Bernardine Evaristo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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1/ Girl, Woman, Other is unsuitable reading material for 17-18 year olds, apparently, and is on a list of books to be banned in South Dakota 'all of which are by or about people of color and/or queer people'. Funny that. See Guardian article in 2/ https://bookriot.com/rapid-city-area-schools-censorship/

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A celebration of #BerylGilroy is now on at the @britishlibrary - the author of many books including her brilliant memoir, Black Teacher (1976), republished last year @FaberBooks with an intro by yours truly. https://www.bl.uk/events/celebrating-beryl-gilroy

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So pleased to see our homegirl @winsome_pinnock winning a prestigious @WindhamCampbell Prize. The first play of hers I saw was Picture Palace with the Women's Theatre Group (@Sphinxtheatre) in 1986, the last was a revival of Leave Taking @bushtheatre in 2018. She never gave up. https://t.co/1IgPMAL5cQ

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Sunday's Book Suggestion: 'The Confessions of Frannie Langton' (TV adaptation in the works) by my wonderful sisterwriter, Sara Collins. She is a brilliant novelist & powerful new voice on the literary scene and I have so much respect for her. @mrsjaneymac https://saracollinsauthor.com/

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I didn't expect such a beautifully-written, gorgeously- immersive literary novel which is also a page-turner. I spun out the last few pages because I didn't want it to end. #wherethecrawdadssing @HachetteUK

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On my summer reading list - writers daring to be different: The Black Flamingo, a YA verse novel by @DeanAtta about a mixed-race drag queen; That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu, a fragmented memoir & the daringly experimental Exquisite Cadavers @meenakandasamy https://t.co/y2r6taRIHn

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Yesterday I interviewed MICHELLE JANA CHAN @bruneluni for the WRITERS' SERIES about her epic debut novel, SONG. She blew us away with her honesty, energy, positivity and generosity towards the students. Thank you, @michellejchan. @Bruneluni @brunelwriter @Brunel_Arts https://t.co/d8d09nRmOU

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...transcendental, sublime, poetic & utterly unique. It's 136 pages long but it's not a quick read because it's so rich, expansive and complex - radiating out into the universe and into the interior lives of the six astronauts living in an international space station orbiting the earth.

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Congrats @CalebANelson. OPEN WATER was one of my Books of the Year @NewStatesman. Congrats to my @Bruneluni colleague @hannahlowepoet for THE KIDS scooping up the poetry prize & @ClaireFuller2's @WomensPrize-shortlisted UNSETTLED GROUND. Not read the others yet. @CostaBookAwards https://twitter.com/CostaBookAwards/status/1478713260463562754

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And congrats to newbie Natasha Brown, too - who is on such a roll with ASSEMBLY. https://t.co/UzPvjXG4yC