Registration for “Black Talk: In Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib & Antonio Michael Downing” happening September 27 at CIGI is now open! eventbrite.ca/e/black-talk-t…

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😮 My new episode of CBC Books THE NEXT CHAPTER is available now on CBC Listen! 🥳 Check it out: tinyurl.com/4eevf9km 🙌🏾

What an honour to hear Hanif Abdurraqib & Antonio Michael Downing in conversation last night. Thank you Textile for organizing such a thoughtful event. I can’t wait to see what you plan next!

“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.” — Nina Simone

Martha and the Muffins team up with John Orpheus again on "Buttermilk" for a funky, groove-filled track you won’t be able to get out of your head. A perfect follow-up to "Look to the Moon," it's a sound clash of Talking Heads & Funkadelic vibes. canadianbeats.ca/2024/11/22/che…

.uw_english alumnus Antonio Michael Downing is the next author in this year’s Reading Series at St. Jerome’s. Fri. Jan. 31, 4:30pm, SJ2 1002. The reading is free and all are welcome. buff.ly/4gE9Cvq

🚨 OUT NOW! 🚨 "Number 1", the new track by The Syncopation Rebels ft. Martha and the Muffins, John Orpheus, Alex Exists & Chloe Kay.

Through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped move this country forward. As we honor his legacy today, let’s remember the lesson he taught us: that even in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can help change it.

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Our #EarshotSongOfTheDay is Antonio Michael Downing' 'Get Right!' - a profoundly funky, passionate & timeless celebration of living in the moment by this Trinidadian-born, #Toronto based artist & author. More: johnorpheus.com #earshotdistro #musicdistro

The #bocas2025 festival programme is unfurling in real time! 👀 😃 🥳 Nicholas Laughlin, Festival and Programme Director, is treating us to some of our visiting writers' names: olive senior, Diana McCaulay, Alycia Pirmohamed, Jason Allen-Paisant, Antonio Michael Downing, Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬 will all be here!

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☀️ 📚 Your perfect summer read is calling! Explore our most anticipated releases of the season.bit.ly/4mLqi7V Jackie Lau Ruth Ware Antonio Michael Downing Grace Flahive Lisa Jewell Charlene

From the acclaimed author of Saga Boy and Stars in My Crown, BLACK CHEROKEE is a bold and emotional coming-of-age tale of self-discovery about a mixed-race Black girl seeking identity and belonging in a South Carolina Cherokee community that refuses to accept her ancestry as

For fans of Queenie and Frying Plantain. A mixed-race Black girl searches for acceptance in a Cherokee community that denies her roots. BLACK CHEROKEE is out on Aug 19 but available for pre-order today! Antonio Michael Downing bit.ly/4mdt7NE

On the rain-swollen banks of the River Etsi in South Carolina, Ophelia Blue Rivers—six years old in 1992—catches frogs and stretches to reach the swaying sunflowers. She’s an orphan raised in a rustic cabin by her Grandma Blue, a descendent of the Black Cherokee Freedmen. Caught

Set in 1990s South Carolina, BLACK CHEROKEE by Antonio Michael Downing Antonio Michael Downing is a powerful coming-of-age novel about race, identity, and the search for home. On sale now! 📚 bit.ly/4mdt7NE

BLACK CHEROKEE has arrived...what a night...🙌🏾🎉 Simon & Schuster CA Simon & Schuster