Congratulations! It looks fabulous!! 💐💐

Modupe and her baby

A dramatic Modupe and her baby

Unimpressed cat and book

It’s my book birthday! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out in the UK today! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey! Get ready for battles, ancestor magic, and big revelations!

See below for links to the Goldsboro and Illumicrate exclusion editions!

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Feel like he should have hugged her here. She’s been kidnapped for 2 months. A hug would have been nice.

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Spent so much time on Kevin Smith’s View Askew website in the 90s/noughties. Love that they never redesigned. Responsive design was prob a note on some developer’s notebook in that era. Sometimes I visit and just mosey around…

HARD KNOCKS by me (Ruby Lang) has hockey and is written by someone who's Asian Canadian (and has an Asian Canadian FMC)
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I guess marrying your dead wife’s sister gives your kids a step mum they already know (though a lot of confusion on her role) and keeps the guy locked into the wife’s family inc his assets.

Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for The Insufferable Mr Fletcher by Lindo Forbes and Quarter-Love Crisis by Jasmine Burke

Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi and Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Awakened by Kelechi Okafor and The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A Hayne

Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson and The Game is Afoot by Elise Bryant

Some of the picks from my Black Book Gift Guide - grown folk edition.

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Black Book Gift Guide – adults Here are 28 suggestions to help you choose the ideal book whether for your sister, dad, best friend or neighbour.

Can’t leave the adults out of the book gift convo. I have conjured up a list of 28 fantastic books by Black authors that you can gift to your loved ones.

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Hope it helps! 😊

Black book gift guide features covers of The great misfortune of Stella Sedgewick by S Isabelle, Til Death by Busayo Matuluko and Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite

Black book gift guide features covers of The Reaper by Jackson P Brown, Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Anson and Masquerade by O O Sangoyomi

Some of the YA picks from my Black Book Gift Guide for kids.

Full list of 22 book recs on:
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Black book gift guide features covers of Granny’s Kitchen by Sade Smith and The Best Jellof Rice Ever by Oyinye Iwu

Black book gift guide features covers of 100 Goats and Granny by Atinuke and One day at the bottom of the deep blue sea by Daniel Bernstrom

Black book gift guide features covers of Too Small Tola by Atinuke, Future Hero by Remi Blackwood and The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson

Black book gift guide features covers of Way off track by Carl Brundtland, From here to Timbuktu by Milton J Davis and The Gatekeepers Staff by Antoine Bandele

Some of the picks from my Black Book Gift Guide for kids.

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Black Book Gift Guide – Children Books make great gifts. I think it’s particularly important to buy Black books for the children in our lives because they deserve to see children who look like them playing the lead role in stories…

Still sorting out your holiday gifts? I have children’s book recs to make your life easier!

22 books by Black authors for the kids in your life.

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Illustrated couple: serious Asian man with glasses, sweater, and collared shirt. Smiling Black woman with long twists, wearing white winter hat and scarf, plus blue sweater. Both carrying disposable coffee cups. Red snowflake decorations in background.

They were high school sweethearts, and now they’re snowbound in an unheated motel room with only one bed...

Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!

Character art by Celia Moscote

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Sending you love, Jackie. 🥰

Yay! The time has come! Looking forward to chatting about all things #romantasy!

The genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline - +972 Magazine For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on. This is what they saw.

For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on.

This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.

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One week ago, Firstborn of the Sun was released into the world 🧡☀️🧡🥹🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

A copy of the Goldsboro Books special edition of FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN.

Happiest of book birthdays to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social with the release of epic fantasy novel FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN! I am so glad this wonderful book, which is steeped in Yoruba culture, exists! And just look at this gorgeous @goldsborobooks.bsky.social special edition! 🤩

Promo image for Wild Writers Literary Fest featuring title- Other World: Romantasy and the Politics of Emotion. Shows three headshots of author panel: J.M. Frey, Shade Lapite and Nicki Pau Preto.

I’m so pleased to be part of this year’s *Wild Writers Literary Festival*. I’m looking forward to discussing romantasy with Nicki Pau Preto and @jmfrey.bsky.social.

Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.

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FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN is out October 23rd! I can’t wait! Preorder now!

Love her! 🧡

😂 So basically RnB, language of love, wins the battle.

The image is made to look like a school journal. To the left is a blue banner with two white stars on it (signifying how many starred reviews the particular book has). At the bottom right is the Mackids School & Library logo. The first quote reads: "will have all readers (and especially fans of Rick Riordan Presents titles) craving more. Highly recommended" - School LIbrary Journal The second quote reads: "A grand tale, funny and terrifying in turns, steeped in Ghanaian spirituality and folklore, and wrapped around themes of identity, obligation, true friendship, and devastating loss" - Kirkus, starred review To the right is the cover of the book being reviewed, Kwame Crashes The Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer

⭐ Stargaze with Mackids ⭐

Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award, KWAME CRASHES THE UNDERWORLD is a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity! The paperback is out now 📚 bit.ly/3KfOMai

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She was such a force in the industry and so lovely in person. The news is so incredibly sad.

Did a throwback to Sonali Dev’s fab Bollywood series! A Bollywood Affair and The Bollywood Bride are my go-to, comfort reads.
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food

Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.

#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev

Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.

Thank you for your painstaking research and so much thoughtful and insightful content!

In Gaza, we know why Israel wants to herd us all into one camp – our lives are bargaining chips | Nour Abo Aisha We’ve fled the attacks again and again. Now Israel plans to force us into the ruins of Rafah in order to increase pressure on Hamas, says Gaza-based writer Nour Abo Aisha

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A Dish Best Served Cold, Or, an Excerpt From the Cookbook Of the Gods - Lightspeed Magazine The first thing you have to know is that I did not kill the gods. Now, I’m sure you must have heard differently from your parents when they tell you bedtime stories, your priests who tell you their se...

"Every single human in your world knows the tale of Éshu, the rogue god who stormed into the palace of the gods one evening and murdered them all with dark magic. The stories differ [...] every version of this story paints me as the villain. They are not right, of course."
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