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Chikodili is

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1 month

What has two thumbs and is starting an MA in Magic and Occult Science at Exeter University? This witch!

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@Kinniska @GoodSirHamlet @JoyDMcLean @georgianroses @lauratnelson @JAJxCPA They don't need more power, THEY'VE GOT 7 KIDS. #supers

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1 year

Me, researching to verify some igbo cultural thing. Finds academic paper, good, good. Sees mention of Leviticus and Deuteronomy and nopes out. Igbo people, I am begging you to stop this nonsense. You're not the twelfth tribe of Israel. You're not descended from Abraham. STOP.

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I'M IN THE GUARDIAN! I'M IN THE GUARDIAN!

Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu review – an otherworldly vision of Nigeria

A boarding school is the backdrop for a metaphysical journey in this magical-realist debut

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

Behold, brethren! The cover for #DazzlingUS has landed! @overlookpress

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10 months

After my book got optioned successfully, I was able to buy a small place, put something aside for the kids and travel. Plus my book two sold, and I helped people with their housing and other costs. 2024: what a fantastic year! Just waiting for the world to catch up. 😁

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1 year

Pay me, I didn't come into the world to eat sand. Pay me. I've been working for decades while people laughed, told me to get a job, asked where I thought this was all leading, did I think I was special or what? Pay me. I have 2 kids, 7 guineas, a puppy and the will to live.

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1 year

The aim is not to make money, the aim is not to be a best-seller, the aim is to change people's lives. What do you think?

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Chikodili is

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3 years

I might have no bum to speak of but I managed to sit on this for half a year. @thebookseller

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Chikodili is

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6 months

How do you think you will live, truly live, without the arts? This is how you die: first they make you think the arts are inferior, then they cut off funding, and now you have nowhere, nothing, between the relentless grind of capitalism and death.

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Chikodili is

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2 years

I got a window spot in @Waterstones Brighton. Yiiiiii!

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2 years

THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD BOOKS HOW WILL I READ THEM ALL AHHHHHHHHHH

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1 month

Igbo kids, young ones, please listen up. Despite what Akwaeke Emezi has written in Freshwater, the python is *not* Ani/Ala's messenger. Yes the earth is her dominion but the python is IDEMILI's messenger. She is a regional goddess of the river named for her in ANAMBRA STATE. 1/

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10 months

Brand new Dazzling paperback cover!

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11 months

#DazzlingUS

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3 years

@Nabend1401 @RosieisaHolt @holt_charlie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Your last point was unexpected.

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5 years

@kelechnekoff Shower gel, body sponge, pumice stone for feet. Hand for intimate washing + intimate wash. Facial sponge + facial wash. Then do body again for the ancestors.

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2 years

My proofs just arrived. Someone punch me.

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2 years

My mother had clothes made and sent them to me for my book launch. A blouse, skirt and wrapper. And now, I weep. 😭😭😭😭

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11 months

Behold the magnificence of #DazzlingUS !

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1 year

Stop asking short story writers when their novels are coming. The short form is valid in its own right and is not necessarily a stepping stone to longer form stuff. Celebrate what they have produced on its own merits, not as a precursor. Think Alice Munro.

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2 years

#Dazzling is here. Tried to do a happy, screaming video but halfway through coming upstairs I started weeping like a dickhead. Nobody died, yet, here I am. Jesus Christ. Millenials are truly the worst.

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2 years

My agent @lucycmorris is open to submissions. Obviously, I would like to keep her all to myself but she treats me so well, is efficient and professional that not sharing this info would be cruelty. God I hate this, but like submit to her or whatever.

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2 years

"No pictures, please!" I said, but not being Rihanna, was resoundingly ignored.

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2 years

Er...so, #Dazzling arrived quietly at @WaterstonesPicc ahead of our witchy event on the 9th ( @EmiliaHartBooks @kirstylogan ). Thank you @shahvmira for the photo! It's surreal to see my book in its natural habitat like that, rubbing up against human animals.

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Chikodili is

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10 months

I'm a cover girl! With thanks to @shereadsdotcom for the spotlight. Read, share, have a wonderful weekend!

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2 years

What a glorious day. I am grateful for every cheer, every copy, every applause, every note or tweet of goodwill, every bouquet literal or figurative. #DazzlingIsHere

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Chikodili is

@chemelumadu

4 years

When you steal from writers, know that no hill or mountain, no body of water, no expanse of firmament can save you from the truckload of bad karma about to befall your existence. BUY OUR WORK. It is work that feeds families. We depend on it to live. BUY BOOKS.

Kemafor

@chidi_ebube_

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@peterupojo @idomagirl @Laydy_dee @NetflixNaija I have the ebook? Can send to your email

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10 months

Dazzling in the Washington Post! Weeheee!

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Chikodili is

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9 months

So, I did a thing which I wasn't going to share but people liked it so...I guess, here we go. The DEFINITIVE @goldenglobes book list, courtesy of @2023Debuts . First up, @madameraerae and TayTay

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Chikodili is

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4 years

Watching Unwell on Netflix and oh my goodness "Anyone can afford $77 even if they are on food stamps" is the whitest, most privileged shit I've ever heard. "Stop drinking Starbucks two days in a row"???! Throw the whole man in the dọti.

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2 years

Thanks to Bernadine Evaristo, I can say 'I am in Vogue' and mean it in both the Nigerian and British ways 🤣🤣🤣.

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7 months

Yes!!!!! Who is blessed? I am!

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7 months

Buy, borrow, listen, review! Thank you to everyone who has helped Dazzling soar out in the world.

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2 years

I didn't write this book for a lot of people and I didn't want to follow certain formulae so naturally it can be frustrating. But, I wrote the book I wanted to write so thank you for the review, Guardian! As a reader, this is a dream come true. Thank you, thank you!

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10 months

Huzzah! Thrilled to announce that Dazzling has made @brittlepaper 's 100 Notable Books of 2023! Check out the other fab 99 here (use as handy reading guide and share widely).

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Chikodili is

@chemelumadu

4 years

I won a #Nommo Award for my short story 'Sin Eater' published in Omenana Magazine. Congratulations to all winners, especially Ada Nnadi who's a joint winner with me. Thank you to everyone who voted. Today we rejoice. Tomorrow, we keep striving to #EndSARS

Sin Eater - Chikodili Emelumadu - omenana.com

Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora.

omenana.com

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2 years

@mrschadenfreud4 @EmilyJaneAuthor @thejeffbishop Teacup humans, yes.

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2 years

My name is Chịkọdịlị 'Tracy Chevalier is an early fan' Emelụmadụ and I don't know how to behave right now. Thank you for featuring #Dazzling @MetroUK !

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2 years

@mazi_emekar People also forget the first part of his name 'Ekwe'. You kinda have to 'let him' before he causes the thing to 'su'. He's not just roaming around looking for trouble. He's not jobless.

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4 months

Waiting at platform to attend the @WomensPrize . TRAIN DELAYED. My son did my hair.

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Chikodili is

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2 years

Writing is the best job in the world and I'm glad I fought for the chance to do what I was put on earth for. Thank you to my early readers from when I was an anon blogger, to trying stuff on Igbophilia, and other people's blogs. THANK YOU to anyone who's ever supported me.

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Chikodili is

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6 months

Kidlet is six. Today she wrote a book and drew the illustrations. The story was coherent. The drawings were consistent. The ending was satisfying. You guys. My pals. WE'VE GOT ONE. We made a writer and illustrator! This is the child that writes lyrics and composes tunes too.😭

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4 years

Why are people so afraid of feelings? Have them. CATCH THEM, for godssake! How on earth are you going through life a collector's item, still in your original packaging? Life happens *away* from those light-recessed shelves. Life is on the playroom floor. Choose life!

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10 months

Wooooohoooo! I don't know how Dazzling got to the Oklahoma Bestseller list but boy am I glad it did! *Alexa play "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.

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2 years

When you say you're fat and people rush in with "Nonsense! You're gorgeous!" I know. I didn't say I was ugly.

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8 months

It's today, brethren. Thankful for team @wildfirebks @headlinepg for a smooth and exciting journey to publication and, for the striking UK covers, @hollydrawsinink . Thanks to everyone who has read, listened to, shared & reviewed Dazzling. If you haven't, now is your chance!

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2 years

Just finished an author event at my old school. Thank you to the librarian (and English teachers) at Roedean.

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3 years

@msolurin @julietkego What is your accent, it's delicious to the ears.

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2 years

Stop buying dresses Chịkọdịlị, you only have one body. It doesn't matter if they have pockets. It doesn't matter that it's your debut year. Yes, yes, dresses pretty. Stop it. Stop it.

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8 months

#DazzlingPB , out February 15 - so in a few days! Save the date, brethren.

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2 years

Surrounded by brilliant, intellectual women @kirstylogan and @EmiliaHartBooks today at @WaterstonesPicc . Thank you to everyone who came! Off home to finally get lunch/dinner.

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Chikodili is

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1 year

I said what I said. And if you're a chief or titled person who believes Igbo is descended from Abraham, you need your eagle feather taken from you. You are using your position to spead falsehoods. Tueh for you. May the ancestors have mercy on your soul for you're lost.

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Chikodili is

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6 years

@valerievaldes Not at all! I quit Twitter for a bit and when I returned, I had to sign up for a new account. How are you?! Why are you exposing us to feels and making us cry?

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1 year

Ecstatic to be told that Dazzling made Bookish's list of 25 books to have on one's radar for Fall and Winter!

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Chikodili is

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2 months

I am at the BEGINNING of my career. People think because you might be X age and have published a book, you're in the middle. Let me correct you: I am just starting out.

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Chikodili is

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10 months

I am not sorry for spamming everyone with #DazzlingUS news. Celebrate with me!

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10 months

@AuthorLMDavis @melloftheball Did you write Superman?

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Chikodili is

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2 months

The Igbo say 'When a person wakes, it is their morning.' One emerges, when one emerges, no matter their age.

Guardian Stage

@guardianstage

2 months

Emerging playwright schemes should include over 40s, say UK theatre figures

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2 years

Well. It's my birthday. I am very fortunate to yet be alive. And healthy. And healing. And loved.

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2 months

Being an Igbo writer is recognising that despite Achebe etc, our culture, myths, deities, our folklore & religion are relatively little known. Work that is strident, incorrect and/or self-serving about our traditions is one we can ill afford. Collectivism and love must lead 💯.

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9 months

Emmys jackpot. Ali Wong, dressed as my paperback, OUT FEBRUARY 15TH. Tell your friends, foes, family and fans.

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2 years

Kid comes down to where I'm folding laundry in the utility room and sighs a massive sigh. "What is it?" I ask. "Dazzling is *such* a good book," he replies. I'm wondering if it's too late to add this to my blurb.

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Most of us are closer to homelessness than we think. Sit up. Take notice of what Ms Braverman is trying to do. Be aware. Be vocal.

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2 years

#DazzlingIsComing to America! Thrilled to be joining @_abbymuller and the team at Overlook!

Abby Muller

@_abbymuller

2 years

Could not be more thrilled to be publishing this brilliant, magical, dangerous, propulsive novel by @chemelumadu (alongside @Wildfirebks @EllaSGordon in the UK, and thanks to @hillaryjacobson and @lucycmorris )! Coming to you Fall 2023--mark your calendars ✨

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10 months

Dazzling in @shereadsdotcom 'Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy of 2023'!

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5 years

@markliterally @larimah @DKuzNY Ha. They quickly realised that she was in fact, LETTING them live.

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5 years

So, two weeks ago...or was it three? I finished my novel. You are all going to love it. Or hate it. One thing you won't be able to do is ignore it. I hope it rips your guts out.

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3 years

@chikaunigwe @KristenVanNest First pregnancy: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS Massive and felt weird. Just breasting boobily everywhere.

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5 years

So....I won. The timeline I was living ended after I was told because i dued. This is a new timeline. Happy birthday me.

Announcing the winner of the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel Prize

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel Prize is Chikọdili Emelumadu.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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2 years

When I grow up, I want to be Ellen Datlow.

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2 years

Heckin' miserable because my American publishers need me to do photos. Why can't I do my book cover with my face like this? Pretty please?

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1 year

Dazzling got a rave in @locusmag . 😭🤗😭🤗😭🤗😭🤗😭❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆

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4 months

Thank you to everyone in the world who has bought, borrowed, listened to, read, stocked, reviewed and recommend Dazzling. Thank you for all the interviews and podcasts. Congratulations to all other Nommo shortlisted candidates. Viva @africansfs !

ASFS

@africansfs

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Novel: • Bones and Runes – Stephen Embleton • Dazzling – Chikodili Emelumadu • Don’t answer when they call your name – Ukamaka • Olisakwe • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Olabufon – Wole Talabi • Vagabonds! – Eloghosa Osunde • Warrior of the Wind – Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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2 years

@mrschadenfreud4 @EmilyJaneAuthor @thejeffbishop How are you with children?

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Chikodili is

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10 months

You want to see mind-bending, experimental, brave, bizarre, writing? Try 'genre'. Sci-fi, horror, fantasy, magic realism, fabulism. I miss reading and writing short stories so, getting back into it soon.

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2 years

I'm ecstatic and I don't know where to put my feelings. I see you all, thank you, thank you so much!

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11 months

Dazzling US got another beautiful trade review from Library Journal: “Evocative and a little mysterious, this literary fantasy is immersive and full of Nigerian mythology. Recommend this lustrous coming-of-age story to those who like to read across genres.” Yiiii!

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2 years

IT IS HAPPENING. #DAZZLINGISCOMING PRE-ORDER Cover design by @hollydrawsinink

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4 years

Thrilled to be shortlisted for this year's AKO Caine Prize. Thank you to @DanCoxonAuthor for including this piece in 'Tales from the Shadowbooth' vol 2, and, for the last few days. By the way, have you bought the anthology yet? Do!

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10 months

Me: This week has been spectacular, can't possibly get any better. US editor: Here's another bit of news. Me: 😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤯

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3 months

Today I feel desperate, as if I will never write another book, much less sell one. There are too many ideas. I am fighting against the current of life and homeschooling and dwindling cash and hypersomnia and cortisol belly. I also know feelings are not facts.

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@Dope_DreadHeadT @DlGITALDOLL That's a sprite as in, fae. They literally ate fairies. I hear that's a rare delicacy @OJCade @MariaHaskins

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10 months

We didn't grow up with a mother who was into PDA or verbal affirmation, so now if my siblings send 'positive' quotes they sound threatening and I have to check that my weapons are in order because am I in trouble or are you? But happy US pub day to me, I guess.

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2 years

I'm in @WaterstonesPicc tomorrow. So excited to meet @EmiliaHartBooks and @kirstylogan that I might arrive too early, crash from the adrenaline and spend all afternoon sleeping in the cafe. Oy. Oh and our witchy event? COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

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11 months

I stopped #Shigidi because it was finishing and I didn't want it to. Reading a few more pages today because today is sunny.

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6 years

I'm thrilled to FINALLY announce that I'm a juror for next year's #ShirleyJackson awards. Honoured and humbled by my fellow jurors and excited to discover the sort of work that best represents Shirley Jackson's legacy. Lots of reading ahead! Nsopuru na otito diri chineke.

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@aneoin 'Moustache twirling goblin' has earned you a follow.

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7 months

Sometimes, it simply ASTONISHES me that I meet people who haven't yet experienced the splendour and majesty of Lesley Nneka Arimah. Do yourself a favour if you're one of these: grab her collection.

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5 months

you have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land [...] no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled means something more than journey. - Warsan Shire.

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Book Depository liked Dazzling so much they listed it twice in Best Books? That's the tweet today. Find me in a field somewhere, running around without clothes.

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11 months

Jet presents... Dazzling UK & US editions.

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Dazzling in an indie window in Brixton😁. Anyone recognise this shop? Please tag them. Photo by the singer Eliza Oakes.

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Ah, January 11th 2020. What a fun day it was. Hear me (and my grief weight) discuss Dazzling! #DazzlingIsComing

Headline Books

@headlinepg

2 years

With the publication of #Dazzling round the corner, we’re delighted to let you hear about this unmissable literary launch from the author herself @chemelumadu in a series of videos throughout December 🐆 Pre-order your copy here 👉 #DazzlingisComing

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#DazzlingUS included in this terrific @lithub round-up of African mythology-inspired novels by @wtalabi . Thank you!

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Every society, civilization and culture has mythologies and cosmologies; they make up a corpus of ancient and sacred narratives that help give meaning to the world. Passed down through generations,…

lithub.com

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5 years

@mazinwonwu How does an insipid "Good morning" compare with "Have you broken the dawn?" After all, mgbe onye jiri bilie bu ututu ya, literally and figuratively, so only an individual can decide upon the breaking of their own dawn/when their day dawns.

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Me, in Waterstones Eastbourne, searching for #Dazzling to no avail. I get in the queue and ask for it. "Oh, I know it!" says the sales rep excitedly, before she has typed a word. "Sadly, we're out of stock at the moment." The kids and I scream and start dancing.

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7 months

#Oscars2024 Here we go (while the kid is at lessons).

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2 years

Got a shelf with a note in @WaterstonesCamb . Thank you to @AlisonStockham for the photo.

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@iamwoodruff @holyqueerit Doesn't it feel strange to you, telling someone who has declared their testimony what *you* think it is instead? I'm trying to understand your thought process.

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