Ep. 89 | Caribbean Heritage Month

For June’s theme, Kendra, Jaclyn, and special guest Laura discuss books for Caribbean Heritage Month!

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• Penguin Random House Audio

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Things Mentioned

• It’s Reading Women Month! Check out more details over on our info page all about this month’s events.
• Check out our new Bonfire Store with our new T-shirts and Mugs
• The New Zealand Books Awards
• The Miles Franklin Awards
• #BookstaPride Initiative
• #ReadCaribbean by Cindy of @BooksofCinz
• #CaribAThon
• Interview with Tara June Winch (Coming Soon!)
• Sara Collins’ Waterstones Shelfie interview (what inspired the novel)
• Sara Collins (true crime video)

Books Mentioned

• Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
• These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
• The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
• Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

Guest Picks

• My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir
• Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

Currently Reading

• Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
• Muslim Women Are Everything: Sterotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin, Illustrated by Fahmida Azim

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