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Books

For book related enquires please get in touch with Milly Reilly my literary agent, milly@colwillandpeddle.com at Colwill and Peddle. 

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These books are available at many leading book sellers but please consider supporting a local book shop through bookshop.org

DIVIDED 

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Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare

A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health

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A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023


SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 INDIE CHAMPIONS AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION


A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023

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'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO

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'Important and ambitious' OBSERVER

This searing polemic reveals how racism and colonialism have shaped science and medicine - leading to the health inequalities we see all around us today. Activist, doctor and patient, Annabel Sowemimoreinserts the stories of Black and Indigenous scientists and doctors into the historical narrative, reframing how we see the 'objective' systems we operate within. In confronting this history, she argues for better understanding of our collective past to bring about urgent change. 

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'Outstanding ... I can't stress the importance of this book strongly enough' JACQUELINE ROY, author of The Fat Lady Sings

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'An unflinching, hugely eye-opening exploration of medicine's brutal colonial history' THE i

Anthologies

Annabel's essays have been featured in two ground breaking anthologies, So Hormonal and After Sex, alongside some incredible feminist writers. 

So Hormonal 

Featuring Change: The Bitter Pill Medicine Must Continue to Swallow by Annabel Sowemimo

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So Hormonal is a collection of personal essays detailing the various roles that hormones play in our daily lives. With over 30 authors from almost a dozen countries, this anthology strikes a balance between raw truths, tough challenges, and improbable elation.

Prefaced with a foreword from the author of Please Read This Leaflet Carefully, Karen Havelin, contributors discuss topics such as periods, steroid use, chronic illness, transitioning, men’s fertility and menopause with refreshing openness and honesty.

Expect pieces that celebrate the wonders and joys of hormones, while also challenging the stigma and discrimination routinely faced at the intersection of hormonal experiences. Compiled and introduced by Emily Horgan and Zachary Dickson, So Hormonal is an open call for new conversations about our hormones.

After Sex

Featuring Abortions are for everyone - it's time for a fully inclusive service by Annabel Sowemimo

 

Who decides what happens after sex? The last decade has seen many significant changes to the laws governing women’s reproductive rights around the world, from liberalisation in Ireland to new restrictions in the USA. After Sex offers personal and political perspectives from the mid-20th century to the present day, setting feminist classics alongside contemporary accounts. These essays, short stories and poems trace the debates and tell the stories; together, they ask us to consider what reproductive justice might look like, and how it could reshape sex.The writers pay special attention to people — both fictional and real — who have sought control over their sexual lives, and the joy, comedy, difficulties and disappointments that entails. But above all, After Sex testifies to the power of great writing to show us why that freedom is worth pursuing — without shame and without apology.

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