression.
#thespookwhosatbythedoor #samgreenlee #margaretbusby #publishing #book #blackbooks #booktwt #cia #booklover #BooksWorthReading #AUTHORS #author #art #readers #writing #writersofcolour #racism @JacarandaBooks @valrey @HachetteUK @IrenosenOkojie @xNikkiyx

[Black History Walks @blackhistwalker]

https://t.co/EibXOZx9nc @waywivewordz @garyyounge @VestryHouse @valrey @wellplaced @BarnetLibraries

[Black History Walks @blackhistwalker]

@erbradfield @DrRBajpai @daliagebrial @DrDoyinA @UKBBSHOW @ezabe2 @valrey @AskProfGusJohn @ricyeboah @caomag11 @SchomburgCenter @JUSTICEwithDROC @BLACKBAcademics @HistoryGold @dara_coker @DavidOlusoga @EmmaDabiri @emmadentcoad @Brenda_King_MBE @akalamusic @JoyJamesAuthor

[Jacaranda Books @JacarandaBooks]

Watch @nytimes bestselling author and Emmy Award winning producer @kwamealexander visit Tesco in #BrentCross during his UK trip to see our historical #BlackHistoryMonth partnership! ✈️

Visit now and grab a great book while you shop! #tescoxjacarandsbhm