Manifesto

The most striking feature of this moving and enjoyable book is her fearless openness. When the publishing world looked closed to her she prised it open with her daring fiction

The Sunday Times

Manifesto combines the personal with the practical to powerful effect

The Guardian

The autobiographical parts of the book serve as vivid lessons about the power of change, growth and self-confidence

The Daily Telegraph

A bold memoir. Prepare to be inspired

Psychologies

Bernardine Evaristo is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtlety and humanity. Exceptional

Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby and The Good Immigrant

Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere

Elif Shafak, author of the bestselling The Island of Missing Trees

Bernardine Evaristo is the most daring, imaginative and innovative of writers

Inua Ellams

This honest, engaging memoir shares such gems . . . the perfect read for anyone who dreams big

The Times & The Sunday Times, Book of the Year

A meditation on personal transformation, cultural inequalities, activism, belonging, love and friendships - and above all, the power of creativity

New Statesman

How I wish when I was 18, that someone - if not necessarily my school - had also thrust Manifesto into my hands

Evening Standard

Shimmers with unfailing self-belief and a strong vein of humility

The Spectator

Raw and emotive . . . a powerful account of how Evaristo got to the top of her game - it's moving, but there's also much humour and joy

Independent

Manifesto serves as not only a beautifully written, measured companion piece to the fictionalised lives of Girl, Woman, Other, but as a testament to Evaristo's own trailblazing commitment to creativity, education and activism

Buzzfeed

This humorous and eye-opening memoir is fascinating . . . and beautifully told

Sunday Telegraph, Five Books That Will Make You See the World Differently