Tricia
@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.
February 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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.
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This happened today too!!
February 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This happened today too!!
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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
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Confronting difficult moral questions in ‘Casualties of Truth’ - The Boston Globe
Set in South Africa and Washington, D.C., the novel probes the aftermath of violence
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February 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/05/a...
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My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
Book Review: ‘Casualties of Truth,’ by Lauren Francis-Sharma
In the psychological thriller “Casualties of Truth,” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, a woman and a country are both forced to face the harrowing violence that has shaped them.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
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!
January 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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!
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So excited that “Casualties of Truth” made the LitHub 2025 Most Anticipated Books List!!
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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…
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January 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So excited that “Casualties of Truth” made the LitHub 2025 Most Anticipated Books List!!
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Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members
#LiteraryAwards #Fiction
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#LiteraryAwards #Fiction
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Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members
Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Kiley Reid are on the Booker Prize 2025 jury announced in London, UK on Monday, December 9, 2024.
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December 16, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members
#LiteraryAwards #Fiction
www.writingafrica.com/ayobami-adeb...
#LiteraryAwards #Fiction
www.writingafrica.com/ayobami-adeb...
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
#MaryseCondé
#BlackBookSky
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MaryseCondé
#BlackBookSky
December 7, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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
#MaryseCondé
#BlackBookSky
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MaryseCondé
#BlackBookSky
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Matteo Roach interviewed me recently about Blackheart Man for CBC Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahob...
Sci-fi writer Nalo Hopkinson tells Mattea Roach about her Caribbean folktale-inspired book | CBC
YouTube video by CBC Arts
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December 6, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Matteo Roach interviewed me recently about Blackheart Man for CBC Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahob...
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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
Love Forms by Claire Adam is out in June 2025: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love-forms-claire-adam/7788810
December 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
🌼 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
Love Forms by Claire Adam is out in June 2025: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love-forms-claire-adam/7788810
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#JendellaBenson
#BlackBookSky
December 4, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#JendellaBenson
#BlackBookSky
Love it when my fav authors write and get recognition for their short stories! 👏👏👏👏
I got a Pushcart nom and am thrilled (!), but I wanna give a shout to Cleyvis Natera, who encouraged me. I don’t write many short stories, but had this one in my hard drive. Cleyvis said “Just send it” and sucked her teeth. 😂 Thank you to writers like Cleyvis, who want friends to have wins too.
December 3, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Love it when my fav authors write and get recognition for their short stories! 👏👏👏👏
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#EarlLovelace
#BlackBookSky
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#EarlLovelace
#BlackBookSky
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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...
"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...
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.
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December 1, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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...
"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...
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#AyobamiAdebayo
#BlackBookSky
December 1, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#AyobamiAdebayo
#BlackBookSky
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MyriamJAChancy
#BlackBookSky
November 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#MyriamJAChancy
#BlackBookSky
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My recent Toronto Public Library appearance, being interviewed by the inimitable Rinaldo Walcott about my novel Blackheart Man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6eM...
Nalo Hopkinson | Blackheart Man
YouTube video by Toronto Public Library
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November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
My recent Toronto Public Library appearance, being interviewed by the inimitable Rinaldo Walcott about my novel Blackheart Man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6eM...
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Check out @garykwolfe’s review of JAMAICA GINGER AND OTHER CONCOCTIONS by @nalohop.bsky.social, whose short stories “reveal aspects of her imagination, techniques, and preoccupations” locusmag.com/2024/11...
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…
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November 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Check out @garykwolfe’s review of JAMAICA GINGER AND OTHER CONCOCTIONS by @nalohop.bsky.social, whose short stories “reveal aspects of her imagination, techniques, and preoccupations” locusmag.com/2024/11...
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"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 👇 www.thebookseller.com/features/jas... #BookSky
Jasmine Richards discusses the launch of micro-indie press Storymix 👇 www.thebookseller.com/features/jas... #BookSky
Q&A with Jasmine Richards
Storymix c.e.o. Jasmine Richards on the industry’s “breathtakingly swift rollback” on its commitment to diverse stories and her inclusive children’s fiction studio’s move into publishing.
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November 29, 2024 at 9:54 AM
"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 👇 www.thebookseller.com/features/jas... #BookSky
Jasmine Richards discusses the launch of micro-indie press Storymix 👇 www.thebookseller.com/features/jas... #BookSky
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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.
The Prize was created to amplify the voices of Black womenwriters in the non-fiction space as knowledge producers and critical thinkers.
November 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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.
The Prize was created to amplify the voices of Black womenwriters in the non-fiction space as knowledge producers and critical thinkers.
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#MariamaBa
#BlackBookSky
November 27, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4.
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#MariamaBa
#BlackBookSky
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🎙️✨ 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
👂Listen! bit.ly/DionneBrandBTC
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
👂Listen! bit.ly/DionneBrandBTC
November 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
🎙️✨ 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
👂Listen! bit.ly/DionneBrandBTC
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
👂Listen! bit.ly/DionneBrandBTC
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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...
Book One of The Formation Saga (March 18, 2025)
Book Three of the Convergence Saga (September 16, 2025)
www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...
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...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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...
Book One of The Formation Saga (March 18, 2025)
Book Three of the Convergence Saga (September 16, 2025)
www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#DahlmaLlanosFigueroa
#BlackBookSky
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3.
#BookSky
#ReadCaribbean
#DahlmaLlanosFigueroa
#BlackBookSky
Adding this to my 2025 buy list! Thanks @brittlepaper.bsky.social.
brittlepaper.com/2024/10/ugan...
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#BlackBookSky
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#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#BlackBookSky
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.
Everything is Fine Here is a tender coming of age novel in Uganda, ...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Adding this to my 2025 buy list! Thanks @brittlepaper.bsky.social.
brittlepaper.com/2024/10/ugan...
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#BlackBookSky
brittlepaper.com/2024/10/ugan...
#BookSky
#ReadAfrican
#BlackBookSky