Chioma Okereke
@chiomatic.bsky.social
Just my imagination. Running away with me.
Author of lit fic. Foodie. Cat momma. (Not necessarily in that order.)
WATER BABY (Quercus) available where books are sold only you have to ask a bookseller cos mid-list titles can't be found on the shelves!😆 🙊
Author of lit fic. Foodie. Cat momma. (Not necessarily in that order.)
WATER BABY (Quercus) available where books are sold only you have to ask a bookseller cos mid-list titles can't be found on the shelves!😆 🙊
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
WATER BABY: now out in paperback and longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Price.
#writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #readersky
February 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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
WATER BABY: now out in paperback and longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Price.
#writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #readersky
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...
I'm in conversation with two phenomenal storytellers: Lola Akinmade and Remica L. Bingham- Fisher.
Full schedule: www.liftedunited.com/lifted-liter...
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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...
I'm in conversation with two phenomenal storytellers: Lola Akinmade and Remica L. Bingham- Fisher.
Full schedule: www.liftedunited.com/lifted-liter...
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
Please visit makokopearls.org to learn more about the setting of Water Baby.
#booksky #writingcommunity #writer
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
Please visit makokopearls.org to learn more about the setting of Water Baby.
#booksky #writingcommunity #writer
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!
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!
January 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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!
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)! 🥳
January 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Excited for the paperback release of Water Baby this Thursday (16th January)! 🥳
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
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
January 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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
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
January 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
January 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into these (and hopefully some more) over the holiday break!
What are you reading? 🎄📚👍🏿
What are you reading? 🎄📚👍🏿
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into these (and hopefully some more) over the holiday break!
What are you reading? 🎄📚👍🏿
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! 📚♥️
Going out on a high note! 📚♥️
December 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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! 📚♥️
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
- Frederick Douglass
What's lighting up your day?
#happywhensday
December 11, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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
- Frederick Douglass
What's lighting up your day?
#happywhensday
I've cooked it before but this is the first time I've come across one this unyielding. Once it's roasted and blended up it tastes great.
November 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I've cooked it before but this is the first time I've come across one this unyielding. Once it's roasted and blended up it tastes great.
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
What's making you feel good today?
#happywhensday
November 27, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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
What's making you feel good today?
#happywhensday
My co-writer...on the verge of pushing my buttons 😸
How's your week starting out?
How's your week starting out?
November 25, 2024 at 1:46 PM
My co-writer...on the verge of pushing my buttons 😸
How's your week starting out?
How's your week starting out?
Riley reporting for duty! 😸😻
November 24, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Riley reporting for duty! 😸😻
Ok, the news is officially out: super excited that my novel WATER BABY has made the longlist of the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize.
Talk about being in great company!
Talk about being in great company!
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Ok, the news is officially out: super excited that my novel WATER BABY has made the longlist of the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize.
Talk about being in great company!
Talk about being in great company!
Can't believe the end of the year is within touching distance; it's mostly been an absolute GRIND.
Grateful that some things end on a happy note and looking forward to spilling beans shortly! 🙊
What's putting some pep in your step today?
#happywhensday
Grateful that some things end on a happy note and looking forward to spilling beans shortly! 🙊
What's putting some pep in your step today?
#happywhensday
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Can't believe the end of the year is within touching distance; it's mostly been an absolute GRIND.
Grateful that some things end on a happy note and looking forward to spilling beans shortly! 🙊
What's putting some pep in your step today?
#happywhensday
Grateful that some things end on a happy note and looking forward to spilling beans shortly! 🙊
What's putting some pep in your step today?
#happywhensday
Yes please! Is there space for three?😸
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Yes please! Is there space for three?😸
Riley and Zola... Doing what they do best 😉
November 19, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Riley and Zola... Doing what they do best 😉
Ooh can you add me to this starter pack? I mean add Zola and I? 😊
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Ooh can you add me to this starter pack? I mean add Zola and I? 😊
Zola being her tantalising self...
November 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Zola being her tantalising self...
Ooh, it's a mood out there this morning 🍃🌿
November 19, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Ooh, it's a mood out there this morning 🍃🌿
4 more days till I get to snuggle my beauty again 🥹
October 15, 2023 at 8:10 AM
4 more days till I get to snuggle my beauty again 🥹
Waiting for my MRI and they've given me doll's shoes!
So many childhood dressing up fantasises realised 😍
So many childhood dressing up fantasises realised 😍
September 28, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Waiting for my MRI and they've given me doll's shoes!
So many childhood dressing up fantasises realised 😍
So many childhood dressing up fantasises realised 😍