LAILA
WOOZEER

🌻 I am a London-based musician and writer.

📙 My book Not Quite White is published by Simon & Schuster (worldwide) and Indiana Univeristy Press (USA).

🎀 The best place to purchase the book is here (UK/Worldwide version) or here (US version) or here (audiobook).

🎹 I play piano, bassoon, and sing.

👑 I am the youngest ever academic speaker to present at Senate House. Also, I once spilled a pint on Jay-Z.

🎟️ I run Hook-Up Culture and am co-founder of SUPER City Clowns.

🌸 [Music] I am available for: live soundtracking or accompanying your show; playing in your group; other forms of musical R&D.

🛼 [Writing] I am available for: writing articles, editing your MS/pitch or providing consultation on your work.

A BIT MORE ABOUT ME IN CASE THAT WASN'T ENOUGH

🌾 [Music] My compositions have been used by the BBC, Disney and SXSW among others. I have played (orchestrally and my own work) around the world including Kenya, Tokyo, New York, all major UK festivals, and perhaps most memorably, the “It’s A Small World” stage (RIP) at Disneyland Paris. I’ve performed at/hosted events for Future Cinema, Secret Cinema, Olympics, Shunt, Vaults Corps, Pleasance, NESTA, Science Museum, Greenwich Council and numerous others.

🌺 [Writing] My first viral article What It’s Like Not Being White was front page of Buzzfeed, won a “Best of the Internet” award and I have since written for The Guardian, Mashable, Metro, Stylist, gal-dem, Byline Times, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29 and many others. I’ve led workshops and lectures for Wikimania; AWP; PoetryFest; Green Man and more.

🎉 Other Places You Know Me From: WOLF PACK; TAPE PARADE; QuizCats; Beetles, Lungs, Kids With Crayons; Laila Rates, Tory Not Tory, Shit or Shed, LailaLectures; collaborations with Stumble Trip, Rhum & Clay, Fine Chisel, Whole Hog, Goth Picnic London, Night of Drama, Dog Funeral, Graham and Steen etc etc etc

✏️ For work enquiries, fun gigs, or fanmail for the snakes, please use this form: