Shani Akilah ✨
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Jesus. Writer/Screenwriter. Lover of Books. Repped by: @sianellismartin My debut short story collection FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS is out now!
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Happy Publication Day to me! 📚📚
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS is officially out in the world.
I’m a whole published author! An absolute dream come true. It’s my time, for such a time as this. To God be the glory ✨✨✨
🔗Grab your copy today:
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One of the most sensible things you can do as an adult is go to bed at a decent time
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One of the best things to come out of lockdown, my happy place ✨💛
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Just got an invitation for a wedding next year and I’m confused. Camp? As in camping?
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It’s going to rain for the next 40 days and 40 nights?! Did I hear the weather guy correctly?! 😭😭😭
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The cold of this country shocks me every single year 😩
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An all black male ensemble playing in Oxford Street. How beautiful ✨✨
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My top 10 fiction and non-fiction reads from this year 📚📚
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🥰🥰🥰
All the people who wanted to write a book when they grew up, what do you do now?
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This marks the end of my tenure as a bridesmaid (5 times in 15 months)
I have now retired from the game, it’s been real ✌🏾
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Today was my last day at my 9-5. It’s been an incredible journey over the last 5 years and I’ve made some beautiful connections along the way.
Here’s to my new chapter as a full-time writer, screenwriter, content creator and entrepreneur! Onwards and upwards ✨
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I’m delighted to announce that I’ve received a BOOK DEAL 😭🙌🏾
My debit short story collection ‘For Such A Time As This’ will be published by
@oneworldpublications
in June 2024!
Dreams really can come true. All glory to God 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Life is really wild. You can be crying about a guy one year and be engaged to another the next
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I spoke up/wrote about black lives matter and structural racism at work and it landed me a new role 😩 God is too good man 🙌🏾🙏🏾
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I’m delighted to announce that I’ve received a BOOK DEAL 😭🙌🏾
My debut short story collection ‘For Such A Time As This’ will be published by
@oneworldpublications
in June 2024!
Dreams really can come true. All glory to God 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Some Black authors you should read this Black History Month! 📚
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I’m somebody’s AUTHOR 😭😭
So thrilled to now be represented by the wonderful
@sianellismartin
from
@BlakeFriedmann
- I have a whole agent!
I’m beyond excited to start this new chapter in my writing journey and share my stories with you all✨✨
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2024 is my debut author year 🥹🥹
For Such a Time as This coming to a bookshop near you in June! 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Rereading my favourite book.
A reminder of what is possible. Big up Yaa Gyasi every time, such an inspiration 🥹💛
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One thing I will never understand is how people persist in spelling your name incorrectly when it’s spelt correctly in your email address and email signature?!
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23/07/16 I graduated with a Masters degree in African Studies from Oxford. We did this
#chapter21
🎓
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By colour 😍😍
How do you arrange your books?
I found myself organizing mine according to categories- poetry, nonfiction, fiction. My fiction books are then separated into Caribbean (the heaviest shelves), African, African American, Black British and the rest of the world.
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This blew up 😅 follow me on Instagram for more bookish content! If you struggle with reading, I would recommend starting with 15-20 minutes a day and choose a set time in the day to do it. It adds up! Happy New Year and happy reading! 🙏🏾💛
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The PDF of Spare is now being circulated by the WhatsApp Aunties 😂😂
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My amazing Mumma passed her PhD Viva with minor corrections today! Your strength, courage and tenacity has been such an inspiration. I am so proud of you. Dr P Muir! Another PhD in the family! Best birthday present ever!
#blackbritishacademics
🙌🏾👊🏾
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I dedicated my first book to my Caribbean grandparents who came to the UK in the 1950s and 1960s - the Windrush generation.
Two out of four are still with us and when I handed my 90 year old grandad his copy, he said ‘thank you for naming us’ 🥹🥹
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My uncle ordered 20 copies of my book and did his own unboxing video 😭😭
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Happy New Year! ✨✨
May 2022 be filled with love, peace, joy and lots of reading! 📚🥳
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I’ve been sending myself letters regarding my writing for years via
@futureme
- I received this one today 😭😭
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Happy International Women’s Day cc: some books by some my fav authors who are Black women 🔥🔥
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Happy Unboxing Day to me - a dream come true ✨✨
For Such a Time as This will be out in the world on 20th June 💛💛
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Attending my first event tonight as an author and not a book influencer 🥹
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IT’S A COVER REVEAL😍😍😍
You can pre-order my debut short story collection ‘For Such A Time As This’ NOW! Links below 👇🏾👇🏾
➡️ Amazon:
➡️ Waterstones:
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My book launch party last night was an ABSOLUTE dream come true.
Over 200 of my family, friends and my social media people came out for me, genuinely felt like my wedding day. Feeling sooo loved.
Tomorrow is my publication day!! ✨✨
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Country number 40 for my 30th! Bali was a big big vibe 😍😍
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Delighted that my one of my short stories, ‘Love In A Time Of Corona’ has been published in
@WritingUntitled
‘s new journal for underrepresented writers. Congrats to all of the amazing writers who were featured too! ✨
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Delighted that my short story ‘A Short Trip to Tesco’ has been long listed for the
@Writers_Artists
Short Story Competition 2023! ✨✨
Congratulations to everyone else who made the list! The winner will be announced at the end of the month!
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My first World Book Day as a soon to be published author! I had so much fun speaking to the Lit Soc students at
@ColfesSchool
today about my journey and reading an extract from my collection. Thanks so much for having me ✨✨
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Proofs of my book 🥹🥹 They look so good 💛💛
These stunners are off out into the world today!
Can't wait for everyone to fall in love with 'For Such A Time As This' the debut collection from
@_shaniakilah
published 13th June by Magpie,
@OneworldNews
- available for pre-order now!
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This day 3 yrs ago, I remember sitting in bed completely fed up w/ my disso. I then found out that I got an offer from Oxford 😩 I went on to receive an award for overall best performance in my department and a Masters degree! All I can say is, God is good. Keep pushing guys 🙏🏾
23/07/16 I graduated with a Masters degree in African Studies from Oxford. We did this
#chapter21
🎓
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My first time to Barbados since I was 7 and my first Christmas outside of the UK 🥹
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Twenty-fine ✨✨
Here’s to continuing to live my best life and catching flights in the last year of my twenties. Zanzibar was a dream, grateful 🙏🏾
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Happy new month! Happy read Caribbean month! And happy PUBLICATION MONTH to me!!! 📚📚
For Such a Time as This will be out on Thursday 20th June! Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? 👀👀
🔗
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‘Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy’
(Proverbs 31 v 8-9)
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Writing from a coffee shop this morning, minding my own business and a man gives me this 🥺💛
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I’ve been working on a project w/ the
@britishlibrary
over the past few months & I’m really excited to announce that I have curated my very own tour inspired by the Windrush exhibition! I’ll be delivering tours this October for BHM. Spaces are LIMITED! Times and dates below
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An incredible first SOLD OUT bookshop event at
@WaterstonesTraf
on Wednesday ahead of my official publication week. I had so much fun and
@WhatSarahRead
is such great vibes. Thank you to everyone who came 💛💛
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Happy Independence Day to one of my favourite countries in the world! 🇬🇭
Some books by some of my favourite Ghanaian authors 💛💛
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On my first day in my new role I get an email to say that I’ve been offered another job elsewhere lol 😂
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Seeing this tweet is a dream come true 😭💛
Oneworld has signed Shani Akilah’s debut short story collection, For Such a Time as This, to its Magpie imprint.
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Just found out that my Dad has been paying his barber what he would be paying him every week since the beginning of lockdown. That’s love man 😩
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After a very intense week of virtual training, I’ve passed my Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner Qualifications! Yayy to the weekend 🎉🎉
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This time last year I handed in my resignation letter.
Today I gave my first school assembly about my journey thus far as a writer and delivered creative writing workshops for the students 🥹
Thanks so much for having me
@WCS_school
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As a result of this tweet, I met
@BeeBabs
who introduced me to
@julietpickering
who introduced me to
@sianellismartin
who became my agent 😭💛
One of the best things to come out of lockdown, my happy place ✨💛
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Our parents and grandparents didn’t struggle in this life for us to be taken fi edddiot you know. Always remember your worth
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It’s just Caribbean people who do deep-cleaning just before Christmas like this?
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This evening I’ll be doing my first bookshop event at
@WaterstonesTraf
and it’s SOLD OUT. Feeling super blessed and a bit emotional as it’s the bookshop right by my old place of work. Can’t wait to see many of you later 💛
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The sun really came through for my publication day. What perfect scenes 💛
Months ago my original pub date was last Thursday and the weather was awful. All things work out for good, so grateful 🙏🏾
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS published by
@OneworldNews
is out today ✨✨✨
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My in conversation with
@MarlonJames5
for the final leg of his UK book tour on Friday was everything - and not us doing book signings side by side 🥹💛
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This article was the funniest thing to come out of my book deal announcement. FULL of misinformation - I’m not Nigerian, I didn’t study English Lit at Cambridge, I don’t have stories published in those places, I didn’t say what was quoted and that’s not my editor 😂😂
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And it’s a wrap, book tour DONE! 💪🏾
It’s been such an incredible summer of having my first book baby launched into the world - still very surreal. Thank you all so much for the love and support, I feel so so blessed 💛🥹
Now to rest, reflect and catch flights✌🏾
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Me and my book in Bali! 🇮🇩
Have you pre-ordered? 👀👀👀
🔗 Grab your copy now:
📚Waterstones:
📚 Amazon:
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The final copy of MY book 🥹🥹 what a journey, soo grateful 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Andddd they're in! Finished copies of
@_shaniakilah
's For Such a Time as This are here and looking *smart*
Out next month from
@OneworldNews
!
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'May your bad days prove that God is good, and may your whole life prove that God is good'
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When going to see
@BernardineEvari
open your local community centre’s new library (named after her!) turns into an impromptu invitation to join the Q&A to speak about your journey 😭 Such testament her continual support for new writers and always paying it forward. A dream 💛
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So grateful for the life of my Grandad who was such a man of God and a blessing to all that knew him. Thankful that I was able to spend some quality time w/ him over the summer in Jamaica - the best decision I made all year. Rest in peace Grandad and thank you for everything 💛🙏🏾
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