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You Should Read Amanda Parris’ Award Winning Play ‘Other Side of the Game’

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Looking for your next favourite read? That’s where I was when I picked up ‘Other Side of the Game’ by Amanda Parris. I’ve heard so many great things about this book, rather a play, and …

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[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] If you read my ‘Most Anticipated Books of 2020′ post then you know that this book was at the very top of my list. And while I was so very excited to read …

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The Best New Books of 2020 That I Can’t Wait to Read

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Wassup my book lovin’ sistas and brothas You guys know how much I love talking about books and I had such a great time talking about books in my end of year round up. Putting …

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Hey book lovers This year your girl read 113 books! Whew, child, I’m tired just thinking about it. And of course, reading all those books I read a couple of great ones. So this year …

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The month of October was a whirlwind but I read 11 Books & I LOVED a few of them

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The month of October was a whirlwind but I read 11 books and although I felt like quitting my book goal of 113 a few times in October, I kept pushing through. But for real …

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We’re about halfway through summer, I know I can’t believe it either; But I’m happy to say that this summer I’ve eaten some great food, attended some awesome events and of course I’ve read some …

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Y’all… the way you ran up Part 1?! 🖤 10K likes, 2K Y’all… the way you ran up Part 1?! 🖤
10K likes, 2K shares, and my comments were a whole book club.

So here we go: BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS COMING IN 2026 — PART 2 📚✨

More titles to add to your list, more stories to look forward to, more reasons to keep your shelf Blackity Black.

👉🏾 Save this for later
📩 Share with your group chat/book bestie
💬 Comment the ONE book you’re most excited for.

#BlackBooks #BlackAuthors #BlackReaders #2026Books #ThisBlackGirlReads
There’s something sacred about watching Black stor There’s something sacred about watching Black stories arrive into the world. 🖤

These 2026 releases are reminders that we’re always writing, always imagining, always expanding.

Save this post for later—and tell me what you’re most excited for. ✨

#BlackBooks #BlackStories #ReadingCommunity #thisblackgirlreads
TBGR 2025 WRAPPED 📚🖤 Yuh seeit doh! ✨ 👀 We read  TBGR 2025 WRAPPED 📚🖤

Yuh seeit doh! ✨ 👀

We read like the bookish badgyals that we are, we had real conversations and we kept it bookish all year long.🔥

Your girl is Tiiiyyaadd, but SO very happy! 

Big love to: 

▪️Every woman who pulled up to book club, having read the whole book, the first sentence or just came for the vibes...

▪️To the people who invited me to run a book club in community centers, behind bars, in conference rooms, in churches...

▪️To the parents who invested in their kids' literacy and trusted me to help them read
to every publisher, reader or suga daddy who sent me or bought me a book

Unnu really showed up this year, online, in person, in the comments, in the DMs. Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times for trusting me! 🫶🏾🖤💚❤️

2026 is the next chapter and it’s giving: more reads + more vibes + more togetherness, more bookish tingz!

To all the bookish badgyals near and far big up unnu self! 🙌🏾

Tell me: What book had you feeling ALL the feelings this year? Or what was your favourite read? 👇🏾

#ThisBlackGirlReads #TBGR #BlackWomenRead #BookClub
Black women + books + good energy sign me up!!! I Black women + books + good energy sign me up!!!

I attended my first @gyallivant_ event last weekend and it was an entire vibe.

#bookishlife #thisblackgirlreads #thingstodointoronto
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Here's last month's reading recap. 10 books down Here's last month's reading recap. 

10 books down and I've officially passed my reading goal for the year. Excuse me while I rest 🫡

Journaling through my read has become my favourite ritual. 

#thisblackgirlreads #readingjournal #readingwrapup #bipocbooks
We're nearing the end of the year and there are st We're nearing the end of the year and there are still plenty of great reads coming out in December. Here are some on my radar, let me know which one is going on your list.

As a Jamaican-Canadian, I'm always on the lookout for books by Canadian writers of colour, i will admit these aren't always easy to find, in any case, this month i have a new spotlight feature highlighting a few Canadian books hitting shelves.

#BIPOCAuthors #BlackCanadianAuthors #Diversifyyourreading #ThisBlackGirlReads #ReadingCommunity #DiverseBooks
Book 125 | Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black “One gene Book 125 | Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black

“One generation survives so the next can breathe.”

Isaac’s Song wrecked me in the quietest way. This is a story about inheritance — not just of land or blood, but of love, silence, trauma, faith, and the things our elders never had language for. Daniel Black writes our Southern Black stories with such tenderness it feels like sitting on a porch listening to truth unfold slowly, painfully, beautifully.

This novel is about fathers and sons, about the weight men carry, about what it costs to survive, and what it costs to heal. It reminded me that sometimes the hardest songs to sing are the ones passed down to us.

And listen… this is Book 125 for the year 😭📚

I have officially surpassed my reading goal with a full month to spare, and I am just so grateful to still be in deep love with stories, still choosing pages, still letting words root me and raise me at the same time.

If you love intergenerational stories, emotional depth, Black Southern legacy, and quiet but mighty storytelling add Isaac’s Song to your list.

#Book125 #ReadingGoalSurpassed #IsaacsSong #DanielBlack #BlackLiterature #IntergenerationalHealing #ThisBlackGirlReads #LalaaWrites #ReadMoreBlackAuthors
Today we honour Barbados Independence Day, a day r Today we honour Barbados Independence Day, a day rooted in resistance, remembrance and rising. 🇧🇧

Today I’m lifting up Bajan voices in literature, from island-rooted classics to diaspora storytellers like Jasmine Sealy, whose novel The Island of Forgetting tenderly holds memory, migration and belonging.

These books are not just stories. They are echoes of sugar cane fields, quiet rebellions, complicated love, survival and sovereignty. They remind us that our histories are layered, our pain is inherited, and our joy is radical.

This Independence Day, I invite you to:

📚 Read a Bajan book
✊🏽 Support a Bajan author
🖤 Talk to someone about Barbados’ history
🌊 Honour the island in your own way

Drop your favourite Bajan authors & books in the comments,  let’s build a little island of stories right here.

#BarbadosIndependence #BajanStories #DiasporaReads #BlackLit #CaribbeanLiterature #ThisBlackGirlReads ##blackcanadians
Logging books in my reading journal each month has Logging books in my reading journal each month has become one of my favourite things.

Last month I read 12 books, and surpassed my reading goal of the year. 

My favs last month: 

✨️ All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby 
✨️ The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson 
✨️ Don Caselli by Jahquel J

What should I read next??? 

#readingjournal #ReadingWrapUp #ThisBlackGirlReads
A new month means a fresh stack of BIPOC reads to A new month means a fresh stack of BIPOC reads to add to your TBR! ✨

November is giving rich storytelling, bold voices, and unforgettable characters, all from authors of colour.

Swipe through to see the full list of upcoming releases, but here are the Top 3 that have me most excited this month: 👇🏾

1. Cursed Daughters by @oyinbraithwaite
2. Heart of Goon by @jahquel_
3. Black Owned by @ciciadams_

Which ones are at the top of your list?

#ThisBlackGirlReads #BIPOCBooks #BlackBookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #BookRecommendations #BookishCommunity
📚🇨🇦 Hey Canadian Black book girlies 👋🏾✨ — wanna kn 📚🇨🇦 Hey Canadian Black book girlies 👋🏾✨ — wanna know how to get free books by Black authors straight to your Kindle? 👀 I got you! Watch this quick BRAE tutorial and start stacking your digital shelf today 🔥

 #BlackReaders #BRAE #BlackBooks #ThisBlackGirlReads #FreeKindleBooks
Today is #IReadCanadian Day! 🇨🇦 And you know I ha Today is #IReadCanadian Day! 🇨🇦

And you know I had to celebrate by highlighting some of the incredible Black Canadian writers whose words have shaped, healed, and inspired me.

From coming-of-age stories and ancestral memory to radical imagination and love that defies borders,  these authors remind us that our stories are vast, complex, and beautifully ours.

📚 Swipe through to discover 11 Black Canadian writers everyone should read + a few more honourable mentions whose work deserves your shelf space.

Drop your favourite Black Canadian author in the comments so we can keep this list growing 🖤

#IReadCanadian #ThisBlackGirlReads #BlackCanadianWriters #BlackLitMatters #ReadBlack #CanadianAuthors #Bookstagram #BlackBookstagram #ReadLocal
I read 8 books last month and finally added them a I read 8 books last month and finally added them all to my new #readingjournal

How did I do? Let me know. 

#rootedinreading #ReadingWrapUp #readingaddict 
#journalinginspiration
Eight books down and countless to go. Here's what Eight books down and countless to go. Here's what i read in September....

From tearjerkers to thought provokers, these stories carried me through the month.

What did you read in September ? 👀💫

1️⃣ The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee 
2️⃣ Where We Found Our Heart by Natasha Bishop
3️⃣ Capri 3 by Jahquel J 
4️⃣ Capri 3.5 by Jahquel J 
5️⃣ Quasim 1 by Jahquel J 
6️⃣ A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay 
7️⃣ Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 
8️⃣ Solitaria by Eliana Alves Cruz 

#ThisBlackGirlReads #BlackWomenRead  #ReadingWrapUp #BlackGirlsReadToo
He asked what I was doing tonight.... I said, 'mee He asked what I was doing tonight.... I said, 'meet me at Indigo' #bookdate

#blackgirlreads #bookhaul
✨ New month, new stories to fall in love with ✨ Se ✨ New month, new stories to fall in love with ✨
September is packed with incredible new releases from BIPOC authors; romance, memoir, YA, and everything in between.

📚 Which one are you adding to your TBR first?
Drop a 📖 in the comments if you’re ready to read along with me! See my top picks on my blog: thisblackgirlreads.ca 

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