Mixed Up Leon Diop

What is it like to grow up mixed-race in Ireland? From award-winning author and media personality, Leon Diop, comes this powerful and empowering new book, Mixed Up (Little Island) detailing his own experiences; from being the only brown boy in school through to founding advocacy group Black & Irish, which inspired his first book of the same name. Join Leon for a reading from his book followed by discussion exploring themes of identity, resilience and creating your own life.

This is a schools’ event. Age: TY +.

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Leon Diop is a mixed-race man from Tallaght, Dublin. Born to an Irish mother and a Senegalese father, he grew up in a mixed ethnic and religious household. He is the founder of Black and Irish, an organisation striving to transform Ireland into a global leader in equality and inclusion, and the host of the Black and Irish podcast with RTE. His first book, Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes, co-authored with Briana Fitzsimons and published by Little Island Books, won the Teen YA Book of the Year at the 2023 Irish Book Awards.