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@herewereadforfun.bsky.social

Advocate for African and Caribbean literature. www.literatureumbilical.com

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Who does vengeance favor? Prudence, a lawyer is now a stay-at-home mom. Matshediso, a man who helped her in South Africa during a harrowing time, suddenly appears after 20 years with an ultimatum that threatens to topple her life. She now has to decide how to keep her secrets and her family safe.

18.02.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This happened today too!!

12.02.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Confronting difficult moral questions in β€˜Casualties of Truth’ - The Boston Globe Set in South Africa and Washington, D.C., the novel probes the aftermath of violence

Also in this Sunday's print edition, I was thrilled to get Nadia Owusu to review CASUALTIES OF TRUTH by the fabulous @laurenfsharma.bsky.social for the @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/05/a...

07.02.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Book Review: β€˜Casualties of Truth,’ by Lauren Francis-Sharma In the psychological thriller β€œCasualties of Truth,” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, a woman and a country are both forced to face the harrowing violence that has shaped them.

My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

11.02.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Currently reading Blackheart Man by @nalohop.bsky.social and I’m hooked this far. I’m slowly digesting this story cause I’m writing my observations like crazy! So many small things capturing me. I was hooked at the reference to Carenage Town! Love it!

09.01.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025 Well, 2024 was fairly bad, and 2025 may in fact be worse. Regardless, we will be reading. Here are the books the Lit Hub staff is most excited to pick up in the (first half of the) year ahead. JANU…

So excited that β€œCasualties of Truth” made the LitHub 2025 Most Anticipated Books List!!

lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

07.01.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AyΓ²bΓ‘mi AdΓ©bΓ‘yΓ², Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members AyΓ²bΓ‘mi AdΓ©bΓ‘yΓ² and Kiley Reid are on the Booker Prize 2025 jury announced in London, UK on Monday, December 9, 2024.

AyΓ²bΓ‘mi AdΓ©bΓ‘yΓ², Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members
#LiteraryAwards #Fiction
www.writingafrica.com/ayobami-adeb...

16.12.2024 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MaryseCondΓ©
#BlackBookSky

07.12.2024 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sci-fi writer Nalo Hopkinson tells Mattea Roach about her Caribbean folktale-inspired book | CBC
YouTube video by CBC Arts Sci-fi writer Nalo Hopkinson tells Mattea Roach about her Caribbean folktale-inspired book | CBC

Matteo Roach interviewed me recently about Blackheart Man for CBC Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahob...

06.12.2024 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🌼 Cover Reveal 🌸 In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.

Love Forms by Claire Adam is out in June 2025: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love-forms-claire-adam/7788810

06.12.2024 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#JendellaBenson
#BlackBookSky

04.12.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it when my fav authors write and get recognition for their short stories! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

03.12.2024 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! Will it be published? I’d love to read it.

03.12.2024 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#EarlLovelace
#BlackBookSky

03.12.2024 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nnedi Okorafor | 'When something is really complicated, people want to simplify it so that it’s easier to digest and so that they can kind of control the narrative' Death of the Author explores how life and art intersect in a genre-defying tale.

An interview in The Bookseller about DEATH OF THE AUTHOR

"Part SFF, part literary fiction, part family saga and part diasporic tale, the novel defies labelling."

Also, I explain the title a bit more (outside of the Barthes reference).

Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

01.12.2024 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#AyobamiAdebayo
#BlackBookSky

01.12.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MyriamJAChancy
#BlackBookSky

29.11.2024 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nalo Hopkinson | Blackheart Man
YouTube video by Toronto Public Library Nalo Hopkinson | Blackheart Man

My recent Toronto Public Library appearance, being interviewed by the inimitable Rinaldo Walcott about my novel Blackheart Man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6eM...

19.11.2024 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson: Review by Gary K. Wolfe Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, Nalo Hopkinson (Tachyon 978-1-61696-426-9, $15.95, 224pp, tp) October 2024. Story collections almost never sell as well as novels, but maybe they ought to. A n…

Check out @garykwolfe’s review of JAMAICA GINGER AND OTHER CONCOCTIONS by @nalohop.bsky.social, whose short stories β€œreveal aspects of her imagination, techniques, and preoccupations” locusmag.com/2024/11...

28.11.2024 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Q&A with Jasmine Richards Storymix c.e.o. Jasmine Richards on the industry’s β€œbreathtakingly swift rollback” on its commitment to diverse stories and her inclusive children’s fiction studio’s move into publishing.

"I appreciate the allure of 'safe', but I am not prepared to leave kids of colour off the bookshelves. Nor am I prepared to leave creators of colour out in the cold."

Jasmine Richards discusses the launch of micro-indie press Storymix πŸ‘‡ www.thebookseller.com/features/jas... #BookSky

29.11.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are excited to introduce the Five shortlist for our Inaugural Gloal Black Women's Non-fiction Manuscript Prize.

The Prize was created to amplify the voices of Black womenwriters in the non-fiction space as knowledge producers and critical thinkers.

29.11.2024 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#MariamaBa
#BlackBookSky

27.11.2024 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ™οΈβœ¨ On the latest episode of Between the Cover podcast, poet, novelist, and essayist Dionne Brand joins @davidnaimon.bsky.social to discuss her latest book of nonfiction Salvage: Readings from the Wreck.

@fsgbooks.bsky.social

πŸ‘‚Listen! bit.ly/DionneBrandBTC

26.11.2024 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Transmentation | Transience From bestselling authors Darkly Lem comes Transmentation | Transience, the first book in a sweeping multiverse of adventure and intrigue perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and The Expanse series.Over...

This year has been pretty quiet for me book-wise, but next year is going to be something:

Book One of The Formation Saga (March 18, 2025)

Book Three of the Convergence Saga (September 16, 2025)

www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

26.11.2024 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3.

#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#DahlmaLlanosFigueroa
#BlackBookSky

26.11.2024 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ugandan-Canadian Author Iryn Tushabe’s Forthcoming Everything is Fine Here is a Story of Sisterhood Iryn Tushabe’s debut novel Everything is Fine Here, published by House of Anasi Press, will be coming to bookstores in April 2025.Β  Everything is Fine Here is a tender coming of age novel in Uganda, ...

Adding this to my 2025 buy list! Thanks @brittlepaper.bsky.social.

brittlepaper.com/2024/10/ugan...
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#BlackBookSky

26.11.2024 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Long-Awaited TV Adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's Mr Loverman is Here! After waiting for over a year, the TV adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s brilliant seventh novel Mr Loverman is finally here! "Love, love, love the adaptation of Mr Loverman, having now seen the enti...

I loved this book so much!

brittlepaper.com/2024/11/the-...

26.11.2024 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading the Caribbean means you read the world.

I'm reflecting on what this mantra of mine means, especially now, when so many Caribbean writers occupy global favour.

If we ever fall out of it, I want us to remember we are the centre of our worlds. We reside within us, and have always made story.

18.11.2024 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon.com: The Nightward: Book One of the Waters of Lethe (Waters of Lethe, 1): 9780063345751: Garcia, R.S.A.: Books Amazon.com: The Nightward: Book One of the Waters of Lethe (Waters of Lethe, 1): 9780063345751: Garcia, R.S.A.: Books

Hello new followers! I'm an award-winning specfic writer from Trinidad & Tobago. I love books, film & music. I'm a breast cancer survivor undergoing treatment. My 2nd book #TheNightward an adult fantasy (not a romantasy) THE WITCHER meets Caribbean mythology out now!

www.amazon.com/Nightward-No...

11.11.2024 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#MeronHadero
#BlackBookSky

25.11.2024 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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