Afrofuturism

Discover new fiction with the Heady Mix book box.

This collection showcases stories from Africa that reimagine lost pasts and new futures.

Grow your mind

Showcasing characters and authors from underrepresented groups covering women, race, disabilities, LGBTQI+ and more

Carefully curated

You'll receive three books (two novels and an anthology), plus a gift - all centred on that collection's theme

Exclusive works

Each box contains an anthology of short stories, essays and flash fiction that have been exclusively brought together in print by Heady Mix

Member community

You'll enjoy events, author interviews, podcasts, videos, original fiction and an online community to share your stories with fellow members

How It Works

1. Join the membership

It's really simple to join Heady Mix, Just click the 'Get Started' button at the end of this section, and select your membership

2. We curate your box

We then send you a fantastic collection of three books - all centred around a theme that showcases underrepresented groups

3. Enjoy discovering new fiction

You enjoy your books and participate in the member community including events, videos, podcasts, stories and author interviews

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"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking"

Haruki Murakami

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September/October Collection

Theme reveal: Afrofuturism

Limited availability

The Afrofuturism collection storytells an Africa free from its stereotypes of crime and scams, famine and disease, and poverty and the third world. A future Africa. Not what it can be, but an Africa that is already here and is waiting to be appreciated.

"Afrofuturism is an intersection of imagination, technology, the future, and liberation. I generally define Afrofuturism as a way of imagining possible futures through a black cultural lens."

Ingrid LaFleur

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"I really admire your goal to showcase underrepresented groups in literature - it's very much inline with what I hope to promote on my own account too."