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Christine Estima

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Author of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (2023) and LETTERS TO KAFKA (2025) Bylines: The New York Times, The Walrus, Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Vice, Chatelaine, and more. Free Palestine🇵🇸 Free Lebanon🇱🇧

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · May 2

✨PRE ORDERING NOW AVAILABLE!✨

My debut novel LETTERS TO KAFKA (published by House of Anansi Press drops September 9, 2025 & you can pre-order it to secure your copy wherever you buy books! To find a bookseller near you 🔗CLICK HERE www.christineestima.com/letters-kafka 🔗

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 1h

In today’s print issue of @theglobeandmail.com 😎

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 1d

✍️ LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima has been out for one month!

💌 Buy now where books are sold! Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/let...

A copy of LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima is held up in front of a wooden bookshelf. The cover features a black and white image of a woman, staring into the camera.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 2d

The Globe and Mail names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ one of your Must-Reads for Autumn!

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Here are 61 books to add to your must-read list this fall

From new memoirs from Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy to buzzy fiction by Mona Awad (and much more), here are the most notable books of the season

www.theglobeandmail.com

Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 6d

The Miramichi Reader gives a glowing book review for ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨! “Estima creates characters with such dimension that, among the cinematic backdrop she has constructed with precise prose, no previous knowledge of Franz Kafka or Milena Jesenska is required.”
miramichireader.ca/2025/10/lett...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone know the answer to 28 across?

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November 2025 issue of @thewalrus.ca out now.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 23d

✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ gets a full page spread in the November issue of The Walrus! @thewalrus.ca Grab your copy today!

(Shoutout Saeed Teebi for the pic)

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · 24d

the one and only Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social talks about Milena Jesenská and LETTERS TO KAFKA.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

Who was the woman Kafka loved? Christine Estima says we should know her story | CBC Books Bookends

The Toronto writer discussed her novel, Letters to Kafka, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 25d

If you missed my CBC Radio interview over the weekend on “Bookends with Mattea Roach,” you can read the condensed version here on the CBC website!

www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 29d

Canada! If you haven’t bought your copy of ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ now is your chance! Indigo is offering a 30% off deal! And why? BECAUSE THE BOOK IS OFFICIALLY AN INDIGO BESTSELLER!!

Click here to get your copy for a steal! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/letter...

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 29d

@cestima.bsky.social on breathing fictional life into Milena Jesenská, Kafka’s first translator (and so much more).

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Vienna of 1920 was not the cosmopolitan Vienna of today. The Great War was over, causing the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If one wasn’t killed by the brutal warfare, then the 1918 Spani…

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 29d

My face is blurred out here because apparently BlueSky thinks I post “non sexual nudity.”

Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · Sep 11

Racism is political violence
White supremacy is political violence
Settler colonialism is political violence
Genocide is political violence

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Sep 9

Love is in the air! And in these letters too 💕 💕 (@cestima.bsky.social)

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8 Books That Explore the Love Letters of Literary Icons - Electric Literature

Love letters are a romantic gesture that are disappearing from our relationships. Today, we can shoot a text or an email within seconds, and we don’t have to think about the language we employ or the…

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy publication day @cestima.bsky.social Christine Estima LETTERS TO KAFKA goes on sale today!

“What an extraordinary world Christine Estima has created for her readers! … I adored every word of this novel and could not put it down.” —Heather O’Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams

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Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · Sep 3

Smash that pre-order button, readers!

House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · Sep 3

💌 LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima (@cestima.bsky.social) is out in one week!

Available for pre-order from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/let... #booksky #canlit

A beige, aged paper reads with type writer text: "I adored every word of this novel and could not put it down." —HEATHER O'NEILL, author of The Capital of Dreams. "Letters to Kafka is an enthralling debut novel that is both ambitious in scope and rich in character." —WAUBGESHIG RICE, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves.

The book cover of Letters to Kafka features a sepia photograph of a woman laying down. Text above the book reads "September 9, 2025".

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · Sep 3

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · Sep 3

💌 LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima (@cestima.bsky.social) is out in one week!

Available for pre-order from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/let... #booksky #canlit

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · Sep 3

💌 LETTERS TO KAFKA by Christine Estima (@cestima.bsky.social) is out in one week!

Available for pre-order from your favourite bookseller here: houseofanansi.com/products/let... #booksky #canlit

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · Aug 22

• Marcello Di Cintio @marcellodicintio.bsky.social
• Cory Doctorow
• Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social
• Antonio Michael Downing
• Kyle Edwards
• Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · Aug 22

We’re thrilled to introduce these authors who will be joining this year’s Vancouver Writers Fest, taking place Oct 20–26!

Visit our website to browse the full lineup now. Event details for #VWF2025 will be revealed to VWF Members next week!

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · Aug 22

If you support Israel, GTFO my face. War crime after war crime on Israel's part, genocide upon genocide. Zionism is Naziism. There is no question or debate. Fuck Netanyahu, fuck white settler colonialism, fuck white supremacy. FREE PALESTINE.

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · Aug 22

“I adored every word of this novel and could not put it down.” —Heather O’Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams

💌 LETTERS TO KAFKA is out September 9th, you can pre-order a copy here: houseofanansi.com/products/let...
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A copy of LETTERS TO KAFKA sits on the edge of a wooden table. The cover features a black and white image of a woman, staring into the camera.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · Aug 17

Oh I know. Discussions and private meetings are happening. We are not amused.

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Chris Bucci @cbuccibookman.bsky.social · Aug 13

Coming next month LETTERS TO KAFKA by @cestima.bsky.social

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · Aug 8

Come join me at Eden Mills Writers Festival on September 7th to hear me speak about ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ and get your copy autographed! More details here edenmillswritersfestival.ca/hidden-figur...

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