TONIGHT!

When the fit and the nails match your book cover 😍😍

In convo yesterday with the girlies Lọlá Ákínmádé - MOVED TO THREADS + BLUESKY and 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚖’𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙.* 💛

I don’t know about yall but today is a great day to pre-order The Full Picture 🤭

Thrilled to share that @ouidabooks is publishing TUNDE ONAKOYA, THE CHESS CHAMPION. This vibrant children’s biography—stunningly illustrated by Kayode (KRO) Onimole—brings Tunde Onakoya’s powerful story of grit and greatness to young readers.

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Jamaica book tour starts today! 🇯🇲🇯🇲

Stop 1 of my JA paperback book tour was so so wholesome. Thank you so much to the UK Black Writers Guild for hosting, Caribbean Girl Experiencing The World for interviewing me and to everyone who came 💚💛

Alexia Arthurs reading for the first time in Jamaica from her work 🇯🇲 #Calabash2025

"A new wave of influencers were also in attendance, including prominent bookstagrammers like Trinidad-based 🇹🇹 @bookofcinz and South Africa’s @pretty_x_bookish, who now play an increasingly important role in elevating Caribbean and diasporic literature." theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

New arrivals in paperback #fiction! @misterosman Shani Akilah @ #bookbuster #independent #bookshop #QueensRoad #Hastings

46 is too far we don’t have the facilities for that

every new goodreads review for my book makes my heart soar 😭 like wow wow wow wow i really did this!

The For Such a Time as This paperback book tour continues! 🎉🎉 I’m outside again this summer with events in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Ottawa (online) and I’d love to see you there if I’m in your city 💚📚 🔗: linktr.ee/shaniakilah

Loved this interview 💚💚

There’s one right here and it’s o so good!

Happy FSATAT One Year Anniversary to me! 🥹🎉

Looking forward to being in convo with the National Windrush Museum at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich tomorrow! Come thru if you’re about, it’s FREE and the programme for the day is really cool! 🔗: bit.ly/4kPxHl0

Happening today! 🎉

Hey you! Did you know you can pre-order The Full Picture’s audiobook on all major retailers! (Audible will be available on December 1!) open.spotify.com/show/4p9njrLzO…