"Despite its grave subject matter, The Edge of Water by Olufunke Grace Bankole lingers on moments of hope and beauty ultimately telling a powerful story of mother-daughter love." ✨A Best Book of February Oprah Daily ! oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

The Edge of Water by Olufunke Grace Bankole is a Best Book of February Ms. Magazine !💙🤍 msmagazine.com/2025/02/18/bes…

What an honor to see my debut novel in Ms. Magazine--thank you!🙏🏿💕✨

Our February reads, with love! bookshop.org/lists/february… Yvonne Sewankambo Candlewick Press HarperCollins Random House Graphic Olufunke Grace Bankole Tin House Omar El Akkad Alfred A. Knopf Victoria Christopher Murray Berkley Publishing

Honored and so grateful that my debut novel, THE EDGE OF WATER, is a Best Book of March The Root!✨🙏🏿💕 theroot.com/new-books-by-b…

"When I was a baby writer I thought it was some sort of artistic failing not to be writing all the time." Read The Edge of Water author Olufunke Grace Bankole's advice on writing Poets & Writers ! pw.org/writers_recomm…

Here's a beefy list of debut books you should pick up this month! We're eatin' good! debutiful.net/2025/04/02/14-…

👀Fall 2025 Tin House books coming from Jeannie Vanasco, Chet'la Sebree (Chet'la Sebree), Grady Chambers (Grady Chambers), Anbara Salam (@anbara_salam), Maddie Ballard, and Allie Tagle-Dokus! Click for our📚Fall 2025 Catalog! bit.ly/TinHouseF25Cat…

Allyuh, my launch date for HOW TO BE UNMOTHERED: a Trinidadian memoir is here 🙌🏾 Come celebrate with me 🎉🎊 I’ll be in conversation with Nadia Owusu on Aug 18 at Books Are Magic

The Best Debut Books of 2025 (So Far) debutiful.net/2025/06/16/the…

Thank you, Apple Books!

It's a tremendous honor to be a finalist for the Westport Prize for Literature. Thank you to the Westport Library prize committee and readers, and congratulations to fellow finalists, Nicole Cuffy and Jennifer Haigh!

The Most Anticipated Debut Books of July-December 2025, according to Adam Vitcavage debutiful.net/2025/06/26/the…

Come join us Tin House alumni as we celebrate & converse about our 2025 debut books 🙌🏾 We’ll be at Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends on Sept 19 at cafe con libros bk Such a joy to be panelists together with these wonderful writers 💗🌟 Please RSVP at: cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/our…

Check out the latest TWC Book Club pick: THE EDGE OF WATER by Olufunke Grace Bankole! Members and subscribers can read about why Oindrila Mukherjee described this book as “a gorgeous debut about home and belonging, mothers and daughters, love and loss, despair and hope.” writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-june/…

Excited for this Brooklyn Book Festival event with these fellow debut authors. If you're in NYC on September 19, come see us! Please RSVP here: cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/our…

These are the dozen debut books that we think you should rush out and buy this month! From stories about Hawaiʻi to a novel set in rural Mississippi. From a genre-bending book about memories to a satire about war, there's something for everyone: debutiful.net/2025/08/04/12-…

THE EDGE OF WATER is a 2025 New American Voices Award Finalist! Thank you to the Institute for Immigration Research and Fall for the Book for this honor centering the power and impact of immigrant stories. My gratitude to the judges, and  congratulations to my fellow finalists.

In her novel, "The Edge of Water", Olufunke Grace Bankole gives us a story that’s like a tide - swelling, persistent, & full of secrets. Per Olukorede S. Yishau, there is a delicate interplay of fate & agency, & every ripple carries a story untold. thelagosreview.ng/the-delicate-i… Masobe Books