Ep. 89 | Caribbean Heritage Month

For June’s theme, Kendra, Jaclyn, and special guest Laura discuss books for Caribbean Heritage Month!

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Things Mentioned

• It’s Reading Women Month! Check out more details over on our info page all about this month’s events.

• Check out our new Bonfire Store with our new T-shirts and Mugs

• The New Zealand Books Awards

• The Miles Franklin Awards

• #BookstaPride Initiative

• #ReadCaribbean by Cindy of @BooksofCinz

• #CaribAThon

• Interview with Tara June Winch

• Sara Collins’ Waterstones Shelfie interview (what inspired the novel)

• Sara Collins (true crime video)

Books Mentioned

• Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

• These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card

• The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

• Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

Guest Picks

• My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir

• Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

Currently Reading

• Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

• Muslim Women Are Everything: Sterotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin, Illustrated by Fahmida Azim

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About Our Guest

Laura

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Music by Isaac Greene