Shelf Interest Book Club

📚Embracing black literature 📝Sharing nuanced book reviews 🌏Building an interest-based community! Email: [email protected] Join our book club⬇️

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Join us tomorrow morning online to discuss “Awakened” by Kelechi Okafor!

We’ll discuss our favourite things about this book and make a group rating!

All are welcome! 🤗

📆 10am Saturday 4th October 2025
📍Zoom online

See you there!

Free tickets 🎟️: https://t.co/iZcCDp5UZh

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See you on Thursday for some food, fun and as an exciting interview with Shani Akilah! 📗

We’ll be talking friendships, the Black diaspora in London, and modern living!

📍Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford
📆 Thursday 28th August from 6.30pm

🎟️ https://t.co/AYRCqwev7b

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Read “For Such A Time As This” by @_shaniakilah with us! 📗

Our book club will be on Thursday 28th August in Stratford, London! 🥳

Grab a ticket that includes food, games and an author interview! 🎟️

See you there! 👋🏾

https://t.co/AYRCqwev7b

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We’re reading “For Such A Time As This” by @_shaniakilah this month! 📗

Tuck into this peek into Black Britishness filled with the nuances that capture the true essence of London living!

We’ll be meeting up with Shani so come down and join us: https://t.co/AYRCqwev7b

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It’s our 2 year anniversary! 🥳

Join us to celebrate over some games, food and show & tell!

Bring a book that you’d like to share with everyone - whether you love it, hate it or find it intriguing!

See you!

📆 6.30pm Thursday 7th August
📍 Stratford

https://t.co/q02hBaj5gD

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Like Water Like Sea is a beautiful and reflective novel about grief, life circumstances, mental health, friendships and the many ways we can express ourselves emotionally!

Here’s some of our thoughts!

Would you give it a read?

Join us next time: https://t.co/29ov9bZtca 🤗

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We discussed our thoughts on Olumide Popoola’s “Like Water Like Sea”!

Have a read through some of our summaries and let us know your thoughts!

Join us and come to our events: https://t.co/29ov9bZtca

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We’re reading “Like Water Like Sea” by Olumide Popoola this Pride Month! 📘

Come and discuss this fantastic read with us on 26th June from 6.30pm in Stratford, London!

There’ll be food, games and an author interview!

Tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/2AkzHB1JrW

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Read with Shelf Interest!

London, get your copy, read along and join Olumide in conversation on all things Like Water Like Sea this #PrideMonth

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This Pride Month we’re reading “Like Water Like Sea” by Olumide Popoola!

Grab your copy, join us to read and come to our Chat & Chill event with Olumide herself! There’ll be food and games!

📆 Thurs 26th June 6.30pm
📍 Here East, Stratford

🎟️: https://t.co/2AkzHB1JrW

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Voted at 4.6⭐️ we really enjoyed reading “Where You Go, I Will Go” by Christina Fonthes!

We explore Congo in the diaspora, queerness, religiosity, sisterhood, drama, and the isolation faced by black francophone people in the UK.

Full blog review: https://t.co/ivdP1NUOR0

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Future events, & past blog posts can be found in our website: https://t.co/FnKwtjYsXR

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We had our members only book chat for “Where You Go, I Will Go” by @ChristinaFonth

We love book chats because it gives us the chance to review the book in depth and reminisce on what we enjoyed, our favourite quotes and key takeaways!

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Author chat event focusing on “Where You Go, I Will Go” by @ChristinaFonth!

Taking place on the 22nd of May!

In Stratford, Here East!

Starting at 6:30pm

Tickets are available to purchase via our website: https://t.co/quWI2ZFIP0

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Have you watched The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives in theatre? 🎭

We did and it was fantastic!

For invitations to our socials, join us: https://t.co/29ov9bZtca

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This Thursday we’ll be discussing “Where You Go, I Will Go” with Christina Fonthes!

We’ll delve into the Congolese experience in the London, Paris and Kinshasa. We’ll also look into the suppression of queerness in African religious spaces!

Tickets 🎟️: https://t.co/quWI2ZFIP0

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Here’s what our book clubbers will be up to this month!

Theatre, author interview and book discussion? What more could you ask for! 🥳🎭

Join us at our author event next Thursday: https://t.co/quWI2ZFIP0

Become a member of our book club: https://t.co/29ov9bZtca

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Join us to read “Where You Go, I Will Go” by Christina Fonthes this May!

We’ll be meeting up with her on 22nd May in Stratford for an author interview along with some food and ice breakers!!

Get your ticket 🎟️: https://t.co/quWI2ZFIP0

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A novel following a Congolese queer woman, Bijoux, in London by @ChristinaFonth!

We’ll be hosting Christina on the 22May for a chat on her debut novel, “Where You Go, I Will Go.”

🕣 Time: 18:30

📍 Where: Stratford, London

Tickets: https://t.co/LwLBpVp7Lk

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Check out our review of the “392” by Ashley Hickson-Lovence!

Highly rated amongst our book club community & I couldn’t agree more! 🤩

Read more on our blog & join us next time : https://t.co/FnKwtjYsXR