🚨 Announcement 🚨

Excited to share that I’ll be at the University of Lagos on Thursday, 25th April (UK Pub day!!) for the
Pre-Launch of We Were Girls Once in West Africa

Hope to see you there! ❤️

To register: forms.gle/3QQRNJnRZ2Cj6k…

Last night, I had my book launch event for 'Perfect Little Angels.' It felt joyous and intimate. Thankful for the gift of community ❤️

How stunning are both covers of
We Were Girls Once!
The West African edition @ouidabooks and UK edition @scribneruk .
Thankful to my amazing publishers and everyone for the support ❤️
Out in W/A 10th May, Available in Uk 25th April. link in bio ✨

Feeling honored and grateful! Thank you Commonwealth Foundation Creatives for this immense recognition! #CWprize

What a privilege to be judging the Caine Prize this year. Publishers of African short story writers, you've still got time to beat the deadline. #caineprize

Looking so forward to this conversation with powerhouse poet canisia lubrin! ✨✨✨

#CeasefireNOW

Feeling grateful for all the love and support as We Were Girls Once is out in world in a few days. Thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to read and review it. Your kind words and beautiful pictures mean the world to me. Link in bio❤️

starred review in publishers weekly tonight queen? publishersweekly.com/9781324075943

Delighted to share that the West African Edition of We Were Girls Once will be published by Ouida Books on the 10th of May! 💫❤️

To pre-order: ouidabooks.com/product/we-wer…

Here is an upcoming event we WISH we could attend! Guelph CW MFA professor and program coordinator canisia lubrin reading with Nicole Sealey at Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad & Tobago! Other authors reading at the festival include Dionne Brand, Christina Sharpe and Safiya Sinclair. Wow!

Vincent Anioke Vincent Anioke launches his brilliant story collection PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS at the Waterloo Public Library (John M. Harper branch) tomorrow night (April 18), 7:00pm! Co-presented by Words Worth Books Words Worth Books calendar.wpl.ca/event/10274473

Incredibly grateful to francesca , Abby Geni and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma for the very kind reviews. Thank you!

We Were Girls Once out April 25th, 2024.
Pre-order here: simonandschuster.co.uk/books/We-Were-…

✨✍️🎨Exciting news!

Submission deadline extended: 30 April

Learn more: commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/mu…

#callforsubmissions #visualart #creativeopportunity

Faith Arkorful’s “poems move through grief, memory, and joy with the insight of “a black girl [who] learns to worship herself very early. Tends to her own burns.” ★ review bit.ly/43O6uaY of debut collection The Seventh Town of Ghosts McClelland & Stewart

So looking forward to this! 🥰

The #CWprize shortlist announcement is two weeks away!

Entrants: how are you feeling? Nervous? Excited? Somewhere in between?

Reply with a gif that captures your mood 🙏🤞🏆✍️

Thanks for the thoughtful article on Curious Sounds. We appreciate you sharing our inspirations and the creative process bringing this baby to the world.

49thshelf.com/Blog/2024/03/2…

So excited for this!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

We are pleased to announce CREE HOMO 🌾, francesca, kaie kellough, and Souvankham Thammavongsa as the 2024 Amazon Canada First Novel Award judging panel. Learn more about the judges at thewalrus.ca/afna. #AmazonFNA
Amazon Canada

Part of you The Khyber Centre Fundraiser Exhibition with works by Arjun Lal and francesca and so many more artists.