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books and articles

Joy has written in books on humour, adoption and shared her views in many publications such as Adoption UK, You Can Adopt and Baaf.

She has been featured in many magazines including Best, Company, Glamour and New African Woman. Over the years there have been many press articles written about her including Evening Standard, The Observer and Daily Mail to name a few.

'Writing is like the heart going for walk in a garden of discovery'

Magazines​

  • Premier Women Alive. 'I hated being called Joy but now I love it'. Read 

  • Good Housekeeping 'We are making our voices heard' Read

Does God LOL?

Date: 2013

Joy joins a host of well known and loved comedians including Tim Vine, Ken Dodd and Bob Mills in 'Does God LOL? Funny stories and great insights. Joy writes the chapter - God Laughs! Compiled by Frankie Mulgrew. 

 

Buy on Amazon £7.99

Chosen: Living with Adoption

Date: 2012

This Award Winning book brings together over 50 essays and poetry by writers who capture a broad range of perspectives including Nicky Campbell, and Hannah Poole. Joy writes 'Finding joy' a chapter about her transracial adoption journey and insights.

Edited by Dr Perlita Harris

 

Buy on Amazon £14.95 

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Bravely Being Me

Date: 2013

This fantastic children's book commissioned by Adoption UK features 'Brilliant stories of adopted people' from all walks of life from athletes, to actors to bosses. Joy is the comedian playing the flute.

Edited by Sam Langley-Swain and Nicci Martin.

 

Buy at AdoptionUK £6.99

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Quote's about Joy

‘Her comic style certainly makes her one to watch out for’

Daily Mail

 

‘Spontaneous, eccentric and a true individual’

BBC Home Counties

 

‘warmed and wowed me’

Arthur Smith Comedian/writer 

The Stage

 

‘So Brilliant’

Jo Brand. Comedian

 

‘Joy mines a rich seam of gold in her hilarious stand up material. She is sharp as a pin but she is fluid too’

Lemn Sissay. Broadcaster/poet

 

‘Her warmth, passion and incredibly high energy levels captured the audience’s imagination’

Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director at Centre for Comedy Studies Research, Brunel University

 

‘From the second it started we were hooked! We would highly recommend it (Spot the Difference'

Helen Stead, NCF Comedy Festivals

 

‘An outstanding public speaker who was able to bring a unique combination of warmth, wisdom, personal experience and edgy observational humour to the complex subject of transracial adoption'

Joan Fletcher Head of Social Work, Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies, Goldsmiths University

 

‘Amazingly funny and talented performer, Joy is also an insightful, compassionate and an inspirational woman – the young people, the children, in fact the whole audience just loved her”

Diane Carrington, Team manager, Virtual School for Looked After Children & Careleavers. City of Westminster

 

Funny, intriguing, entertaining, respectful, you took the audience on a fluid journey of comedy that made them believe the story was theirs as much as yours’

Philippe Granger, CEO Rushey Green Time bank

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