Book Review: Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
What happens when a woman is so desperate to get pregnant that she breastfeeds a goat? Described as…
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Book Review: No Place to Call Home
No Place To Call Home is a fictional tale exploring a family that flees the political violence of…
Remembering Buchi Emecheta, OBE
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta, OBE, widely regarded as one of Africa’s finest writers, passed away aged 72 earlier this…
Reviewing: The Hate U Give
This young adult debut novel by Angie Thomas came out in April 2017 and it was certainly a…
What happened at this year’s Africa Writes event?
If you are a bookwork and love African writers, publishers, poets and all things literature, then you were…
Reviewing: Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women
Described as a modern career guide for the creative woman, Refinery 29 says it is the book of…
Reviewing: When We Speak of Nothing
I have a confession! I have not watched Moonlight, the critically acclaimed, best-picture winning film directed by Barry…
Book review: Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People
This hotly anticipated book dubbed ‘essential’ by writer Marlon James is one that I have been looking forward…
Escape to the Caribbean this summer with these island based reads
A holiday to the Caribbean is always a treat, but if you can’t quite make it this summer…
Book Review: Satans and Shaitans
Author Obinna Udenwe has been making waves in the short story realm since 2012 having been shortlisted for…
Book Review: My Name is Leon
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and given 4 out of 5 stars on Good Reads, My…
Book of the week: The Book of Harlan
When a novel is described by the Washington Post as “simply miraculous”, expectations are likely to be quite…
Interviewing the spectacular Irenosen Okojie
Her prose is often described as rich, evocative, funny and hints at a razor-sharp wit that weaves through…
Books to nurture the soul
Life often throws us some epic curve balls that at the time can seem unsurmountable. How we deal…
Riley can be anything: A children’s book with an essential message
Embarking on a new chapter in her life, former entertainment editor at The Voice newspaper, Davina Hamilton, has…