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[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

14 South Asian Book Recs to Read this #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

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Part Two:

[Shahida Rahman @shahidarahman]

Pleased to be taking part in this year's @Writeideafest on Sun 6 Nov, 1pm at @ideastores Bethnal Green Library.

I'll be taking about my novel 'An Ayah's Choice' & about Ayahs.

Full programme below. Event is FREE & tickets are available now.

https://t.co/8Itl4revB6

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

"A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew."

- Aberjhani
#quoteoftheday #newbeginnings

[Rab Ferguson @RabTales]

So, wonderfully, my middlegrade book The Late Crew (about young carers and aliens) is being shared with ten primary schools as part of the #clfbookawards

How excellent an idea is a children's book award judged by primary school kids?

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

“Last summer, I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted.”

- Helen Oyeyemi
#bookquotes #helenoyeyemiquote

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

Sometimes a writer's worst enemy is themselves!

[Rab Ferguson @RabTales]

Had an idea for a poem.

Didn't write it down.

No longer have an idea for a poem.

[ChildrensBookAward @CLFBookAwards]

The Late Crew by the brilliantly talented writer @RabTales will be delivered into the hands of children in #libraries and #schools for our #clfbookawards #childrensbookawards #children #youngcarers #Autism

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

"She turned the moon into salve, the stars into swaddling cloth, and healed the wounds of every creature walking up on two or down on four."

- Gloria Naylor
#quoteoftheday #glorianaylorquote

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

Do you have a favourite author? 📚✒️

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"Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again."

- Michelle Obama
#quoteoftheday #bookishthoughts

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

Do you put time aside to read or just pick up a book whenever you get the urge? 📚

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

"You can’t get stuck in that. Don’t get stuck in any one story, not even your own."

- Kai Cheng Thom
#quoteoftheday #storyquote

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

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[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

14 South Asian Book Recs to Read this #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

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Part Two:

[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

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[Onwe @WeAreOnwe]

What books have you enjoyed most so far this summer? 📚🌅