POV: Radio interview on being a multi-hyphenate Interviewer: “Has anyone ever told you to pick a lane?” Me: “All the time. And they don’t say it through their words. They say it through their exclusion.”
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@Hasselblad Heroine, Storyteller + Travel Writer + Photographer + Believer. WROTE: @InEveryMirror @NotEnoughBook @LagomBook @DueNorthBook - RUN: @GeotravelMedia 🇳🇬 🇺🇸 🇸🇪
Meet me at Black Books Matter Fest hosted by Mahogany Books. I’ll be signing copies of EVERYTHING IS NOT ENOUGH (NAACP-nominated for Outstanding Fiction) as we celebrate Black Books Matter Day - August 1, 2026 from 11am-4pm! #mahoganybooks #blackbooksmatterfest #books
Cabo Verde played like no one was watching. This incredible life lesson means to fully be yourself and give your all - whether you’re in front of one person or millions of people. To show up even when no one knows your name yet. Thank you Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 🦈💙 You won our hearts ❤️ #WorldCup
I am grateful for every single one of my dear readers who have built an incredible grassroots community around my books. Raw, real, and original. From the deepest depths of my heart... Thank you 💖 - Review on Fable
Currently reading: "Everything is not Enough" by Lola Akinmade Åkerström #everythingisnotenough #lolaakinmadeakerstrom #currentlyreading #maybooks #bookstagram
finally read #Johan by @lolaakinmade.bsky.social please give us more johan. didn’t like him throughout the series but then met him in his own novella and yasss!
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literature A Jennette McCurdy Book Club Pick. Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Literature & Fiction. Get the #EverythingIsNotEnough audiobook for only $7.99 from April 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026! 💚🧡🩷 - bookshop.org/p/books/ever... #booksky
I'm in the middle of reading this, and, while I'm very familiar with the struggles of being a woman in a man's world, the additional layer of tension in every scene due to the women's Blackness is near unfathomable. It's a hard read, but books like this are so important for white people to consume.
Finished reading 'In Every Mirror She's Black' by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström this week. A captivating story about three culturally mixed women trying to build a new life in Sweden. A slightly longer review is on my StoryGraph. #BookSky #BlackBookSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d844...
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Bestselling author Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström returns with Bitter Honey — a warm, heartfelt story about mothers, daughters, and finding your voice. Hear her in conversation with Lauren Francis-Sharma. 📅 Mon, Nov 10 | 7 PM 📍MLK Library 🎟️ https://bit.ly/42Vcnnv
Work at the @swedeninnigeria.bsky.social is always interesting. And some days it’s also a lot of fun. Meeting @lolaakinmade.bsky.social … 😀👇
Embassy of Sweden in Abuja@swedeninnigeria.bsky.social · 11mo agoLast week at Ambassador-designate @annawesterholm.bsky.social's residence, we had an inspiring evening with 🇳🇬🇸🇪 author, @lolaakinmade.bsky.social, reading from her latest novel #BitterHoney. The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity. #SwedenInNigeria
Last week at Ambassador-designate @annawesterholm.bsky.social's residence, we had an inspiring evening with 🇳🇬🇸🇪 author, @lolaakinmade.bsky.social, reading from her latest novel #BitterHoney. The reading and conversations explored themes such as migration, love, fame, and identity. #SwedenInNigeria
Save the dates. Mark your calendars 💙💛 BITTER HONEY US TOUR with William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers. Can’t wait to share details and tag all our wonderful stops, incredible interlocutors, and links to register very soon 🙏🏽 #bitterhoneybook #booktour #authorlife #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
On Oct 4, we officially expanded literary tourism to Sweden by launching the #StockholmBookTour experience in partnership with XperienceSthlm and The Afro-Swedish Organisation… (continued in comments) www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a... #BookSky
This is what alignment looks like - Stockholm Book Club Tour officially launches
For close to 20 years, I've been working in the travel industry. Mostly as a travel writer and photographer for several publications, visual storyteller on commercial collaborations, and creative stra...
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"From the title alone, #BitterHoney offers a subtle warning, what begins as something golden & sweet slowly reveals its bitter edge. But nothing quite prepares the reader for the emotional intensity & layered #storytelling that follow" - @glamour.com SA www.glamour.co.za/lifestyle/gl... #booksky
Our Goodreads giveaway is ending in 2 hours! Don't miss your chance to win one of 25 copies of BITTER HONEY! - www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #giveaway #books #BookRecommendation #ContestAlert #Contest #booksky
Thank you for including BITTER HONEY in your extended list! The Top 13 Books You Couldn't Put Down www.zibbyowens.com/p/the-top-13... #booksky #bitterhoney
The Top 13 Books You Couldn't Put Down
I asked. You answered.
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You’ve been asking… and so you shall receive.🫶🏽 For fans of #InEveryMirrorShesBlack and #EverythingIsNotEnough, I’ve got something special in the works for you. Coming soon… Sign up to my newsletter -> bit.ly/NEWS-LOLA 🤍🩶🖤 #johanbook #fiction #lolaakinmade #book #booksky
Bitter Honey is an emotional novel of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery spanning continents and generations, unraveling the complex bonds of motherhood and the struggles of identity. @lolaakinmade.bsky.social #bitterhoney #booksky Available Here: www.harpercollins.com/products/bit...
“Jonas is soul food. And she is famished…” If there’s one thing BITTER HONEY serves, it’s a bevy of messy and complex characters! 🔥💙🧡 Get your copy today - www.waterstones.com/book/bitter-... -—— #lolaakinmade #fiction #bookofthemonth #bitterhoney #bitterhoneybook #booksky
For me, it can be visually gleaned from the phenomenon of the sauntering middle-aged and elderly African woman. This aura needs to be studied. Shuffling slowly in slippers while adjusting their iro - wrapper. I wrote about Mama Igbobi for Black Ballad UK blackballad.co.uk/adulting/les... #Wisdom
What My Nigerian Grandmother Taught Me About Living Life On My Terms
Lolá's grandmother was a woman before her time: fiercely independent, second to no man and unapologetic about it.
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Bestselling author @lolaakinmade.bsky.social joins me today on my podcast to talk authenticity, validation & her new novel ‘Bitter Honey.’ From system architect to travel writer to novelist Lola proves that creative pivots can lead to extraordinary journeys Listen now:Links In Bio #booksky
From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists. 🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc: Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
From system architect to travel writer to novelist @lolaakinmade.bsky.social journey is full of creative pivots. We talked about her powerful novel Bitter Honey and rebuilding after life’s twists. 🎧 Listen now on all podcast platforms inc: Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️ Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow) Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey) Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense) 🎧 Watch/listen + follow
It’s a bumper week on The Conversation Podcast 🎙️ Today: SA Cosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social on King of Ashes (out tomorrow) Wed: @LolaAkinmade.bsky.social (Bitter Honey) Thurs: Mel Pennant’s pub day & debut chat (A Murder for Miss Hortense) 🎧 Watch/listen + follow
“Through well-realised characters, believable plot, historical accuracy & smooth prose rendered mostly in the present tense, BITTER HONEY succeeds as a fantastic work of art & shows the author’s mastery of the craft.” - The Lagos Review What a review! 💙🧡 thelagosreview.ng/will-afflict... #Booksky
Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau - The Lagos Review
…Lola Akinmade, Head of Zeus, 2025. What manner of a man is Lars?How should a mother handle a daughter who looks so much like her father,
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