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Shade
@shadyfiles.bsky.social
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Author of GODDESS CROWN. Book blog @ http://Coffeebookshelves.com. Korean drama addict. Rep'd by Joanna Moult at Skylark lit.
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Spent so much time on Kevin Smith’s View Askew website in the 90s/noughties. Love that they never redesigned. Responsive design was prob a note on some developer’s notebook in that era. Sometimes I visit and just mosey around…
View Askew website left hand menu View Askew office tour shows map and image of office lobby
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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HARD KNOCKS by me (Ruby Lang) has hockey and is written by someone who's Asian Canadian (and has an Asian Canadian FMC)
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UK cover of Hard Knocks: Light blue background, illustrated white male hockey player (uniform, skates, holding hockey stick) and illustrated East Asian doctor (white coat, holding clipboard). "You can't put love in the penalty box", title HARD KNOCKS.
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Some of the picks from my Black Book Gift Guide - grown folk edition.

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#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #booksky
Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for The Insufferable Mr Fletcher by Lindo Forbes and Quarter-Love Crisis by Jasmine Burke Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi and Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Awakened by Kelechi Okafor and The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A Hayne Image for the Black Book Gift Guide inc jacket covers for Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson and The Game is Afoot by Elise Bryant
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Can’t leave the adults out of the book gift convo. I have conjured up a list of 28 fantastic books by Black authors that you can gift to your loved ones.

#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #booksky

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Black Book Gift Guide – adults
Here are 28 suggestions to help you choose the ideal book whether for your sister, dad, best friend or neighbour.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Some of the YA picks from my Black Book Gift Guide for kids.

Full list of 22 book recs on:
coffeebookshelves.com/2025/12/13/b...

#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #booksky
Black book gift guide features covers of The great misfortune of Stella Sedgewick by S Isabelle, Til Death by Busayo Matuluko and Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite Black book gift guide features covers of The Reaper by Jackson P Brown, Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Anson and Masquerade by O O Sangoyomi
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Some of the picks from my Black Book Gift Guide for kids.

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#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #booksky
Black book gift guide features covers of Granny’s Kitchen by Sade Smith and The Best Jellof Rice Ever by Oyinye Iwu Black book gift guide features covers of 100 Goats and Granny by Atinuke and One day at the bottom of the deep blue sea by Daniel Bernstrom Black book gift guide features covers of Too Small Tola by Atinuke, Future Hero by Remi Blackwood and The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson Black book gift guide features covers of Way off track by Carl Brundtland, From here to Timbuktu by Milton J Davis and The Gatekeepers Staff by Antoine Bandele
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Still sorting out your holiday gifts? I have children’s book recs to make your life easier!

22 books by Black authors for the kids in your life.

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#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #booksky #christmasgifts
Black Book Gift Guide – Children
Books make great gifts. I think it’s particularly important to buy Black books for the children in our lives because they deserve to see children who look like them playing the lead role in stories…
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December 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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They were high school sweethearts, and now they’re snowbound in an unheated motel room with only one bed...

Read Greg & Tasha's story, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, in ebook, paperback, or audio!

Character art by Celia Moscote

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Illustrated couple: serious Asian man with glasses, sweater, and collared shirt. Smiling Black woman with long twists, wearing white winter hat and scarf, plus blue sweater. Both carrying disposable coffee cups. Red snowflake decorations in background.
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on.

This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.

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The genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline - +972 Magazine
For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on. This is what they saw.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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One week ago, Firstborn of the Sun was released into the world 🧡☀️🧡🥹🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Happiest of book birthdays to @justmarvewrites.bsky.social with the release of epic fantasy novel FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN! I am so glad this wonderful book, which is steeped in Yoruba culture, exists! And just look at this gorgeous @goldsborobooks.bsky.social special edition! 🤩
A copy of the Goldsboro Books special edition of FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN.
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
shadyfiles.bsky.social
I’m so pleased to be part of this year’s *Wild Writers Literary Festival*. I’m looking forward to discussing romantasy with Nicki Pau Preto and @jmfrey.bsky.social.

Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.

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@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Promo image for Wild Writers Literary Fest featuring title- Other World: Romantasy and the Politics of Emotion. Shows three headshots of author panel: J.M. Frey, Shade Lapite and Nicki Pau Preto.
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN is out October 23rd! I can’t wait! Preorder now!
justmarvewrites.bsky.social Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · Oct 12
You'll be hearing MY voice in MY book along with two very incredible women!

It's giving dream come true.
I love me a book but I live for words I hear and dream about as I close my eyes.
FOTS comes to life in an entirely magical way and I cannot wait for you to listen ☀️🧡
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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⭐ Stargaze with Mackids ⭐

Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award, KWAME CRASHES THE UNDERWORLD is a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity! The paperback is out now 📚 bit.ly/3KfOMai

#edusky #award #books
The image is made to look like a school journal. To the left is a blue banner with two white stars on it (signifying how many starred reviews the particular book has). At the bottom right is the Mackids School & Library logo. The first quote reads: "will have all readers (and especially fans of Rick Riordan Presents titles) craving more. Highly recommended" - School LIbrary Journal The second quote reads: "A grand tale, funny and terrifying in turns, steeped in Ghanaian spirituality and folklore, and wrapped around themes of identity, obligation, true friendship, and devastating loss" - Kirkus, starred review To the right is the cover of the book being reviewed, Kwame Crashes The Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer
September 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
shadyfiles.bsky.social
Did a throwback to Sonali Dev’s fab Bollywood series! A Bollywood Affair and The Bollywood Bride are my go-to, comfort reads.
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food

Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.

#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev
September 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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In Gaza, we know why Israel wants to herd us all into one camp – our lives are bargaining chips | Nour Abo Aisha
We’ve fled the attacks again and again. Now Israel plans to force us into the ruins of Rafah in order to increase pressure on Hamas, says Gaza-based writer Nour Abo Aisha
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July 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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"Every single human in your world knows the tale of Éshu, the rogue god who stormed into the palace of the gods one evening and murdered them all with dark magic. The stories differ [...] every version of this story paints me as the villain. They are not right, of course."
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A Dish Best Served Cold, Or, an Excerpt From the Cookbook Of the Gods - Lightspeed Magazine
The first thing you have to know is that I did not kill the gods. Now, I’m sure you must have heard differently from your parents when they tell you bedtime stories, your priests who tell you their se...
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July 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Here's what I know: a reader compared my recent release to At First Spite by @oliviawrites.bsky.social! My head is so big I can't stand up!

The Inscrutable Mr. Yang is available at all digital retailers and some library services like Hoopla www.books2read.com/MrYang if you want to see for yourself!
July 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Anticipated Reads #booksky #booktube #blackbooksky
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Most Anticipated Books by Black Authors | July–October 2025 New Releases
YouTube video by Ms. WOC Reader
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July 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
shadyfiles.bsky.social
The CUTEST cover! 😍
jklambo.bsky.social J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · Jul 7
July 4th and 5th marked 5 years for this Black indie author! 🎊 If you’d like to support me, snag a copy of my pastry chef friends-to-lovers novella, Culinary Confessions, for 99 cents, until tomorrow night 🍪 ⬇️

amzn.to/3f6BzkE

#BlackBookSky #BookSky #PromoSky #Romancelandia #WritingCommunity

💙 📚 👀
Cover of Culinary Confessions on iPad surrounded by different colored macarons and cup of tea
July 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Oooh! Exciting!
shakeirac.bsky.social Shakeira_C @shakeirac.bsky.social · Jul 5
If you love YA fantasy especially Black YA fantasy based on West African Legends then Birth of a Dynasty is the book for you!!! It drops on July 29th and I’m so excited for more ppl to read it because I absolutely loved this book! #booksky #blackbooksky #skyreader
Book cover of Birth of a Dynasty. Dark green background w/ a large silver sun in the middle that has 8 golden figures surrounding it
July 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Countering the propaganda of Far RIght History Traducers (FRIGHT) is time consuming. But FRIGHT relies on a finite stock of distorted, cherry-picked sources. One hopes that corrections, once written, can be deployed upon each repetition.

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July 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
shadyfiles.bsky.social
“I believe it will grow well on its own. I also believe help will make it grow faster.”

Song Mo in full green flag mode letting Dou Zhao know he can be the wind beneath her wings. 🥹

#Blossom #Cdrama
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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“Master Xuezhen, I heard you’ve failed the Imperial Exam 6x. You’re using the folding fan ((reserved for talented scholars)) but where’s the talent to match it?”

Damn girl! Dou Zhao cleaning the floor with potential suitors.

Happy Friday!

#Blossom #cdrama
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM