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This is what alignment looks like - Stockholm Book Club Tour officially launches
For close to 20 years, I've been working in the travel industry. Mostly as a travel writer and photographer for several publications, visual storyteller on commercial collaborations, and creative stra...
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On Oct 4, we officially expanded literary tourism to Sweden by launching the #StockholmBookTour experience in partnership with XperienceSthlm and The Afro-Swedish Organisation… (continued in comments)
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Bestselling author Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström returns with Bitter Honey — a warm, heartfelt story about mothers, daughters, and finding your voice.
Hear her in conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma.
📅 Mon, Nov 10 | 7 PM
📍MLK Library
🎟️ https://bit.ly/42Vcnnv
Hear her in conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma.
📅 Mon, Nov 10 | 7 PM
📍MLK Library
🎟️ https://bit.ly/42Vcnnv
October 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bestselling author Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström returns with Bitter Honey — a warm, heartfelt story about mothers, daughters, and finding your voice.
Hear her in conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma.
📅 Mon, Nov 10 | 7 PM
📍MLK Library
🎟️ https://bit.ly/42Vcnnv
Hear her in conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma.
📅 Mon, Nov 10 | 7 PM
📍MLK Library
🎟️ https://bit.ly/42Vcnnv
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Work at the @swedeninnigeria.bsky.social is always interesting. And some days it’s also a lot of fun. Meeting @lolaakinmade.bsky.social … 😀👇
Last week at Ambassador-designate @annawesterholm.bsky.social's residence, we had an inspiring evening with 🇳🇬🇸🇪 author, @lolaakinmade.bsky.social, reading from her latest novel #BitterHoney.
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Work at the @swedeninnigeria.bsky.social is always interesting. And some days it’s also a lot of fun. Meeting @lolaakinmade.bsky.social … 😀👇
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Last week at Ambassador-designate @annawesterholm.bsky.social's residence, we had an inspiring evening with 🇳🇬🇸🇪 author, @lolaakinmade.bsky.social, reading from her latest novel #BitterHoney.
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Last week at Ambassador-designate @annawesterholm.bsky.social's residence, we had an inspiring evening with 🇳🇬🇸🇪 author, @lolaakinmade.bsky.social, reading from her latest novel #BitterHoney.
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity.
#SwedenInNigeria
Save the dates. Mark your calendars 💙💛
BITTER HONEY US TOUR with William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers.
Can’t wait to share details and tag all our wonderful stops, incredible interlocutors, and links to register very soon 🙏🏽
#bitterhoneybook #booktour #authorlife #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
BITTER HONEY US TOUR with William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers.
Can’t wait to share details and tag all our wonderful stops, incredible interlocutors, and links to register very soon 🙏🏽
#bitterhoneybook #booktour #authorlife #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Save the dates. Mark your calendars 💙💛
BITTER HONEY US TOUR with William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers.
Can’t wait to share details and tag all our wonderful stops, incredible interlocutors, and links to register very soon 🙏🏽
#bitterhoneybook #booktour #authorlife #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
BITTER HONEY US TOUR with William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers.
Can’t wait to share details and tag all our wonderful stops, incredible interlocutors, and links to register very soon 🙏🏽
#bitterhoneybook #booktour #authorlife #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
On Oct 4, we officially expanded literary tourism to Sweden by launching the #StockholmBookTour experience in partnership with XperienceSthlm and The Afro-Swedish Organisation… (continued in comments)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...
#BookSky
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...
#BookSky
This is what alignment looks like - Stockholm Book Club Tour officially launches
For close to 20 years, I've been working in the travel industry. Mostly as a travel writer and photographer for several publications, visual storyteller on commercial collaborations, and creative stra...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
On Oct 4, we officially expanded literary tourism to Sweden by launching the #StockholmBookTour experience in partnership with XperienceSthlm and The Afro-Swedish Organisation… (continued in comments)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...
#BookSky
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...
#BookSky
"From the title alone, #BitterHoney offers a subtle warning, what begins as something golden & sweet slowly reveals its bitter edge. But nothing quite prepares the reader for the emotional intensity & layered #storytelling that follow" - @glamour.com SA www.glamour.co.za/lifestyle/gl...
#booksky
#booksky
July 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"From the title alone, #BitterHoney offers a subtle warning, what begins as something golden & sweet slowly reveals its bitter edge. But nothing quite prepares the reader for the emotional intensity & layered #storytelling that follow" - @glamour.com SA www.glamour.co.za/lifestyle/gl...
#booksky
#booksky
Horrifying for any parent
At least 32 people are dead, including 14 children, as search continues for 27 who are still missing from a summer camp after devastating TX floods. Follow live updates.
Live updates: Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 32 | CNN
Parts of central Texas saw a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours, prompting multiple flash flood emergencies. Follow for live updates on the rescue effort, including the search for more than 20 ...
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July 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Horrifying for any parent
Our Goodreads giveaway is ending in 2 hours!
Don't miss your chance to win one of 25 copies of BITTER HONEY! - www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
#giveaway #books #BookRecommendation #ContestAlert #Contest #booksky
Don't miss your chance to win one of 25 copies of BITTER HONEY! - www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
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July 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Our Goodreads giveaway is ending in 2 hours!
Don't miss your chance to win one of 25 copies of BITTER HONEY! - www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
#giveaway #books #BookRecommendation #ContestAlert #Contest #booksky
Don't miss your chance to win one of 25 copies of BITTER HONEY! - www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
#giveaway #books #BookRecommendation #ContestAlert #Contest #booksky
Thank you for including BITTER HONEY in your extended list!
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The Top 13 Books You Couldn't Put Down
I asked. You answered.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thank you for including BITTER HONEY in your extended list!
The Top 13 Books You Couldn't Put Down www.zibbyowens.com/p/the-top-13...
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#booksky #bitterhoney
You’ve been asking… and so you shall receive.🫶🏽
For fans of #InEveryMirrorShesBlack and #EverythingIsNotEnough, I’ve got something special in the works for you.
Coming soon… Sign up to my newsletter -> bit.ly/NEWS-LOLA 🤍🩶🖤
#johanbook #fiction #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
For fans of #InEveryMirrorShesBlack and #EverythingIsNotEnough, I’ve got something special in the works for you.
Coming soon… Sign up to my newsletter -> bit.ly/NEWS-LOLA 🤍🩶🖤
#johanbook #fiction #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
June 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You’ve been asking… and so you shall receive.🫶🏽
For fans of #InEveryMirrorShesBlack and #EverythingIsNotEnough, I’ve got something special in the works for you.
Coming soon… Sign up to my newsletter -> bit.ly/NEWS-LOLA 🤍🩶🖤
#johanbook #fiction #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
For fans of #InEveryMirrorShesBlack and #EverythingIsNotEnough, I’ve got something special in the works for you.
Coming soon… Sign up to my newsletter -> bit.ly/NEWS-LOLA 🤍🩶🖤
#johanbook #fiction #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
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Bitter Honey is an emotional novel of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery spanning continents and generations, unraveling the complex bonds of motherhood and the struggles of identity.
@lolaakinmade.bsky.social
#bitterhoney #booksky
Available Here: www.harpercollins.com/products/bit...
@lolaakinmade.bsky.social
#bitterhoney #booksky
Available Here: www.harpercollins.com/products/bit...
June 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Bitter Honey is an emotional novel of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery spanning continents and generations, unraveling the complex bonds of motherhood and the struggles of identity.
@lolaakinmade.bsky.social
#bitterhoney #booksky
Available Here: www.harpercollins.com/products/bit...
@lolaakinmade.bsky.social
#bitterhoney #booksky
Available Here: www.harpercollins.com/products/bit...
“Jonas is soul food. And she is famished…”
If there’s one thing BITTER HONEY serves, it’s a bevy of messy and complex characters! 🔥💙🧡
Get your copy today - www.waterstones.com/book/bitter-...
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#lolaakinmade #fiction #bookofthemonth #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #booksky
If there’s one thing BITTER HONEY serves, it’s a bevy of messy and complex characters! 🔥💙🧡
Get your copy today - www.waterstones.com/book/bitter-...
-——
#lolaakinmade #fiction #bookofthemonth #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #booksky
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“Jonas is soul food. And she is famished…”
If there’s one thing BITTER HONEY serves, it’s a bevy of messy and complex characters! 🔥💙🧡
Get your copy today - www.waterstones.com/book/bitter-...
-——
#lolaakinmade #fiction #bookofthemonth #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #booksky
If there’s one thing BITTER HONEY serves, it’s a bevy of messy and complex characters! 🔥💙🧡
Get your copy today - www.waterstones.com/book/bitter-...
-——
#lolaakinmade #fiction #bookofthemonth #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #booksky
For me, it can be visually gleaned from the phenomenon of the sauntering middle-aged and elderly African woman. This aura needs to be studied. Shuffling slowly in slippers while adjusting their iro - wrapper.
I wrote about Mama Igbobi for Black Ballad UK
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#Wisdom
I wrote about Mama Igbobi for Black Ballad UK
blackballad.co.uk/adulting/les...
#Wisdom
What My Nigerian Grandmother Taught Me About Living Life On My Terms
Lolá's grandmother was a woman before her time: fiercely independent, second to no man and unapologetic about it.
blackballad.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For me, it can be visually gleaned from the phenomenon of the sauntering middle-aged and elderly African woman. This aura needs to be studied. Shuffling slowly in slippers while adjusting their iro - wrapper.
I wrote about Mama Igbobi for Black Ballad UK
blackballad.co.uk/adulting/les...
#Wisdom
I wrote about Mama Igbobi for Black Ballad UK
blackballad.co.uk/adulting/les...
#Wisdom
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Bestselling author @lolaakinmade.bsky.social joins me today on my podcast to talk authenticity, validation & her new novel ‘Bitter Honey.’
From system architect to travel writer to novelist Lola proves that creative pivots can lead to extraordinary journeys
Listen now:Links In Bio #booksky
From system architect to travel writer to novelist Lola proves that creative pivots can lead to extraordinary journeys
Listen now:Links In Bio #booksky
June 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Bestselling author @lolaakinmade.bsky.social joins me today on my podcast to talk authenticity, validation & her new novel ‘Bitter Honey.’
From system architect to travel writer to novelist Lola proves that creative pivots can lead to extraordinary journeys
Listen now:Links In Bio #booksky
From system architect to travel writer to novelist Lola proves that creative pivots can lead to extraordinary journeys
Listen now:Links In Bio #booksky
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From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists.
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
June 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists.
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
Reposted by Lọlá Ákínmádé
From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists.
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists.
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc:
Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK
Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
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It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
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It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow)
Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey)
Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense)
🎧 Watch/listen + follow
“Through well-realised characters, believable plot, historical accuracy & smooth prose rendered mostly in the present tense, BITTER HONEY succeeds as a fantastic work of art & shows the author’s mastery of the craft.” - The Lagos Review
What a review! 💙🧡 thelagosreview.ng/will-afflict...
#Booksky
What a review! 💙🧡 thelagosreview.ng/will-afflict...
#Booksky
Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau - The Lagos Review
…Lola Akinmade, Head of Zeus, 2025. What manner of a man is Lars?How should a mother handle a daughter who looks so much like her father,
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June 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Through well-realised characters, believable plot, historical accuracy & smooth prose rendered mostly in the present tense, BITTER HONEY succeeds as a fantastic work of art & shows the author’s mastery of the craft.” - The Lagos Review
What a review! 💙🧡 thelagosreview.ng/will-afflict...
#Booksky
What a review! 💙🧡 thelagosreview.ng/will-afflict...
#Booksky
June 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Everyone is talking about LARS! 🔥
Find out why -> uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bitt... 💙🧡
#bitterhoney #booksky #bitterhoneybook #fiction
Find out why -> uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bitt... 💙🧡
#bitterhoney #booksky #bitterhoneybook #fiction
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Everyone is talking about LARS! 🔥
Find out why -> uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bitt... 💙🧡
#bitterhoney #booksky #bitterhoneybook #fiction
Find out why -> uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bitt... 💙🧡
#bitterhoney #booksky #bitterhoneybook #fiction
Do you know why #BITTERHONEY is being described as "EPIC"?
Because it's set against the backdrop of key global events, including #Eurovision in Greece, #FIFAWorldCup in Germany, the #ArabSpring, an attempted coup in Gambia, the #NobelPrize, & the #RoyalWedding of Diana & Charles, and much more...
Because it's set against the backdrop of key global events, including #Eurovision in Greece, #FIFAWorldCup in Germany, the #ArabSpring, an attempted coup in Gambia, the #NobelPrize, & the #RoyalWedding of Diana & Charles, and much more...
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Do you know why #BITTERHONEY is being described as "EPIC"?
Because it's set against the backdrop of key global events, including #Eurovision in Greece, #FIFAWorldCup in Germany, the #ArabSpring, an attempted coup in Gambia, the #NobelPrize, & the #RoyalWedding of Diana & Charles, and much more...
Because it's set against the backdrop of key global events, including #Eurovision in Greece, #FIFAWorldCup in Germany, the #ArabSpring, an attempted coup in Gambia, the #NobelPrize, & the #RoyalWedding of Diana & Charles, and much more...
Glamour UK - 8 best new books you need to read this month via @glamour.com UK including BITTER HONEY
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#book #bitterhoneybook #bitterhoney
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#book #bitterhoneybook #bitterhoney
8 best new books you need to read this month, according to GLAMOUR editors
Get ahead of #BookTok.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Glamour UK - 8 best new books you need to read this month via @glamour.com UK including BITTER HONEY
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#book #bitterhoneybook #bitterhoney
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#book #bitterhoneybook #bitterhoney
Bitter Honey by Lola Akinmade Åkerström explores how mothers carry their histories into their daughters’ lives theconversation.com/bitter-honey...
#BitterHoneyBook #BitterHoney #Motherhood #Fiction
#BitterHoneyBook #BitterHoney #Motherhood #Fiction
Bitter Honey by Lola Akinmade Åkerström explores how mothers carry their histories into their daughters’ lives
There’s an urgent question running through Bitter Honey. What does it mean to parent when your life has been violently derailed by structures beyond your control?
theconversation.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bitter Honey by Lola Akinmade Åkerström explores how mothers carry their histories into their daughters’ lives theconversation.com/bitter-honey...
#BitterHoneyBook #BitterHoney #Motherhood #Fiction
#BitterHoneyBook #BitterHoney #Motherhood #Fiction
So we heard there’s a “Gingers Are Black” trend going around on TikTok…
Well, on May 15… Meet Lars.
The messiest character you’ll ever meet.
#GingersAreBlack #AIArt #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #lolaakinmade #ginger
Well, on May 15… Meet Lars.
The messiest character you’ll ever meet.
#GingersAreBlack #AIArt #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #lolaakinmade #ginger
May 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
So we heard there’s a “Gingers Are Black” trend going around on TikTok…
Well, on May 15… Meet Lars.
The messiest character you’ll ever meet.
#GingersAreBlack #AIArt #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #lolaakinmade #ginger
Well, on May 15… Meet Lars.
The messiest character you’ll ever meet.
#GingersAreBlack #AIArt #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #lolaakinmade #ginger