Mixed Messageboard: May 2025

All the events, reads and recipes you need to know about this month

Isabella Silvers

Deepa Paul

Julie Lin

, and 2 others

May 05, 2025

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Hi! Welcome to May’s Mixed Messageboard, where we’re sharing all the dates you need to add to your diary for the next four weeks.

There are more amazing books than we can count out this month, including Deepa Paul’s generous and candid memoir of love in an open marriage, Ask Me How It Works. There’s also a mouth-watering cookbook, paperback releases for groundbreaking ponderings on mixed identity and the summer read everyone will be talking about. There’s plenty to get tickets to as well, seeing some of your favourite voices in person.

If you’re looking for more, don’t forget to check out our Mixed Media pages, with films, articles, TV series and more to explore – including exclusive discounts for Mixed Messages Extra subscribers.

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A guest post by

Deepa Paul

Filipina-Indian in Amsterdam (she/her). Author of ASK ME HOW IT WORKS: LOVE IN AN OPEN MARRIAGE (Viking UK, May 2025). Also mother, wife, girlfriend, lover, cat hostage and recovering people pleaser.

A guest post by

Julie Lin

Julie Lin - Use Your Noodle | BBC Food + TV Presenter | Vogue Featured Cook | Netflix Restaurant Feature | MasterChef + Cooked for Dame Judi Dench!

A guest post by

Nicole Ocran

Ghanaian-Filipino writer and content creator originally from Virginia living in London. Co-author of THE HALF OF IT: Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience, and co-host of the award-winning podcast, Mixed Up, on mixed-race identity.

A guest post by

Anna Sulan Masing

Author of Chinese And Any Other Asian, out not in hardback or preorder paperback! Food, drinks and culture writer and essayist.