|||

Upcoming Events

Marianne Leone — JP Literary Salon (Jamaica Plain, MA)

1/14/25, 7:00pm

Marianne Leone presents Five-Dog Epiphany; also reading: Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone The JP Literary Salon presented by Papercuts & the Loring-Greenough House Free RSVP: papercutsjp.com/events

Billy Childish & Ted Kessler — City Lights (VIRTUAL)

1/18/25, 11:00am

Billy Childish & Ted Kessler present To Ease My Troubled Mind, in conversation with Guy Picciotto of Fugazi (VIRTUAL event, 11:00am PT/2:00pm ET/7:00pm UK)

News & Features » January 2019 » Bernice L. McFadden is Go On Girl! Book Club’s 2018 Author of the Year

Bernice L. McFadden is Go On Girl! Book Club’s 2018 Author of the Year

Congratulations to Akashic author Bernice L. McFadden, who has been named the Go On Girl! Book Club’s 2018 Author of the Year in honor of her novel The Book of Harlan! This is McFadden’s second time as Author of the Year, following the 2000 honor for her novel Sugar. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels, including Loving Donovan, The Warmest December, Nowhere Is a Place, Gathering of Waters, Glorious, and Praise Song for the Butterflies, and is a four time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist. The Book of Harlan received a 2017 American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction).

Posted: Jan 17, 2019

Category: Akashic Insider | Tags: Akashic Insider, author of the year, Bernice L. McFadden, Gathering of Waters, Glorious, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, Praise Song for the Butterflies, The Book of Harlan, The Warmest December