April releases to heat you up
By Yolanda T. Marshall
Prepare for April’s thrilling new releases! These gifted Canadian writers are brandishing their highly effective pens, and also you gained’t wish to miss their books!
Prepared, Set, Mango!
Written by Tamla T. Younger and illustrated by Raz Latif.
“Two aggressive cousins are in for a shock as they struggle to search out the proper fruit. On an island trip with their auntie, cousins Tee and Dee got down to discover mangoes to make smoothies. As the perfect of associates, but additionally the worst of rivals, the ladies see every thing as a contest, and so they instantly start to argue about who can discover the proper mango first. Nevertheless it’s not lengthy earlier than a distinct treasure ignites their aggressive spirits.” – Owlkids, April 2025.
All the pieces Is Nice Right here: A Novel
Written by Iryn Tushab, a Ugandan-Canadian author and journalist.
“A beguiling coming-of-age novel set in Uganda during which a younger girl grapples with the reality about her sister in a rustic that punishes homosexual individuals. Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion together with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. However when Mbabazi reveals up with an surprising visitor, Aine should confront an previous worry: her beloved sister is homosexual in a rustic with tight anti-homosexuality legal guidelines. Over a weekend at Aine’s all-girls’ boarding faculty, sisterly bonds strengthen, and a brand new friendship emerges between Aine and her sister’s accomplice, Achen. Later, a sudden demise within the household brings Achen to Mbabazi’s and Aine’s village, leading to tensions that put Mrs. Kamara’s Christian beliefs to the check. Aine runs away to Mbabazi’s and Achen’s residence in Kampala, the place she reconnects together with her crush, Elia, a sophomore at Makerere College. In acclaimed author Iryn Tushabe’s dazzling debut novel, Aine should make onerous decisions, with inevitable and harrowing outcomes.” – Home of Anansi Press, April 2025.
The Hypebeast
Written by Adnan Khan, a screenwriter, novelist, and journalist.
“Striving to get forward in a world of scams, Hamid is caught within the fervour surrounding a charismatic social-media imam with questionable intentions. Hamid Shaikh is a small-time criminal within the large metropolis, hoping considered one of his cons will result in riches. Tax fraud, telemarketing tips, authorities scams. No matter it takes. When he’s not working the telephones, hustling pretend guarantees, he desires of a transfer that may lastly announce his arrival. When his girlfriend Natalie Mendoza vanishes, Hamid finds himself pulled into the orbit of former Guantanamo Bay detainee turned social-media imam Abdul Mohammad. On the floor, Abdul’s organisation is virtuous: they’re serving to different detainees rehabilitate to life exterior the jail. However as Hamid dives deeper into Abdul’s nebulous and opulent world, he finds a complicated combine of spiritual zeal and cynical self-advancement. Along with his connection to the imam deepening, Hamid should determine simply how far into darkness he can go earlier than shedding sight of himself.” – Dundurn Press, April 2025.
The Ones We Beloved: A Novel
Written by Tarisai Ngangura, a journalist and photographer. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, she completed her post-secondary schooling at what was then Ryerson College in Canada.
“An aching love story and literary debut for readers of Jael Richardson, NoViolet Bulawayo and Francesca Ekwuyasi. On a bus transferring throughout a rural panorama, from city to dusty city, two younger individuals are escaping with their lives. She has dedicated against the law for which there will likely be retribution. He’s staggering from a sudden loss. These two will discover one another and try a brand new approach ahead. However the talons of the previous have dug deep, and the injuries haven’t but healed. Transferring forwards and backwards in time, from the delicate bonds of this new relationship to the lives they lived earlier than. “- HarperCollins Publishers, April 2025.
A Mouth Stuffed with Salt
Written by Reem Gaafar, a author, doctor and filmmaker.
“The Nile introduced them life, however the Nile was not their good friend.
A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the information that slightly boy has drowned. Quickly after, the animals die of a mysterious sickness, and the date gardens catch hearth and burn to the bottom. The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells on the foot of the mountains. It’s the dry season. The boys have locations to go, the ladies have work to do, and the youngsters play on the place the place the river runs over its banks. Sixteen-year-old Fatima yearns to depart the village for Khartoum. In Khartoum, a single mom makes her approach in a world that desires to maintain women and girls again. As civil conflict swells, politics intrude into the private, and her place within the capital turns into untenable. She should return to the village.” – Invisible Publishing, April 2025.
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