Books & Rhymes

Brittle Paper’s Children’s Anthology is out now, and FREE to download! 19 delightful stories by writers from across Africa 🇨🇲🇬🇭🇿🇦🇳🇬🇿🇼🇲🇼🇸🇱🇹🇿🇳🇦🇰🇪 Perfect for your little ones. Grab it here 👇🏾 #BooklingCorner #AfricanStoriesForKids brittlepaper.com/2025/07/bookli…

I’m giving away 2 FREE tickets to @BalletBlack’s incredible tribute to Nina Simone tomorrow at @YorkTheatre. Saw them at Stratford in May & they were awe-mazing. Booked ticket to see them again, but enemies of progress won’t let me prosper. DM if you want. yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/ballet-bl…

@iamheathermarks Check your DM. xx

Where is good to stay outside the UK in November? Trying to plan a writing/burnout-recovery retreat and the infinity of the internet is wearing me down! 😫 Please o please can I have your recommendations? I just want to write and swim!

@JENDELLA I’ve got my ticket! Can’t wait to hear more about your utterly brilliant novel, Glory!

🍿 A NIGHT IN WITH MEEE 🍷 Join me and Liv Little for deep & thorough convo. We’ll cover major themes, (unexpected) personal connections + the nuts & bolts of writing. 📆 Sat 6th Aug @ 6.30pm BST 🎟 Tickets are FREE 💻 It’s online & you can re-watch #book" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fane.co.uk/jendella-benso…

Sawad Hussain stay doing the work. Check out this forthcoming title she co-yea slated with @arablit 🔥🔥🔥

Had the pleasure of spending the evening listening to an utterly illuminating conversation between @EkowEshun & @MarlonJames5 in celebration of the launch of #MoonWitchSpiderKing at the @southbankcentre 🙌🏾

Still can’t believe I was able to find a first edition copy of this extremely rare ‘Festac Anthology of Nigerian Writing’, edited by Cyprian Ekwensi. 😱😱 Won’t He do it! 💃🏾💃🏾

Huge congratulations, Nana. The US edition is GORGEOUS!! I’m legging it to online shops to get my copy in addition to my UK edition.

@chikaunigwe Congratulations ❤️❤️❤️ Looove this cover!!!

It’s coming out in French!!!!! Oui! Oui!! Oui!!!!! Really pleased, really excited

@bronzebygold @PenguinUKBooks @vintagebooks @SquarePegBooks @HTelfer1 This is FANTASTIC news, Marianne!!! It’s is so very well deserved. Congratulations 🎉

@khalisaandco @SOnithewriter

@khalisaandco @ToluAgbelusi @JENDELLA @awapointe

Ohhhh… @bulaqbooks tote is calling out to me. Who am I to refuse?

@BookMonsterAlly @CassavaRepublic @JacarandaBooks @ToluAgbelusi @_KnightsOf

Hello hello! Looking for Authors and Illustrators who might be interested in holding an in person library event in Sheffield library next year. Please reach out via DM if this is something you might consider and associated fees. Thank you! 😁

Last night’s live recording of da poddy was a dream! Huge thanks @MukomaWaNgugi for the generous dose of laughter, unforgettable stories, and music… @CassavaRepublic for consistently feeding our imagination with rich texts… & @LibreriaLondon for a stellar venue.

For teachers interested in being included on the @Ituika_ #Africanlanguagesteachers database, send us the following information: your name, language, bio, a high-res photo, contact info and age range. Please also include all your website if available and your social media handles

@annamburtt @kit_reads @LaurenceKingPub @orionbooks Anna!!! This is great news. It couldn’t have happened to a kinder, honest, and all round lovely person. Congratulations, friend ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Excited to announce that tonight’s live show with Mukoma wa Ngügi is sold out 💥🔥 Our audience are in for a sonically immersive experience of @MukomaWaNgugi’s latest novel, Unbury Our Dead With Song, which I highly recommend you purchase.

Listen to @elnathan_john’s narration of the audiobook edition of @MukomaWaNgugi’s novel Unbury Our Dead with Song. Also: join me tomorrow, Friday 19th of Nov in conversation with Mukoma. Details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-live-podca…