Selected Media
Big Issue, 15 April 2023: ‘I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one’
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The Irish Times, Monday April 24, 2023 (Books) – Less Bridget Jones, more Bridgerton by Frances Mensah Williams,
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2023/04/24/less-bridget-jones-more-bridgerton/
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Bustle Magazine – Dec. 2022 – Books – 20 Books by British & Irish Women to Look Out for in 2023 – Strictly Friends
(Download here)
Country & Townhouse Magazine, CTH Book Club – Jan. 2023 – 8 British Authors to Put on Your TBR This Year by Dorothy Koomson
(Download here)
Vogue – British Vogue Magazine, March 2013 – Books – Bernadine Evaristo: 2023 is a Breakthrough Year for Black British Novelists
(Download here)
UK TOP 100 AFRICAN BUSINESS LEADERS – Frances Mensah Williams CBE FRSA – African Business Chamber
(Download here)
Fabulous Magazine, 19 March 2023, Fabulist Book Review – Strictly Friends
(Download here)
The Sun newspaper, 19 March 2023, Book Competition – Strictly Friends
(Download here)
My Weekly Magazine, March 2023 – Short Story: Lucky Ship
(Read it here)
Candis Magazine, April 2023, The Bookshelf – Book review, Strictly Friends
(Download here)
Woman magazine, 24 August 2022 Issue, Book Review – The Second Time We Met
(Download here)
Woman & Home magazine, September 2022 Issue, Book Review –The Second Time We Met
(Download here)
My Weekly magazine, 4 August 2022 Issue, Book Review – The Second Time We Met
(Download here)
An Open Letter to My Favourite Author, Dorothy Koomson by Frances Mensah Williams Female First magazine
(https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/the-second-time-we-met-frances-mensah-williams-1360388.html)
Candis.co.uk August 2022 Issue, Book Review, The Second Time We Met
(Download here)
Capital XTRA Book Club with Leah Davis, Volume 9
(Podcast interview with Leah Davis: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DreHAG/https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DreHAG/)
Summer Books 2022, i Newspaper (‘What I’m Reading This Summer’, Dorothy Koomson,
The Second Time We Met)(https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/summer-books-2022-best-ever-beach-reads-val-mcdermid-anthony-horowitz-1702872)
Publishers Weekly, Book Review (The Second Time We Met)
What’s Trending in the Entertainment Industry – April 2021
(Asante Afrika: https://asanteafrika.net/2021/04/30/whats-trending-in-the-entertainment-industry-april-edition)
Top 5 Books selected by Guest Editor, Dorothy Koomson, Summer 2021 (Imperfect Arrangements)
(LoveReading: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/lovereading-loves/guest-editor-summer-2021-dorothy-koomson-35.html)
The Top 20 African Books of 2020, African Arguments (Imperfect Arrangements)
(African Arguments: https://africanarguments.org/2020/12/the-top-20-african-books-of-2020)
A Little Book Problem: Romancing the Romance Authors with… Frances Mensah Williams
https://alittlebookproblem.co.uk/2021/08/03/romancing-the-romance-authors-with-frances-williams/
Publishers Weekly Book Review of Imperfect Arrangements
(Publishers Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780956917546)
The Bookmark: Dorothy Koomson interviews Frances Mensah Williams
https://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/writers-note/frances-mensah-williams/
Black British Bloggers: Love in a Warm Climate: River Wild
Author Q&A II: 10 Questions With Frances Mensah Williams
(Sage Literacy Foundation: https://sageliteracyfoundation150273925.wordpress.com/2021/06/29/author-qa-ii-10-questions-with-frances-mensah-williams)
Talk Editor: Frances Mensah Williams
(https://www.talkeditor.com/frances-williams-reconnect-africa)
The Black British Women Writing Themselves into Romance Novels – Black Ballad
(Black Ballad: https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/black-british-women-romance-fiction?listIds=5f86bccbe7f1ce6ab428d6ff )
A Conversation with Frances Mensah Williams – Greenacre Writers
(Greenacre Writers: http://greenacrewriters.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-conversation-with-frances-mensah.html )
Diversity in Publishing with Jazzmine Breary and Frances Mensah Williams
(Beth’s Books: https://bethsbooks.home.blog/2018/10/30/diversity-in-publishing-with-jazzmine-breary-jreadsalot-and-frances-mensah-williams-author-of-from-pasta-to-pigfoot/ )
Dorothy Koomson: ‘There is more to black women and women of colour than the current narrative allows.’
(Penguin: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/dorothy-koomson-on-female-representation-in-black-panther/ )
African Writers Find a New Voice
(The Voice: https://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/african-writers-find-new-voice )
Waitrose Weekend Magazine (July 2020) – Imperfect Arrangements Review
https://francesmensahwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Waitrose-Weekending-Magazine-July-2020-Extract.pdf
Bookchat with Frances Mensah Williams – African Book Addict
https://africanbookaddict.com/category/frances-mensah-williams/
The Bookmark: Dorothy Koomson interviews Frances Mensah Williams
https://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/writers-note/frances-mensah-williams/
In Conversation with Frances Mensah Williams – Pull Down the Moon (Video)
[From Pasta to Pigfoot& Imperfect Arrangements]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TtTEepcsQs&feature=youtu.be
Imperfect Arrangements Book Review – Pull Down the Moon (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebAKZHcl5E
Imperfect Arrangements Book Review – Mommy Loves to Read (Video)
AfrolitSans Frontieres Festival 2020 – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=_enSpDUC72I&feature=emb_logo
The New Black Magazine:
http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=4363
Qweens Magazine (Canada)
https://qweensmagazine.com/featured-qweens/frances-mensah-williams-imperfect-arrangements
James Murua’s Literature Blog
https://www.jamesmurua.com/frances-mensah-williams-imperfect-arrangements-unveiled-on-march-6-2020/
Shine Out Loud Podcast (March 2020)
http://www.shineoutloud.tv/frances-mensah-williams-cbe-our-international-womens-day-2020-woman-to-celebrate/?fbclid=IwAR0DtB_od7VmPe1szADnTSkPs-TGNPxO15PPY3qg_qRyrkaEnwHm5Tc__oU
http://www.shineoutloud.tv/frances-mensah-williams-cbe-our-international-womens-day-2020-woman-to-celebrate/
Why I Write: Frances Mensah Williams
(Faber Academy: https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/news/2015/06/why-i-write-frances-mensah-williams/)
An interview with Ghanaian author Frances Mensah Williams
(Misbeee Writes: https://msbwrites.co.uk/2015/12/05/an-interview-with-ghanaian-author-frances-mensah-williams/)
A Journey of Self-Discovery and Love: A Review of Frances Mensah Williams’ From Pasta to Pigfoot
(Africa in Words: https://africainwords.com/2016/07/21/a-journey-of-self-discovery-and-love-a-review-of-frances-mensah-williams-from-pasta-to-pigfoot/ )
5 things I learned self-publishing AND traditionally publishing my books
(Completely Novel: https://www.completelynovel.com/articles/self-publishing-vs-traditional-publishing)
Pede Hollist: In Search of Cultural Literacy, Not Orthodoxy. (From Pasta to Pigfoot)
(Afrikult: https://francesmensahwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/In_Search_of_Cultural_Literacy_Not_Orthodoxy.pdf )
Interview with Frances Mensah Williams: CEO of Interims for Development Ltd, UK
(Shedistinction: https://www.shedistinctionblog.com/2015/08/interview-with-frances-mensah-williams-ceo-of-interims-for-development-ltd-uk/ )
Frances Mensah Williams Returns to the Suburb
(Suburb News: http://www.hgs.org.uk/suburbnews/sn125/sn.pdf )