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Canongate Book Mail 💌

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Updated: Jul 14, 2024

This month is like Christmas has come early! Canongate Books have sent out book mail from their latest newsletter and I am buzzing with excitement!


Below is a summary of each book!


I’m so excited to give these a read, thank you so much to all the authors tagged as well as the whole team at Canongate Books for this beautiful book mail!


Black Ghosts by Noo Saro-Wiwa takes us on a journey into the lives of Africans in China, exploring the dynamic intersections and divides between the two cultures in the bustling People’s Republic. It's a candid and compassionate tale of shared humanity between the sojourner and their hosts.



In Losing The Plot by Derek Owusu we get a dual perspective—both mother and son. Derek Owusu delves into a powerful imagining of his mother’s life before his birth as she moves from Ghana to the UK, navigating parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment. The impact of her displacement is deeply felt across generations.



The Island Child by Molly Aitken is a mesmerising debut that dives into Irish folklore, superstition, secrets, motherhood, and the search for identity during the transition from child to adult. It weaves two tales—one of a child witnessing births and betrayals, storms and secrets, and the other of the adult Oona, desperate for a second chance but discovering that escape is never complete.



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