Christine Estima
@cestima.bsky.social
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 🔗
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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My #HistoricalFiction roundup for @thestar.com includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward,
@annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
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@houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
@annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
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@houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
Reviews: Jane Austen, the Titanic and Franz Kafka grab the spotlight in new historical fiction
'Ship of Dreams' and 'Austen at Sea' are just two novels in our roundup.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My #HistoricalFiction roundup for @thestar.com includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward,
@annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
@houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
@annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
@houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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My #HistoricalFiction roundup includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward, @annykchoi.bsky.social, @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
Find your next fab read among them. #ReadWomen #Kafka #Austen #Titanic #Korea #1920s
Find your next fab read among them. #ReadWomen #Kafka #Austen #Titanic #Korea #1920s
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My #HistoricalFiction roundup includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward, @annykchoi.bsky.social, @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.
Find your next fab read among them. #ReadWomen #Kafka #Austen #Titanic #Korea #1920s
Find your next fab read among them. #ReadWomen #Kafka #Austen #Titanic #Korea #1920s
✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ reviewed in THE TORONTO STAR today!!
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ reviewed in THE TORONTO STAR today!!
Freshly signed copies of ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ at BOOK CITY on the Danforth!
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Freshly signed copies of ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ at BOOK CITY on the Danforth!
You know, for someone who didn’t start a fire, Billy Joel is pretty defensive about it
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
You know, for someone who didn’t start a fire, Billy Joel is pretty defensive about it
CBC names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ as one of your must-reads this Remembrance Day if you’re looking for stories on war, resistance, and conflict. This is especially meaningful as my Jido (“grandfather” in Arabic) was a decorated war hero, and he fought for Canada in WWII .
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Books on war, conflict and resistance for Remembrance Day | CBC Books
On Nov. 11, Canadians will mark Remembrance Day. CBC Books has curated this list of books giving insight into experiences of war, its impact on human life and its lasting reverberations.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
CBC names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ as one of your must-reads this Remembrance Day if you’re looking for stories on war, resistance, and conflict. This is especially meaningful as my Jido (“grandfather” in Arabic) was a decorated war hero, and he fought for Canada in WWII .
www.cbc.ca/books/books-...
www.cbc.ca/books/books-...
I love being an Arab woman on the internet
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I love being an Arab woman on the internet
I’m just glad that Debra Messing is crying herself to sleep on her huge pillow.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’m just glad that Debra Messing is crying herself to sleep on her huge pillow.
Alexa, play “Hot Legs” by Rod Stewart
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Alexa, play “Hot Legs” by Rod Stewart
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In the latest issue of the Literary Review of Canada…😍❤️🫶
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In the latest issue of the Literary Review of Canada…😍❤️🫶
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A couple of reviews are now up on the website.
2 Books you should grab and read right now, if you haven't already.
LETTERS TO KAFKA by @cestima.bsky.social
AS THE EARTH DREAMS Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social
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2 Books you should grab and read right now, if you haven't already.
LETTERS TO KAFKA by @cestima.bsky.social
AS THE EARTH DREAMS Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
Book Reviews
I love a great short story collection!!! There is no better anthology out right now than AS THE EARTH DREAMS, a collection of Black Canadian Speculative Stories, edited by Terese Mason Pierre. It s…
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A couple of reviews are now up on the website.
2 Books you should grab and read right now, if you haven't already.
LETTERS TO KAFKA by @cestima.bsky.social
AS THE EARTH DREAMS Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
2 Books you should grab and read right now, if you haven't already.
LETTERS TO KAFKA by @cestima.bsky.social
AS THE EARTH DREAMS Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social
junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
EEVERYONE SHUT UP PLEASE I’M READING
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
EEVERYONE SHUT UP PLEASE I’M READING
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Congratulations to my friend Christine for publishing her SECOND book!
October 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Congratulations to my friend Christine for publishing her SECOND book!
In today’s print issue of @theglobeandmail.com 😎
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In today’s print issue of @theglobeandmail.com 😎
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✍️ 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...
💌 Buy now where books are sold! Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/let...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
✍️ 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...
💌 Buy now where books are sold! Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/let...
The Globe and Mail names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ one of your Must-Reads for Autumn!
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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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
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October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Globe and Mail names ✨LETTERS TO KAFKA✨ one of your Must-Reads for Autumn!
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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...
miramichireader.ca/2025/10/lett...
October 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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...
miramichireader.ca/2025/10/lett...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
✨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)
Cc @houseofanansi.bsky.social
(Shoutout Saeed Teebi for the pic)
Cc @houseofanansi.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
✨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)
Cc @houseofanansi.bsky.social
(Shoutout Saeed Teebi for the pic)
Cc @houseofanansi.bsky.social
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the one and only Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social talks about Milena Jesenská and LETTERS TO KAFKA.
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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.
www.cbc.ca
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the one and only Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social talks about Milena Jesenská and LETTERS TO KAFKA.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
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...
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
September 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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...
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
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...
Click here to get your copy for a steal! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/letter...
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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...
Click here to get your copy for a steal! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/letter...
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@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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September 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@cestima.bsky.social on breathing fictional life into Milena Jesenská, Kafka’s first translator (and so much more).