Partners in the Lit in Colour programme
Lit in Colour is a long-term social impact programme from Penguin Books which aims to support primary and secondary schools make the teaching and learning of English Literature more inclusive of authors of colour and connect more young people to books by authors of colour for reading for pleasure.
Bloomsbury’s Partnership in Lit in Colour
Through our Methuen Drama imprint, we’re putting the spotlight on plays and drama to complement and expand the Lit in Colour programme.
Our Methuen Drama portfolio is world-class with a commitment to publishing new playwriting and supporting schools with new play texts and teacher resources to ensure play and drama teaching in schools is the best it can be.
Bloomsbury’s Lit in Colour programme aims to introduce new plays to the English Literature and Drama curricula, offering students access to more diverse, representative and inclusive work. We want to open up the ways in which all drama texts can be studied, and create new ways to explore plays and contribute to wider discussion and representation in the classroom.
Supporting us in this campaign is our wonderful Advisory Panel helping to guide and shape our play text offering, and resources for teachers and students.
Winner of Outstanding Drama Initiative 2024 and finalist for Outstanding Drama Education Resource in 2026
We're over the moon that our Lit in Colour: A spotlight on plays and drama campaign was awarded Outstanding Drama Initiative in the 2024 Music & Drama Education Awards and our (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play Lists shortlisted as finalists in the Outstanding Drama Education Resource category for the same awards in 2026. It is essential that we all work together to create the change we all want to see in classrooms, since none of us can do it alone.
Read more about our Partnership.