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Gene Hackman? RIP🙏🏾

Discover the informal settlement of Makoko, explore the heart of Lagos, and encounter a young woman on the precipice of adulthood in this coming-of-age story. WATER BABY: now out in paperback and longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Price. #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #readersky

The worst case of insnoria* led me to the discovery of APPLE CIDER VINEGAR on Netflix at around 4am. Only one more episode left. Do I watch it now or keep it for the evening? It's so good, I think I need to save it 🙊 *Insnoria - when you can't sleep cos someone is snoring their ass off next to you.

Never really thought about this before observing my cats this morning, but I tend to move from room to room when writing at home. I stay put for about a week or so before changing locations. Qu: what type of writing animal are you, or what's your current favourite work room? #writersky #booksky

Looking forward to the LIFTED LITERARY FESTIVAL 2025. Join our wonderful panel discussion on Sacred Stories, this Friday 7th February at 10am PST. I'm in conversation with two phenomenal storytellers: Lola Akinmade and Remica L. Bingham- Fisher. Full schedule: www.liftedunited.com/lifted-liter...

Happy pub day! 📚♥️🥳

Are unboxing videos a thing over here? Hope so 'cos I just spent (more time than I'd like to admit) shaving this video down to 60 secs. Judge me as a storyteller, not as a filmmaker! Please visit makokopearls.org to learn more about the setting of Water Baby. #booksky #writingcommunity #writer

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The paperback for Water Baby is released in the UK today. Supremely proud of this work and all it has taken to get here. Even more grateful for all the people that have worked on and supported this book. Looking forward to more people getting to know, and love, Baby!

Excited for the paperback release of Water Baby this Thursday (16th January)! 🥳

This movie is racking up awards so part of me is curious to watch Emilia Pérez, but first I'm going to need someone to zip-tie my arms and legs to a chair, AND put a helmet on my head in case I try and launch myself at the TV! Still unsure I'm going to make it through the runtime.

A writer's work is never done but it feels AMAZING when you complete the first draft of a new work! Now the real work begins as the editing phase commences. This is a lesson in patience and humility as you're confronted with your opening chapters, which suck. 🤦🏾‍♀️ But stick at it! #happywhensday

Everyone's a critic. What are you working on this year? #amwriting

Happy New Year/Day/Moment. New slate. A million possibilities. Let's get to work! ♥️ #happywhensday

Looking forward to getting stuck into these (and hopefully some more) over the holiday break! What are you reading? 🎄📚👍🏿

Thank you @brittlepaper.bsky.social for including Water Baby in the 100 Notable African Books of 2024. So many incredible works this year; truly appreciate the mention. Going out on a high note! 📚♥️

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. - Frederick Douglass What's lighting up your day? #happywhensday

I've written novels in less time than it's taken me to cut and peel a spaghetti squash. Surely, it's simply Mother Nature way of telling you it's not edible, correct?

It doesn't happen often, especially near the beginning of a project, but I love the feeling that comes with 'temporary clarity' when writing, and you're desperate to get down that scene or concept before it escapes you again. What's making you feel good today? #happywhensday