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Please use these as writings as an entertaining tool as much as an educating tool. but don’t take him too serious these are just his thoughts ladies and gentleman.

The Memory Librarian debuting on the New York Times Best Sellers List is history in the making. 98% of authors on the best sellers lists are White* In the 50 years between 1970 and 2020, less than ten speculative fiction titles by Black and Indigenous authors made the New York Times Best Sellers List** As a participant in @brit @beselfmade pitch competition in December, Sistah Scifi crystalized the vision is to double that number in the next ten years. The success of The Memory Librarian is proof that we - as a community - can do that!!! * From Redlining Culture: A Data History of Racial Inequality and Postwar Fiction by Richard Sean So #RichardSeanSo and Just How White Is the Book Industry? By Richard Sean So in the New York Times December 11, 2020 ** @IsisAsare manually culled this data by reviewing weekly New York Times Best Sellers List on @Wikipedia. If you have a better data point, please let us know!! Reposted from @janellemonae Um wow. “The Memory Librarian” made the #NYTbestsellers list! With this being my first time in the literary world I am very humbled. I wanted to say THANK YOU to every single fandroid who found #TheMemoryLibrarian, who read or listened, who attended the tour, who posted or wrote about this labor of love. None of this kinda stuff happens without your support. It's been such an honor to create with my community of collaborators familyyyyyy @alayadj, @weredawgz, @eve.ewing, @yodelnyc, @shereereneethomas. 🥹 Thank you to @harpervoyagerus for believing in our IMAGINATIONS and the collection of stories I was passionate about putting out. To the booksellers and librarians for making THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN available to readers, THANK YOU. You are NOT forgotten. And to my communities I hold close and constantly rep, you know who you are, I love you. This one’s for you! If you haven’t gotten your copy come join us🙏🏾🤖🤍 #NYTbestseller #afrofuturism #scifi #DirtyComputer #JanelleMonae #BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackWritersMatter #BlackReadersMatter #SistahScifi // @wondaland @monaedroid @harpercollins @free_kgd @nytimes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5WpjdrXJN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A huge thank you to everyone who has shown their support and purchased a copy of #TheVanguardSeries Book 1 is now 12 on the top 100 African American Science Fiction Bestsellers! If you haven't gotten a copy yet...peep game: When AI takes modern weapons technology back to the Iron Age, a woke former gang member is forced to found a post-apocalyptic kingdom creating the first Black monarchy in the Americas since the Hatian Empire, in order to save his community from annihilation in The Vanguard series! When Chessed woke up to prepare for work, he never expected his day to end in blood and triumph. When hate groups and corrupt police threaten his home, Chessed uses his love of history, fantasy books, and historical African martial arts, along with his criminal past to lead his community in battle against tyranny! If you loved books like Game of Thrones, or books like The Hunger Games, this contemporary fantasy is a must read! With action like The Witcher, and perspective like The Coldest Winter Ever, The Vanguard series is perfect for fans of Octavia Butler, Brandon Sanderson or Sarah J Maas! Penned by African American Fiction rising star Chase Bolling, this epic fantasy delivers a unique blend of romance, military fiction & sword and sorcery, to create an almost arthurian, grimdark tale of a rebellion, and nation building in the inner city! Sound dope? Check it out with the link below for interviews, free downloads and more! Maybe I can hit #1! https://linktr.ee/VanguardPromo #bookish #blackauthors #supportblackauthors #bookstagram #blackbookstagram #fantasy #postapocalypticworld #mustread #swordandsoul #Afrofuturism #sword #medievalweapons #HAMAA #blackauthorsmatter #supportblackauthors (at Bridgeport, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMlHLFeAbXU/?igshid=1fmqh65h2j3dn

A mock-up for the final book in one of my all-time favorite series, The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin. I just opened my Tumblr for the first time in ages to find a zillion notifications about these covers I illustrated. It was exciting to see that the community who loves this author and her books approved of my art for them 🧡 . . . . . . . . . . #nkjemisin #nkjemisinbooks #thebrokenearth #thebrokenearthtrilogy #brokenearth #stonesky #blackauthors #blackauthorsmatter #designandillustration #shedesignsbooks #bookcoverdesigner #booksellers #bookcoverillustrator #publishing #bookobsessed #publishingdesign #bookcoverart #igbooks #igreads #bookcovergallery #booklove #bookjacketdesign #bibliophile #bookish #bookcoverlover #beautifulbooks #coverart (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwdjxUF--d/?igshid=1mg9qeiw1d912

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I’m kicking off November by sharing my latest collection of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books. These strikingly elegant covers emulate popular Nigerian fabrics. These particular books are limited editions and are available via @houseofzabadi. They only have a few left in stock so if you are interested, you should contact them ASAP. Do you have a favourite @chimamanda_adichie book? . . . . . . . #americanah #purplehibiscus #halfofayellowsun #thatthingaroundyourneck #chimamandangoziadichie #blackwomenwriters #weshouldallbefeminists #blackliterature #blackauthorsmatter #booksthatmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/B4U5DADnXVn/?igshid=1ro1foosl62e6