Nikita Blair

When I saw the promotional material rolling out for R F Kuang’s latest novel, Babel, I immediately put it on my to-be-read list.

By Nikita Blair March is Women’s History Month, in which we celebrate women’s contributions to history, culture and society.

Akwaeke Emezi used to intimidate me. They have bounced from genre to genre, storyform to storyform, leaving ground-breaking and provocative work in their wake since their debut novel Freshwater shook the literary world in 2018.

In 2019, two African MFA students—Yvette Ndlovu from Zimbabwe and Shingai Kakunda from Kenya—met while studying in the United States.

In her 2018 essay titled “My Genre Makes a Monster of Me”—which was published in Uncanny Magazine’s September/October 2018 ‘Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction’ special edition—horror writer Zin E Rocklyn laments the ways her body makes her feel monstrous.

Sometimes the perfect book just happens to find you, ticking all the boxes you want for a review even before you knew those boxes needed ticking.

    “What’s life if we don’t repeat our stories?”   – Boubacar from “Liquid Twilight” by Ytasha Wowack I am always mindful about what I want to review for Emancipation Day.

Sisterhoods and motherhoods are complicated affairs, filled with love and joy as well as chaos and betrayals.

June is Caribbean Heritage Month in the United States, acknowledging and celebrating the contributions of Caribbean immigrants there.

Cast your eyes westward at sunset this evening (or tomorrow night) and you may just see it: the crescent moon hanging low on the horizon, signalling the end of Ramadan.

By Nikita Blair April finds me in a mischievous mood, the joyful memories of Easters past working their way around my subconscious.

Dear reader, Did you know that February is International Correspondence Writing Month (InCoWriMo for short)?

I was introduced to Elizabeth Acevedo back in 2020 when I read “Gilded”, her contribution to the short story anthology A Phoenix First Must Burn.

Last December, I had the pleasure of reviewing a gift: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, which sits on my bookshelf as one of the best books I have ever read, and I was happy to share it with my readers last year.

  Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed, 464 pp. SolarisI love cosmic horror.

Book review: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) released an updated report on scientists’ current understanding of the state of global warming and its implications for our present and future.

Today is Emancipation Day, and millions of Afro-Caribbean people within the Region and across the diaspora will be celebrating the abolition of slavery across the British Empire.

I attended my second Bocas Lit Fest back in April and was once again introduced to many Caribbean writers whose work I am excited about.

June is Pride Month. Throughout this month, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Asexual, Interest and Queer communities and their allies – both in Guyana and across the globe – recognise, acknowledge, and celebrate the influences and achievements of the LGBT+ community through the millennia.

By Nikita Blair Last month, the CARICOM Secretariat participated in observing World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, under the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times.