B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscommunity / friendship / magical powers / Nigeria / POC / YA fantasy5 Comments
Dear Ms. Okorafor, Having read and enjoyed the first book in your If-Harry-Potter-was-a-girl-in-Nigeria series of young adult novels, Akata Witch, I’ve been looking forward to the sequel, Akata Warrior. The books’ protagonist is Sunny Nwazue, an African-American girl born to Nigerian immigrant parents and now living in Nigeria. Sunny has ... more >
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Dear Ms. Okorafor, Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue is fascinated by candles. In Nigeria, where Sunny lives, the electrical company turns off the lights at night, and Sunny keeps candles in her bedroom in case she needs light. One night, she lights such a candle and it shows her something—a vision of ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewscommunity / Contemporary / England / London / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Choir on Hope Street by Annie Lyons
The best things in life happen when you least expect them Nat’s husband has just said the five words no one wants to hear – ‘I don’t love you anymore’. Caroline’s estranged mother has to move into her house turning her perfectly ordered world upside down. Living on the same ... more >
Publishing NewsBooks / community / DRM / gaming / intellectual property / Pride-and-Prejudice / publishing / social media / writing4 Comments
An Introverted Writer’s Lament – Reading this article reminded me of a great conversation I had with friends lately about how much more engaged and vocal the community of Romance authors seems to be now than, say, five years ago. I suggested that perhaps self-publishing has allowed authors to talk ... more >
Letters of Opinionauthors / commercial speech / community / harassment / power / readers / risk / stalking125 Comments
I had originally intended to write a follow-up post to last week’s piece on feminism and the Romance genre, but the enormous Kickstarter debate kicked me back to a post on authors and power I had intended to write some months back after the Kathleen Hale incident. During that debate, ... more >
Letters of Opinionbloggers / chilling effects / community / Free Speech52 Comments
More than two years ago, I wrote a post in which I called out the Romance community for the shaming, silencing, and doxxing of readers who were critical of authors, as well as the seeming unwillingness of the larger community to come together in solidarity. I ended that post (which, ... more >