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bookclub + creative community 🌟 run by Ayesha & Vickie featured in @guardian @bbcnews @thenewsmovement 💌between2books19 @gmail .com
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we wanted to take a quick moment to reintroduce ourselves to everyone, as it’s been a while 👋🏾 we’re ayesha and vickie and we make up Between2Books. we’ve been friends since 11 years old and started our account when we both started to fall back in love with reading 📚
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2024’s hottest literary drops by black, brown & underrepresented authors 💐 (a thread)
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the nigerian literary landscape 🇳🇬
as Nigeria marked 62 years of independence yesterday, we wanted to celebrate some of our favourite authors and their cultural impact on the literary world.
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— from “James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78,” interviewed by Jordan Elgrably, Paris Review
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hello loves,
here’s a list of upcoming releases all by black, brown or ethnic minority writers. all highly anticipated by us!
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the Ghanaian literary landscape 🇬🇭
as Ghana marks 66 years of independence today, we wanted to take some time to celebrate some of our favourite authors from and books set in Ghana!
honourable mention to Yaa Gyasi who is also one of our favourites 🧡
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happy world book day from us! 📕📗📘
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there are some incredible black british books being published over the next few months and into 2023.
here are some of our most anticipated reads!
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blessed to have seen the literary legend that is Nikki Giovanni last night!
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happy international women’s day to the galdem 🫶🏽 here’s a thread of some of our favourite female authors & their works.
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honestly 2024 reading list is stunning! look at all these covers
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open some bookmail with us📮so excited to get into Yellowface, our book club pick for June! Set to be the juiciest book publishing this year 👀 is it on your radar? 💬
we have an extra copy to giveaway so make sure to follow us & tag a friend to enter 🤭 extra entries for RTing
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what was everyone’s favourite read of 2023? compiling ours & this is the list so far 🤭
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we’re in the
@guardian
!! catch us featured, speaking on the rise of bookclubs 📖✍🏽 come get the paper tomorrow to catch Between2Books in print baby!! 🌟
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did someone say
@BBCNews
verified!! 🫡 loved speaking on world book day, why diverse books are so important and name dropping my favourite children’s author
@malorieblackman
ofc 🌟
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some upcoming book adaptations! 🤭 these are all notable books (no matter how we feel about them) that have been picked up for the screen🫰🏽 can you guess which ones we’re most excited for?
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don’t say we don’t love you guys! 🫦
ahead of our Little Rot Bookclub next week, we’re giving away FIVE bundles
@yungdeadthing
’s books
HOW TO ENTER:
🍒 MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW
@between2books_
@thefloormag
@thawramag
🍒 TAG A FRIEND IN THE COMMENTS
🍒 RETWEET
Closes Friday 26th
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some of our beautiful community at saturday’s book swap 🫶🏽 posing with their fresh new reads 🤭📚
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just finished this and Emezi did the damn thing!! a must read for all romance lovers ❤️🔥
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here’s another list of upcoming releases by black, brown or ethnic minority writers. all highly anticipated by us!
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time for a bank holiday giveaway 📒
we bookclubbed this almost a year ago, and to celebrate it’s paperback launch ~ we’re giving away 5 copies to our followers. thank you to our friends
@BoroughPress
- make sure you’re following us
@Between2books_
- like this post & retweet
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newest in!
p.s we have a copy of Central Places to giveaway 💌 make sure to tag a friend & retweet the post to win. obviously have to be following us too
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10 favourite novels, no authors repeat:
Freshwater
Homegoing
The God of Small Things
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Small Worlds
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Brown Girls
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Wandering Souls
There Are More Things
10 favourite novels, no authors repeat:
The Death of Vivek Oji
Scythe
Book Lovers
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Giovanni’s Room
If We Were Villains
A Monster Calls
The Black Flamingo
The Song of Achilles
The Bane Chronicles
(Essentially I like sad queer romantic books)
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📚 book club mixer 📚 excited to host a lil mixer for the between2books community.
this time we’re doing a ‘Bring Your Own’ style so come with your current favourite book, tv show, film recommendations etc and put someone else on
🔗 link in bio
📍 the Africa Centre
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📕 2023 releases📕
we’ve been incredibly lucky to get advanced copies of 2023’s hottest literary drops
next year is gonna be a delicious year for publishing and these are some of our most anticipated reads 🫶🏽 what are you most looking forward to digging your teeth into?
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2023 releases 🧚🏾♂️
we’re eating good next year 🫶🏽 thank you to all the publishers for our copies!
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just moved and could only take a handful of books with me! each of these have left me feeling changed, so i knew that they had to come with me.
💬 which books would you be moving in with you no matter what?
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from north london to mexico city 🛸 a friend of mine recently went travelling and found the sweetest note inside a copy Zadie Smith’s ‘White Teeth’ 🥹🫶🏽
love love love buying second-hand books, cause you can always come across sweet little moments like this!
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REVIEW — The Situationship
Taylor-Dior Rumble’s romance debut, The Situationship, already promises to be one of the hottest reads of the summer.
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we have an extra copy of this and want to give away to a follower! to enter, just share your favourite thing about our page below 🧡 closes in 24 hours. good luck everyone!!
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I'm sad, please send book pictures. 😔😞
Bookish people on the timeline, please quote this tweet, or comment with beautiful bookish pictures. Bless my timeline, guys.
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2023 release list 💐
we’ve put together *yet another* list of our most anticipated titles still to come in 2023! 💬 which ones are you most looking forward to?
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here’s some of my favourite depictions of reading, as reflected in art 🖌️
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nothing has got me more excited this week than this coming in the post!! we loved Caleb’s debut and can’t wait to sink our teeth into Small Worlds 🧡 thank you to the team
@VikingBooksUK
for our copies!
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happy birthday to another literary great, Octavia Butler + her bold audacious plans for the future 🪐
“make people FEEL! FEEL! FEEL!” always with your writing
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Happy publication day to the paperback of Bellies! to celebrate we’re doing a giveaway:
🌀 follow
@between2books_
🌀 like this post & tag a friend (multiple tags means multiple entries)
🌀 bonus entry for retweeting
T&Cs: Closes 16th May. Open to UK & Ireland only.
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a love letter to all the second-hand books i’ve copped 📚 if you’re looking for more affordable and sustainable ways to grow your library, buying used books is a great place to start.
i managed to pick up all these gems, whilst also giving up some of my own library❣️
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took a quick trip down to
@LolweBooksUK
today! based in Peckham, if you’re in the area - definitely check it out. think it’s going be a really beautiful & important space 🫶🏽🌟🧚🏽📚 thank u
@TroyOnyango
for creating & building this
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✨📚 just a quick post to say hi ! We’re Ayesha & Vickie aka between2books_ We’ve been friends for over 10 years (!) and reading is just one of things we both love to do. Here to share our reads, recs, & talk books with a sprinkling of loft apartments/interior design 🔮💫
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insufferably buying and inflicting your favourite books on friends is the best thing to do 🌟 they prepared to be sick of me!!
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looking for all 2024 releases by black, brown & underrepresented authors (of all genres)
publishers, let us know if you've got any upcoming titles you think we’d enjoy reading or book clubbing!
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📚 book club session📚 excited to share our next book club session!
this time we’re talking about Yellowface by RF Kuang! set to be 2023’s juiciest release, we can’t wait to get into discussions 🤭 tickets sell quick so make sure to grab one
🔗 link in bio
📍 the Africa Centre
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on wednesday, we got invited to the penguin spring 2023 fiction showcase. we had no idea what to expect but ended up leaving with a tote bag of books, all the details about 2023 releases + meeting some incredible friends. huge thank you to
@PenguinUKBooks
team!!
#penguin2023
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looking for any graphic designers or web developers to help us out with something! please retweet & share
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a curated reading selection, inspired by Carrie Mae Weem
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our first ever book club event, in collaboration with the lovely India!!
being able to bring this online community into a physical space was a beautiful moment for us! it was such a wholesome evening, filled with flowing discussions, plenty of book recs and new friends 🫶🏽
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even though we posted a very extensive list of 2023 releases, here’s a couple more to add to your list.
can’t wait to get our hands on all of these!!
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latest bookmail haul 📚 thank you to publishers for our copies!
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february reading 📚
this month flew by, but managed to get four reads down! my favourites from this month had to be Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson and The Terrible by Yrsa Daley-Ward.
did you have any favourite reads this month?
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my january-march roundup! (i hate saying Q1 because it reminds me of work and deadlines 🫣)
three standouts already, and potential top reads of this year include Yellowface by RF Kuang, Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
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READING PARTY EVENT 📆
A lil something for both our introverted and extroverted babes 🌟 we’re back at our fave venue to host our very first reading party! Bring a book and come read, sip and vibe/chill/chat with us!
🔗 ticket link in bio
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one of our bookish goals this year was to attend (and host) more events - be that book clubs, literary fests or launches. it’s been sooo amazing to put ourselves out there, meet so many of you guys in person and spend time with people who share our passion for books and community
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spent yesterday evening at The New Black Vanguard Exhibition and saw some pieces that i’ve seen reflected in literature recently.
FIRST PIECE — UNTITLED, CAMPBELL ADDY
LITERARY ACCOMPANIMENT — OPEN WATER, CALEB AZUMAH NELSON
#TheNewBlackVanguard
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books we’re playing the long game for! curated list of all the 2024 + 2025 releases we have on our radar!
💭which are you most looking forward to?
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had a fantastic evening at
#4thEstateLive
and was so excited to pick up some new titles! some of our standouts include 2023 releases by
@yomiadegoke
@CecilekvPin
@SafiyaSinclair
🫶🏽 was gassed to also get a pic with Yomi herself! thank you
@4thEstateBooks
&
@KishWidyaratna
✨
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❣️
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our London Bookclub is doing exactly this!! 🤭
Anyways, I have suggested little rot for book club because I'm an agent of chaos and mania.
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mid march round up of all the books you should be reading/adding to your lists!
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We’re so excited to have curated the selection at this year’s Free Books Festival. We’ll be volunteering at the bookstore throughout the festival ~ so make sure to say hi, pick up your free book and have a chat all things bookish with us!
go to
@freebookscampaign
for tickets!
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current rotation of books!
just finished up Yellowface, Romantic Comedy & Yours Truly. now onto Bloodmarked, The Centre & The Middle Daughter 📖
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our bookclub! that reads books by black, brown + ethnic minority writers 📖 building up a beautiful community and always open to new members
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watched ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ yesterday & all I could think about was how much it reminded me of ‘When No One is Watching’ by Alyssa Cole!!
think government conspiracies, sinister themes of gentrification & ‘regeneration’ and questioning our own personal autonomy 🔍
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Akwaeke Emezi
Yaa Gyasi
Caleb Azumah Nelson
who is an author you have read enough of and trust to just pick up their new books without reading the synopsis?
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mini review.
been falling out of love with romance novels recently, but this one helped reignite my love for them!
it was a very easy & lighthearted read - definitely one for the romance girlies!
this cute little romcom will be publishing in April by
@dialoguebooks
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WE’RE GOING TO NEW YORK! Sooo excited to announce our first event ~ a pride picnic and community book swap! to our New York babes, save the date
🗓️ 15 June
🔗 RSVP link in bio
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📚Happy World Book Day! Quote this tweet with a picture or pictures of your books, book stacks, mini library or libraries!
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putting it out there that 2023 will be our year of attending bookish events, festivals & launches 🥂
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another lineup of late 2023/early 2024 releases to get excited for 🌟🤲🏽 what’s being added to your list?
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the way i screamed a SCREAM coming home to this?!! so so excited to delve into this 🕊anyone who knows me knows that emezi is one of my all time favourite authors so feeling incredibly blessed to get an advanced copy of this beauty 💕
@azemezi
@joshsm_th
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another book + bag rotation & mini review!
i really enjoyed this book. it was a read that felt familiar to me, and one that i think many black + brown girls could see themselves reflected in 🤍
there’s just something about feeling seen, and this book made me feel exactly that.
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REVIEW — THE THINGS THAT WE LOST
from the winner of the 2021 Merky Books New Writers’ Prize comes the debut novel by Jyoti Patel.
this story was probably one of my favourite works i read last year (big up
@merkybooks
for our advanced copies) and featured in my gal-dem article.
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our beautiful community with their book swaps! 🧚🏽💐🌟❣️🫰🏽🫂 what you bringing to the next one?
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