The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett’s book, The Vanishing Half, is an exploration of family relations, of the flawed notions of colourism and their insidious and…
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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Title: Everything I Never Told You Author: Celeste Ng Published: 2014 Genre: Fiction The book opens with “Lydia is dead. But they…
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
Title: She Would Be King Author: Wayétu Moore Published: 2018 Genre: Historical fiction & magic realism In She Would Be King,…
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Title: Girl, Woman, Other Author: Bernadine Evaristo Published: 2019 Genre: Fiction For the sisters & the sistas & the sistahs &…
It’s not about the burqua – edited by Mariam Khan
Title: It’s not about the burqa Author: edited by Marian Khan Published: 2019 Genre: Non-fiction This collection of essays written my Muslim…
Musical tale of friendship in Zadie Smith’s Swing Time
Title: Swing Time Author: Zadie Smith Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2016 Genre: Fiction Zadie Smith’s musical tale is about relationships in general…
Talk of the Town by Fred Khumalo – Guest review
Title: Talk of the Town Author: Fred Khumalo Publisher: Kwela Books Published: 2019 Genre: Fiction In this collection of short stories, Khumalo…
Unapologetic powerful stories in Heads of the Colored People
Title: Heads of the Colored People Author: Nafissa Thompson-Spires Publisher: Chatto & Windus (Penguin Random House imprint) Published: 2018 Genre: Fiction …
Educated by Tara Westover
Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 2018 Genre: Memoir In Educated, Tara Westover recounts her childhood about growing…
Psychological thriller in Leila Slimani’s Lullaby
Title: Lullaby Author: Leila Slimani Publisher: Faber & Faber Published: 2016 Genre: Fiction Leila Slimani’s psychological thriller about a family nanny that murders…
On race, identity and representation in The Good Immigrant
Title: The Good Immigrant Author: edited by Nikesh Shukla Publisher: Unbound Published: 2016 Genre: Non-Fiction The blurb reads: ‘What’s it like to…
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Title: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 2017 Genre: Fiction Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is,…