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In this episode, Andre Baggoo (award-winning poet, writer: Pitch Lake, The Undiscovered Country) chats with P Djeli Clarke Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark about his novel "A Master of Djinn" which is part of the Dead Djinn Universe collection of stories.
Set in Clark's fantasy alternate Cairo in 1912, the book tells the story of Fatma el-Sha’arawi, who is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, called to investigate the murder of a secret brotherhood named after one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, who vanished years before.
The murderer claims to be him...returned after all these years..but could it? Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery.
You must read A Master of Djinn to find out...
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Frankie is beset by hard choices and loss on every side. His love interest philosophises “yu corner dark” and it is true. He’s a young man caught between a rock and a hard place: between fealty to the things and people who matter most to him and his larger-than-life desires for himself. At times, Frankie’s sense of responsibility is maddening. He seems too willing to take on the weight of his world but his sharp wit wins you over. You can’t help but root for him.
Your Corner Dark is a rough ride with pulsating reggae beat, corrupt cops, epic turf scenes and lots of laughs. It is the side of Jamaica the tourist board doesn’t tell you about. It is also a gutsy, hope-filled story about family, friendships and love. Your Corner Dark is peopled with credible and unique characters that will literally have you gobbling up the pages to find out what happens next to all of them.
Listen in on this conversation between Your Corner Dark author Desmond Hall and host, Amilcar Sanatan.
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Get ready for ancient magic with a new world flair!
In this interview, its author Ciannon Smart talks about her writing and the joy of bringing this powerful novel into the world with Trinidadian writer of modern folklore stories, Breanne Mc Ivor. Breanne is the author of a short story collection Where There Are Monsters published by Peepal Tree Press.
Witches Steeped in Gold is a calabash of otherworldly tingz with a healthy dash of intrigue and drama. It’s the first printed offering by the British-Jamaican Ciannon Smart.
Described as a Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy, this story has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes.
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Asha Bromfield the superstar (yesssss of Jozie and the Pussycats fame) and Rasheen Roper-Robinson, two daughters of Jamaica, discuss the flawless magic that is HurricaneSummer, Asha’s phenomenal debut release!
Hurricane Summer is the rare kind of debut novel; the one that stuns, suffuses your senses and leaves you completely invested. This is the kind of novel you read in a single sitting. It is unputdownable. In this nuanced conversation, Rasheen leads us through the pages of Asha’s novel and her mind to understand her inspiration and source of her story and her glittering career as a triple threat: singer, actor and now writer.
Filled with insight and accurate observations about Jamaican rural society, Asha Bromfield’s writing dazzles and demands that she be taken notice of.
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