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Ahead of the 2021 #GlassBell Award winner announcement on 30 September, it’s time to revisit this year's shortlist!

First up is ‘The Girl With The Louding Voice’ by Abi Daré, a New York Times bestseller about a young Nigerian housegirl fighting for her freedom.

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Hey, if anyone works with/ knows Afghan women refugees in the UK, I’m available to do free English translation for visa procedures, employment etc. We basically speak the same language, and I’ve done this before. 🗺

The longlist for the 2021 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award has been announced, dominated by debut novels, including @RichardOsman's bestseller The Thursday Murder Club and Abi Daré for The Girl with the Louding Voice! See more: bit.ly/3vDwcff

Check out the book that Abi Daré calls
'extraordinarily moving'
COCONUT by Florence Olajide is out now!
buff.ly/3tjxqM3

We’re so excited for paperback book day on 7/30, and love this list from #ReadWithJenna , which includes Abi Daré’s THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE (out now in paperback): today.com/shop/jenna-bus…

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The NLNG Prize for Nigerian literature longlisted 11 books exploring various themes and ideas. Follow this link to read the synopsis of the books and feast your eyes on their covers.

brittlepaper.com/2021/07/longli…

Our final #GlassBell Award longlist spotlight of the week is on 'The Girl With the Louding Voice' by Abi Daré, a story of a Nigerian girl regarded as property at the age of 14, yet determined to find her 'louding voice' and live her own life.

Published by Sceptre Books.

The New York Times 'This morning, Papa call me inside the parlour.'

Read an extract from the #GlassBell Award longlisted novel 'The Girl with the Louding Voice' by Abi Daré here:
hodder.co.uk/extract/2019/0…

ICYMI! Between the Covers with sara cox💙 is now on BBC iPlayer.

The team discuss The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, including a stunning reading of the text by Adjoa Andoh (narrator of the audiobook!).

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

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Omd!!!!goosebumps 😭

Thank you, Abi Daré, for your luminous and deeply true words—both at tonight's show and in the Foreword to 'Girls Write Now Unmuted.' We are so honored 💛 girlswritenow.org/may18live

Congrats to University of Wolverhampton WLV Alumni Abi Daré for having her international bestselling book, The Girl with the Louding Voice, featured on BBC Arts, Between the Covers - 1 of 12 brilliant books to set you up for a summer of reading: bbc.co.uk/programmes/art… #readingforpleasure

We’re so excited to announce our newest anthology, Girls Write Now Unmuted: The 2021 Anthology! 🥳You can purchase the book from a variety of bookstores starting May 18th, and we invite you to join us that day for a special Girls Write Now Live Launch Party w/ Abi Daré!🌟

A first-class shortlist for Book of the Year, Fiction: Debut, with Abi Daré, Kiley Reid, Paul Mendez, Naoise Dolan, @dollyalderton and Douglas Stuart all vying for the award!

Read more: bit.ly/3bYddWn

#BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

🔊🔊Here is the stunning cover for #OFTHISOURCOUNTRY 🇳🇬 designed by Diana Ejaita!🎉 This moving collection contains personal stories and reflections of Nigeria from many of the most talented and acclaimed authors that Nigeria has to offer. Preorder now: smarturl.it/OTOC-HB

Award-winning authors Abi Daré and @AndreaNancyLee recently discussed their novels #thegirlwiththeloudingvoice and #redislandhouse during a virtual event with the Dallas Museum of Art. I got a chance to cover the event for Dallas Weekly.

dallasweekly.com/articles/virtu…