‘An invaluable collection’ - BBC
‘The Colour of Madness leaves my heart simultaneously aching at what Black and Brown people are forced to survive under, and full because I lost count of how many times I saw myself on these pages.’ – Paula Akpan, journalist and author
‘A seminal body of work that centres our voices authentically and unapologetically’ – Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-author of Grown, co-founder of Black Girls Book Club
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REVISED EDITION, 2022
Pan Macmillan. ‘There is no single mental health story’: Samara Linton on disrupting whitewashed mental health narratives.
Cosmopolitan. 26 of the best books about mental health written by experts.
National Survivor User Network. Book Review.
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust. Book Review.
The British Psychological Society. Book Review.
Healthy Brains Global Initiative. In Conversation with Rianna Walcott and Samara Linton, Authors of The Colour of Madness.
Make A Difference. Bringing Black mental health to life in a book.
Bad Form. SUNSHINE GIRL. AN EXTRACT FROM THE COLOUR OF MADNESS.
FIRST EDITION, 2018
The Pool. “Mental health issues can feel like they’re only for white, middle-class people”
Boundless. The colour of mental health…
Dazed. Six new anthologies to make you smarter this winter.
Marbles. A Mentally Healthy Christmas: Books.
Bustle. Five Books About Mental Health That Will Make You Feel Less Alone.
Mental Health Today. Reading minds: the best mental health novels and memoirs of 2018.
The Psychologist. A kaleidoscope of mental illness.
Media Diversified. ‘The mental health system was not designed with us in mind.’
Disability Arts Online. But is it any good? ‘Quality’ and the Marginalised Artist: part 1
Entertainment Focus. Interview: Rianna Walcott on The Colour of Madness.
Artefact. Revealing the colour of madness.
TimeOut. Things to do: Black Sheroes Month.
Blueprint Magazine. This new anthology on BME mental health is looking for submissions.
Black Ballad UK. Why We Need To Write Our Own Mental Health Narratives.
Gal-dem Magazine. The Colours of Madness: Seeking healthcare as a POC.
Imkaan @ Medium. #16blogs for #IDEVAW. Beyond ‘Resilience’: black women and mental health
SAMARA LINTON / Writer, editor, producer 