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Book Review, Non Fiction

No Logo by Naomi Klein- Book Review

No Logo appealed to me because as a kid in the nineties, I was aware of an anti-corporate sentiment that the Gen X-ers were bandying around along with high tops and grunge. I didn’t really Continue reading No Logo by Naomi Klein- Book Review

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book and a cup of coffee children of blood and bone
Book Review, Fiction

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi -Book Review

Children of Blood and Bone is the debut from the extremely talented Tomi Adeyemi. It’s based in Orisha eleven years after King Saran takes the magic from the land by Continue reading Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi -Book Review

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Book and Street Art in Brockley, South London
African Literature, Book Review, Fiction

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo- Book Review

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
tells of the lengths Akin and Yejide go to ‘cure’ their childlessness. The stories they tell themselves and each other, the unsolicited interjections from mothers and rival hairdressers. Continue reading Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo- Book Review

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The Good Immigrant Book on a table
Book Review, London Lit, Non Fiction

The Good Immigrant Edited by Nikesh Shukla – Book Review

The Good Immigrant , edited by Nikesh Shukla. 21 young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers pen short essays on their experiences as immigrants in Britain Continue reading The Good Immigrant Edited by Nikesh Shukla – Book Review

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London Lit, Non Fiction

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith

The first season of The Wire was some of the best TV I’d ever seen but it took me years just to get to season three Continue reading Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith

Unknown's avatarPaperback socialMay 16, 2018Feb 25, 2025Leave a comment

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