Lion of Newcastle- Tolu' Akinyemi

2020 & 2021 Releases

A collection of short stories ‘Inferno of Silence’ and three poetry collections ’A Booktiful Love’, ‘Black ≠ Inferior’ and ‘Never Marry a Writer’.

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Tolu’ A. Akinyemi set to headline at the Havering Literary Festival 2021

Multi-Award-Winning Nigerian Poet and Writer, Tolu’ A. Akinyemi will headline at the Havering Literary Festival 2021. The Newcastle Based poet and creative writer, who has authored thirteen books with five other forthcoming...

Black History Month: Time for More Actions and Fewer Talks

It’s Black History Month in the United Kingdom and the conversations and round-table talks in most corporates would be on full steam. While it’s very important to converse and dialogue, as this...

Black History Month: Not Enough Black Corporate Leaders

It’s Black History Month in the UK and it’s a time to reflect on the progress made in the last year or should I say ‘lack of progress’ going by the experience...

AML Compliance Program: More than a Box Ticking Exercise

According to Lexis Nexis Global True Cost of Compliance 2020 report, the projected total cost of financial crime compliance across financial institutions worldwide is $213.9 billion, up from $180.9bn dollars the previous year. The results...

Inside IR35–The Birth of a Zero Rights Workforce

IR35 refers to the United Kingdom’s anti-avoidance tax legislation designed to tax ‘disguised’ employment at a rate similar to employment. In this context, “disguised employees” means workers who receive payments from a...

Black History Month event on National Poetry Day with guest poet Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Join us on National Poetry Day for a themed Celebration of Black History Month. Tolu’ A. Akinyemi is a multi-award-winning author in the genre of poetry, short story, children’s literature and essays....

Newcastle-Based Author writes his name in the annals of history with ‘Born in Lockdown’

Written by multi-award-winning author Tolu’ A. Akinyemi, ‘Born in Lockdown’ is a writer’s account of the coronavirus pandemic using poetry as a tool. The goal is to document the coronavirus pandemic era...

Multi-Award-Winning Author releases two children’s picture books to boost self-esteem

In the summer of 2021, multi-award-winning author, Tolu’ A. Akinyemi, released two children’s picture books ‘I wear self-confidence like a second skin’ and ‘I am not a troublemaker’ to boost the self-esteem...

Remote Working: A recipe for artificial unemployment or the future of work

The coronavirus pandemic has affected our way of life and work. With this, many organisations who in the past deemed remote working a taboo subject have had to embrace this change. We...

Covid-19 – Lessons from the eyes of a Keen Observer

As Freedom Day inches near and we are released from the shackles of government lockdowns which has been for the greater good. Even though they have not always led by example, think...