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50+ Books 2023 (July-Dec)
The first half of 2023 is already over and while there are many unvertainities always, there is one thing we can be sure about: There will be incredible books published between July and December 2023. And below you find some of the books which are on my radar. Fiction J. Vanessa Lyon: Lush…
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50 (+ more) Books 2023 (January – June)
One week into the new year and I am happy to know that despite everything there is one thing we can be sure about in 2023: Some fantastic books will be published. Like every year I have my little calender in which I write down whenever I come across a title a find…
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50 Highly Anticipated Books 2022 (July-December)
We are already deep into the second half of 2022. So it’s time for another fifty books I am excited for this year. The book descriptions are mostly taken directly from the respecitive publishers’ websites. For monthly updates on new releases, follow me on Instagram where I share new publications in my stories (and save…
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50 Highly Anticipated Books 2022 (January-June)
No matter what 2022 will bring, there will be art, there will be books. And these are fifty of the books I am seeing forward to in the first half of the year! For monthly updates on new releases, follow me on Instagram where I share new publications in my stories (and save…
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July, August, September 2021: 15 (+) Most-Anticipated Books
As I am based in Germany and can access books published in Germany, UK, and the US equally via my local bookshop these release dates might be a bit all over the place depending on where you are based. July Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: The Sex Lives of African Women Synopsis: “The Sex Lives…
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April, May, June 2021: 15 (+) Most-Anticipated Books
I spent most of the first quarter of 2021 severely ill but now I am very much seeing forward to a new quarter filled with the kind light of spring and plenty of incredible new publications. As I am based in Germany and can access books published in Germany, UK, and the US…
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January, February, March 2021: 15 (+) Most-Anticipated Books
Who is to say what 2021 will have to offer us – and if it will be better than 2020. But one thing I am sure about: There will be some wonderful books to guide us through the year, to make us think (and re-think), feel and question. And also just entertain along…
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October, November, December 2020: 15 (+) Most-Anticipated Books
As many people do – I feel like this year has been simultanously long and very, very short. So, at the same time, I can’t believe I am already putting togethery my last most-anticipated book list for the year but I am also amazed that we have still three whole months to go.…
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#ReclaimHerName – or maybe don’t?
In 1939, Ann Petry published her first short story “Marie of the Cabin Club” though the name “Ann Petry” was not listed as the author, instead, it was “Arnold Petry”. Like her, throughout history, women have taken on masculine pen names in order to publish their writing in a sexist and misogynistic (publishing)…
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Mami Watas, president’s wives, and a stew – The 2020 Caine Prize Stories
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded each year to one short story by an African/ African-diasporic writer. You can read all the stories online via the Caine Prize website. The winner will be announced on July 27th with a film by Joseph Adesunloye. Of course, the question had to come up at yesterday’s 2020 AKO Caine Prize Conversation…
