Following on from the first, highly successful book, we are now seeking submissions for the next volume of Tangled Roots: True-Life Tales of Mixed and Multi-Racial Families. 

We want your true stories/memoir/true-life tales, as well as your family pictures and your memories.

There are millions of mixed race households in the UK. However, there isn't much published writing about what life is like for mixed families, or how there came to be so many. To fill this gap, Tangled Roots will be publishing a second volume of true life stories about mixed families. We are inviting anyone who's interested to contribute their story. All stories published will be paid for!

We are also looking for photographs, anecdotes and stories for our new website.

You do not have to be mixed race to take part – anybody with experience of multiracial/ethnic households can write for us. If you support the idea of tangled roots then your contribution is as important as anyone else's. Y

Bernardine Evaristo MBE ('Mr Loverman') and Charlotte Williams ('Sugar and Slate@) are already commissioned to write for this collection. Your work will appear alongside theirs and that of other renowned writers. Also, you will be paid for your contribution.

What do we want? 
Short (up to 2,000 words) pieces of memoir, autobiography and true-life tales sent to tangledroots@live.co.uk. Cut and pasted into the email – no attachments please.

When do we want it? 
By April 30th 2015 to be considered for inclusion in the next book, but at any time for the website.

Who do we want it by? 
ANYONE who has experience of mixed race families in the UK.

This is a chance say what you REALLY feel about race and mixture – we are open-minded about subject matter – though your writing must consider race and mixture on some level. In the last volume we published true stories about: falling in love; growing up a different colour to your parents; having children who are a different colour to you; trans-racial adoption and fostering; visiting the 'old country'; losing a parent and losing their culture; the racial oppression of the Irish population in England, among others.

See: tangledroots.org.uk for detailed guidelines and writing tips!