Francesca Ekwuyasi is not, she promises, “the kind of person who quotes French philosophers.” Still, she pulls it off with panache (Sartre: “Hell is other people”). The Nigerian Canadian author is eager to credit the role that the kindness of others’ and feeling ‘favoured’ has played in her success (her own quote beats Sartre’s: “people are everything”). Her book, Butter, Honey, Pig, Bread, was nominated for a 2020 GG. Ekwuyasi is also a filmmaker whose short documentary On Faith and Queerness is, like her writing, a beautiful exploration of family and love.
Pick up a copy of Butter Honey Pig Bread here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/francesca-ekwuyasi/
When his book The Black Friend: How to Be a Better White Person made the New York Times bestseller list, Frederick Joseph broke down in tears thinking of his With sincerity and encouragement, Joseph — founder of The Black Panther Challenge that enabled 75,000 low-income kids to see the Marvel mov...
With joy and affection, CanLit heavy-weights Margaret Atwood and Ian Williams have much to discuss, not least of which is what footwear they chose at the age of 25.
Pick up a copy of Dearly here: https://wordfest.com/25at25/book-recommendations/margaret-atwood/
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Successful marriages are rare. So are monumental novels. Combine the two and you’ve got, well, Esi Edugyan and Steven Price who discuss love and literature from their home on Vancouver Island.
Pick up a copy of Edugyan's Washington Black here: https://wordfest.com/25at25/book-recommendations/esi...
