She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her love life is permanently casual, she's grieving for her dad and if her mother and the aunties don't stop asking her when she's going to settle down and start having babies, she might just lose it. Sharing the lessons she wishes her younger self could have known: 'Freedom is Complicated', 'Your Anger is Legitimate', and updated with a new chapter, Anita shows how she became the powerhouse she is whilst battling against being too white inside her home and too brown outside of it. In a video on her Instagram account, Anita said: “My debut fiction novel that I’ve been working on, Baby Does A Runner, comes out in July.

One name that is synonymous with children’s publishing in the 21st century is Julia Donaldson, whose lyrical picture books have sold over 17 million copies worldwide and become undeniable modern classics – including The Gruffalo, Room On The Broom and What The Ladybird Heard. The Chalke History Festival announces a new name, new look, and tons for history buffs to get their teeth into! In looking for her family's secrets, she learns about Partition, the atrocities that took place and how families including her own, were torn apart. Melissa Cox said: ‘It has been tremendous fun working with Anita on this book which is full of the trademarks that make her such a beloved broadcaster – it is funny, moving and gives a voice to those who always feel slightly out of place, no matter how hard they try.She shares with us the lessons she wishes her 16-year-old self could have known then: you do not need to bleach your skin; be your own superhero; you are Indian enough; you don't need to compromise on your own happiness; and that there is no such thing as the right sort of girl. She is a lead presenter on Countryfile, hosts Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 every week and regularly presents on Radio 2. When Maharaja Duleep Singh died, the British kind of saw their opportunity to take over and annex this great state of Punjab.

Fizzing with energy, hilarity and charm, The Right Sort of Girl is a coming-of-age story of identity. Baby is in her mid-thirties, stuck in a fairly mundane PR job in Manchester, in a situationship with a colleague, despite her mother’s attempts to encourage her to settle down. But it also delves into religion, culture, history, generational trauma, in an accessible and approachable manner. First person narrative is not my favourite pov in general, and although the main character was 36, it felt like this was written for a younger audience.

I’ve spent so long trying to fit in, learning what’s required of me and adapting to any given situation, I may just have lost the point of who I am. A trip back home to Bradford for a 'surprise' birthday tea highlights all her frustrations and also reveals a mystery that she wants to unravel. I think most people who have some kind of other background, whether it’s working class or a person of colour, and don’t fit the landscape of your work environment, will recognise that maybe you have to jump up and down a little bit more than the person next to you,” says Rani. After discovering love letters addressed to her late grandad – by a woman who isn’t her grandmother – Baby decides to venture to India to uncover family secrets. This is a story that is absolutely rammed full of Indian terms, especially for clothes, food and religion.

Whilst a nice story, it was predictable and contrived (particularly the enemies to lovers trope, and the discovery of a certain person at the denouement). It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.Anyway, it wasn't really a romance, it didn't really go into any depth about Partition (maybe if she ditched the romance and made it all about tracing what happened to Baby's grandfather's first wife and two children through Partition), it was a little bit Eat, Pray, Love in the way Baby 'found herself' travelling around a foreign country where she barely spoke the language, just because her grandparents and mother were born there. At times I found myself laughing out loud, nodding my head in agreement or commenting out loud how relatable something was. This story of a second-generation British Indian woman up north is also a tale of tenacity and a life lived with positivity and humour. I found myself highlighting so many words and looking them up, finding photos etc that the flow of the story was interrupted - not a problem for someone who is Indian or of Indian heritage, or who knows more than I did.