Rene Germain author event at Victoria Library

Join Westminster Libraries and The Reading Agency as we hear Rene in conversation as she discusses her book, her career, and the best advice she has learned so far. There will be time at the end for questions from the audience, so come prepared.

Rene Germain is a writer, speaker and champion of the Black community. She has worked at leading investment banks, professional services, and media companies. In 2017, she created the Instagram platform, 'Blk and Great', celebrating Black achievements and highlighting issues within the community. She co-created the viral hashtag #blackintheoffice to enable Black British employees to anonymously share their experiences of racism and discrimination in UK workplaces, prompting apologies from well-known organisations and contributions from Black employees worldwide. Rene regularly contributes to and drives online conversations about the Black workplace experience and has written for several online publications, including Fortune.com, Stylist.co.uk, HuffPost UK and Cosmopolitan UK.

Sharing the career journeys of over 20 successful Black British professionals and entrepreneurs from TV and film, sport, media, law, medicine and finance through open letters and interviews, her book, Black and Great: The Essential Workplace Tool, kit not only highlights the specific challenges Black people face in the working wold but provides readers with honest and practical advice to thrive and carve out the career of their dreams, whilst embracing their Blackness.