@DeanAtta

BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author

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Joined March 2009
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Thank you to everyone for taking the time to nominate for the Malorie Blackman Impact Award, sponsored by Renaissance. The shortlist! Joseph Coelho OBE, Robin Stevens and Catherine Johnson. The winner will be announced at our ceremony next week! #thedbawards
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Fabulous evening meeting the brilliant @DeanAtta as part of @wowfest’s Black History Month programme. An award-winning author, poet and filmmaker, Dean is a phenomenal storyteller. It was a pleasure to celebrate the publication of his adult literary debut, Big Man.
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Such a pleasure to meet @DeanAtta at The Heath Bookshop in #Birmingham today. An inspiring writer/poet and film director. His new book Big Man, is available to buy right now.
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Bristol Poetry Film Festival Saturday 17 Oct at the John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol. 🥳 🥳 Workshops, screenings, plus the shortlist of the International Poetry Film Competition, PLUS a special screening of the @BAFTA winning 'Black Boys in Paradise' @DeanAtta
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2027 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - Congratulations to @DeanAtta @philipreeve1 @tompalmerauthor on your @AlmaAward nominations!
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What wonderful news! Congratulations @DeanAtta #NicolaDavies & #PatriceLawrence on their nominations for the 2027 @AlmaAward !!
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Meet the artists! Poetry Room in Brixton & Buntu after-party ✨ @DeanAtta @antoshwojcik @AfloPoet @AdrianaLord Akila M Richards DJ Fever2Ray & @Buntu_Sound after-party Workshop 5pm | Food 6pm | Poetry Room 7pm | Buntu After-party 9pm–4am 🎟️ £5–£20: writingourlegacy.org.uk/even…
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Feeling super proud seeing this display of my books at Kensington Central Library! We’ll be talking about these books and my debut adult novel, Big Man, this Thursday, 17 September, 18:30-19:30. This event is free. To reserve your spot, go to the link in my bio.
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I love libraries! And because I love libraries, I’m doing lots of free events in libraries this autumn. This Thursday, 17 September, my Big Man book tour comes to Kensington Central Library. I’ll be in conversation with a librarian, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
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Ticket link to reserve your free spot in my Linktree: linktr.ee/deanatta

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BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author

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I’m trying to see something. Do me a favour and comment which tour date you’re coming to or already came to ✌️💛
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There's just TWO DAYS to go until I'm with @DeanAtta, Ela Lee and Divya Maniar for @mixedmsgsletter Live! It's going to be a fun night at @sohotheatre Pub Walthamstow. Get your copies signed with Round Table Books! Get your tickets here now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/199811113…

Mixed Messages Live: Dean Atta, Ela Lee, Divya Maniar

Join Isabella Silvers to talk mixed-race identity at Mixed Messages Live 2026, with three of the most exciting authors of the moment.

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Two Black Boys in Paradise won Best Animated Short 2026 at the South London Film Festival! I attended the ceremony at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton with model maker extraordinaire, Danielle Duncan-Rosembert.
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🎤Poetry Room comes to Brixton! Headlining are @DeanAtta & @antoshwojcik: I Don’t March to That Drum preview, + @AfloPoet + other special guests. 🎤MC, Akila M. Richards, South African food, after-party @Buntu_Sound . + DJ Fever2Ray African Night Fever writingourlegacy.org.uk/even…
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Big Man spotted by @BetaRish at Boekhandel Bijleveld in Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱
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✍️ Signed copies of Big Man and Person Unlimited now available at the Wellcome Collection!
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I can't wait to speak to @DeanAtta, Ela Lee and Divya Maniar at @sohotheatre Pub in Walthamstow. Books will be on sale with Round Table Books 📚
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Books! Booze! Food! Wednesday 16th September, come hear three amazing mixed authors chat about race, identity and more at @mixedmsgsletter Live – tickets here now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/199811113…

Mixed Messages Live: Dean Atta, Ela Lee, Divya Maniar

Join Isabella Silvers to talk mixed-race identity at Mixed Messages Live 2026, with three of the most exciting authors of the moment.

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Having a bit of a post-book launch come down. Feeling incredibly grateful to everyone who came through to the launch yesterday at Hackney Central Library.
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But right now I’m lying down on my sofa looking out the window and wondering what this book is going to mean to the world now it’s no longer just mine. It’s anyone’s, anyone who wants it. Big Man was a risky book for me to write. I hope the risk pays off.
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We’ve had our first four-star review from The Skinny today, and that was incredible. I hope there are a few more reviews to come. I’m jumping on a few more podcasts to talk about the book, and I’m really excited for the book tour that lies ahead.
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