The BME welcome Pepsi Demacque-Crockett for an evening celebrating the launch of her stunning debut novel, Island Song, inspired by her family’s journey from St Lucia to London. Pepsi has enjoyed a long and fulfilling career within the entertainment industry through the 80s and 90s, as part of the pop band WHAM! and later in the duo Pepsi and Shirlie. Her parents arrived in Britain from the island of Saint Lucia in the mid-1950s and settled in West London. After growing up in London surrounded by a vibrant Caribbean community, Pepsi herself now lives in St Lucia. In 2021 she co-wrote a memoir with singing partner Shirlie Kemp entitled “Pepsi & Shirlie – It’s All in Black and White”, a story about friendship, love, loss and life in and out of the music industry. Pepsi will be signing copies of her book at the end of the evening. Books are also on sale at the event.