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Reverse-Gentrification of the Literary World

Akashic Books

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VIRTUAL EVENT: Alex Wheatle, Courttia Newland – Books Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Please note: start times for our virtual events are listed in Eastern time (ET). Alex Wheatle (Kemosha of the Caribbean) and Courttia Newland (Cosmogramma) present their recent works in a virtual event hosted by Books Inc. and moderated by Jerry Thompson. This event will be held over Zoom and is free to attend with Eventbrite […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland, Miami Book Fair International (Miami, FL)

PLEASE NOTE: All our virtual events are listed in Eastern time (ET) unless otherwise noted. “In Conversation: On A River Called Time & The Ninth Metal“ Courttia Newland‘s A River Called Time is set at the Ark, a massive structure in the center of Dinium – an alternative London – that promised a utopian existence […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland – Radical Books Collective

Please note: all our virtual events are listed in Eastern time. The Radical Books Collective presents Beyond Wakanda! Celebrating New African Speculative Fiction featuring Courttia Newland & Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. Full details about this virtual event TBA; please visit Decolonize That! to learn more.

VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland – WORD Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)

Please note: all our virtual events are listed in Eastern time. Join us for an afternoon rich with afro-futurism as featured authors Courttia Newland and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu discuss their newest creations, Cosmogramma and The Theory of Flight, in a conversation moderated by Africa Is a Country‘s Sean Jacobs. Access to this event requires a […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland – Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (Brooklyn, NY)

BARDS & BADJOHNS with Co-Panelists: Jacob Ross (GND); Courttia Newland (JA/BDOS); P. Djeli Clark (TT); Khalil Haywood (USA), hosted by Amilcar Sanatan. “Well, they playing bad/They have me feeling sad/Well, they playing beast” sang The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidad and Tobago’s national bard of calypso. Sparrow details his “ten to one” confrontation with a gang of […]