For the last day of Black History // Black Future Month, Sistah Scifi is highlighting Nubia: The Awakening.  Nubia is an Afrofuturist, YA science fiction novel by @clarenceahaynes and @omarepps that weaves in the themes of climate change, class division, and references West and Southern African cultural traditions. Clarence A. Haynes says, "Nubia is oriented towards Black Futures, offering a fantastic take on how our world could evolve, keeping in mind things like climate change and tech innovations." In this clip, the authors discuss the research that went into developing the world of the Nubian cultural enclave nestled in the New York borough of Manhattan in the year 2098.   Check out the full clip on our Instagram page @sistahscifi🔥. Get your copy of Nubia: The Awakening signed by Omar Epps at Sistah Scifi's @instagram, @facebook, @twitter, @tiktok, or @shopify shop. Please note orders including this title will ship March 15! Nubia will also be available at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at @MixedCoffeeShop and @BlackCoffeeNw starting Friday March 3rd. Audiobook available on @librofm.  Better yet, check Nubia out from your local #library!!! Author - @omarepps and @clarenceahaynes Publisher - @penguinrandomhouse @delacortepress This gorgeous picture of Nubia: The Awakening taken by and reposted from @just_keep_chasing_pages  . #bookstagram #booksofig #booksofinstagram #igbooks #instabooks #instareads #addictedtobooks #tbr #goodreads #yafantasy #yafiction  #ForTheCulture #WeGotUs #yafantasybooks #WestAfricanYAFantasy #SistahScifi #OmarEpps #clarencehaynes #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #blackfantasy #yareads #yascifi #youngadultscifi #blackyareads #blackyascifi #blackreads #blackownedscifibookstore #sistahscifibookvendingmachine #NubiaTheAwakening (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOQ3xXJ0LU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We loved getting to know the cast of characters in The Monsters We Defy.... the harden Clara, mischievous Zelda, and handsome Isreal Lee....our advanced reader copy is annotated and book marked in preparation for our #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday with Leslye Penelope abd cohost @mmmshai dash. Hope to see you there!!!! Reposted from @orbitbooks_us The task: steal a magical ring from the wealthiest woman in the District.⁣ ⁣ The crew: a clairvoyant, a handsome jazz musician able to hypnotize with a melody, an aging actor who can change his face, a charming young man who can make people forget, and a master pickpocket. ⁣ ⁣ The Monsters We Defy by @leslyepenelope is out next week!⁣ ⁣ Art by @mlle_pysthache #LeslyePenelope #TheMonstersWeDefy #SistahScifi #HistoricalFantatasy #washingtondcbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2jTZxvbG7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Our CEO/Founder @IsisAsare is soooooooooo Sistah Scifi's Wine Down Wednesday guests for December! Come thru!! @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events

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Dec 6th

Coral Alejandra Moore discussing Summoner's Circle

✨The magic is in her blood, and she never knew.

@coral.a.moore

#independentpublisher #indieauthor

Dec 13th

Suyi Davies Okungbowa discussing Warrior of the Wind

🔥From city streets where secrets are bartered for gold to forests teeming with fabled beasts, Suyi Davies Okungbowa's sweeping epic of forgotten magic and violent conquests continues in this richly drawn fantasy inspired by the pre-colonial empires of West Africa.

@suyidavies

@orbitbooks_us

@hachetteUS

Dec 20th

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki discussing Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology

✨A captivating collection of original stories and essays by award-winning authors that celebrates the richness and complexity of African mysticism.

@penprince

@arcmanorbooks_

#SistahScifi

#WineDownWednesday

#SistahScifiWineDownWednesday #SummonersCircle

#CoralMoore

#SuyiDaviesOkungbowa

#WarrioroftheWind #SunoftheStorm

#OghenechovweDonaldEkpeki

#BetweenDystopiasTheRoadtoAfropantheology #AfricanFuturism #Afrofuturism

TODAY!!! @TlotloTsamaase will be discussing her new book, WOMB CITY, coming Jan 2024 from @Erewhonbooks. This Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday will be cohosted with @BrisBookish!

Registration link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events

"From the first sentence, Womb City burns bright. When you think there isn't anywhere else to go, Tsamaase pulls you ever higher, head-spinning heights brought into focus by wire-taut tension and gorgeous prose. Raw and unflinching, lyrical and bombastic, Tsamaase has written a masterful techno-thriller that eviscerates the genre while surpassing it.” — @CadwellTurnbull, award-winning author of No Gods, No Monsters

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#WineDownWednesday

#SistahScifiWineDownWednesday #WombCity

#TlotloTsamaase

The guests for the next Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday on March 22nd at 5PM PST are the owners of the Black-owned coffee shops that launched the first three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines as part of building the Black-owned bookstore of the future!!!!! Latorrra Monk, Savannah Jackson, and DarNesha Weary will discuss how it has been to host Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines. Latorra Monk, the owner of Oaklandia Cafe x Bakery, is a fourth generation Oaklander, and boy-mom of two. Savannah Jackson, the founder of Mixed: Community and Coffee, describes herself as a mixed kid - half Black and half Ecuadorian - who loves mixing drinks, mixing cultures, and bringing people together. DarNesha Weary, a Seattle native, opened Black Coffee Northwest to provide proactive and innovative community building through youth leadership development while serving the best cup of coffee in the city. And proud to run one of the few Black-owned coffee shops in Shoreline. Click the link in bio: @sistahscifi > LIT EVENTS | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events @mrsweary @blackcoffeeNW @oaklandiacafexbakery @mixedcoffeeshop #sistahscifi #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #blackownedbookstore #blackowned (at Mixed: Coffee and Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_dDkHrU6j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Its #HumpDay!!!! You know that means! We are getting hyped for today's Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday at 5PM PST.  Today's guest are Chinelo Anyadiegwu (@chinelospixs) and Luisah Teish (@LuisahTeisah) of @uno_press discussing African Mythology in Modern Literature. Chinelo Anyadiegwu is the author of Introduction to Igbo Mythology for Kids published by @SimonandSchuster. It is the first definitive collection of Igbo legends and traditions for kids, this book explores the mythological origins of the Igbo people, the ancient Nri Kingdom, and Igbo cosmology before delving into the Alusi, or the core Igbo deities. Following this introduction to the pantheon of gods and goddesses, a collection of the most popular Igbo myths, folktales, and legends will immerse kids in exciting stories of tricksters, shapeshifters, and heroes. Luisah Teish wrote A Calabash of Cowries: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times. A Calabash of Cowries: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is a collection of tales featuring the Orishas and the wonders of the natural world. Suitable for adults and children, artists and teachers, readers of all cultures will discover in these retellings of traditional tales a resource that illuminates the mythic and the real, the ancient past and the emerging present. An offering of spiritual wisdom and cultural celebration through stories that have and will continue to endure the test of time. Click the link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events  and register today! Also, yesterday's post stated that @LeahCastleberry the creator of @coloringtheafricandiaspora will be in attendance. THAT IS INCORRECT (and 100% our mistake). Leah will not be joining today's live. However, she is giving away an Afrofuturism tote bag, so head to @coloringtheafricandiaspora for a chance to win. If you like sure bets, Leah's Afrofuturism Coloring Book is available to purchase at @OaklandiaCafexBakery open 7AM to 5PM M to F.  Leah, we really appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigated that snapfu #sistahscifi #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #blackauthor #blackauthors #Afrofuturism #blackownedbookstore #BlackSpeculativeFi (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0Ruw3Lv2o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Join @isisasare and @cerecermurphy for the next Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday, to kick of Black History Month 2023! 😍 Isis will be discussing all the things Black speculative fiction with Cerece Murphy you won't want to miss. Register now for this Instagram live by clicking the link in bio > LIT EVENTS: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-sistah-scifi-presents-wine-down-wednesdays-tickets-511172048357.  See you then! #sistahscifi #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #winedownwednesday #blackauthor #blackauthors #blackownedbookstore #blackowned #cerecemurphy #cerecerenniemurphy  #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #igreads #toomanybookstoolittletime #readingiscool #readmorebooks #beyondoverbooked #ilovebooks #BlackSpeculativeFiction #VirtuousCon #BlackHistoryMonth @thevirtuouscon (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDHTW3PF3p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

To kick off Black History Month, Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday guest is @cerecermurphy - someone who is making history.  Cerece will be ij conversation with Sistah Scifi CEO/Founder @isisasare to discuss her books, science fiction and Virtuous Con.🔥 Join us February 1st 2023 starting at 5pm PST on Instagram Live on @sistahscifi. Registration link in bio: @SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com  #sistahscifi #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #winedownwednesday #blackauthor #blackauthors #blackownedbookstore #blackowned #cerecemurphy #blackindieauthorsofinstagram #indiebooks #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #adventuresinprint #igreads #readingiscool #readmorebooks #beyondoverbooked #ilovebooks #blackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2023 #BHM Reposted from @thevirtuouscon #VirtuousCon is a Black woman founded event! Our founder @cerecermurphy invites you to join us Feb 25-26 at our next virtual convention!  Link in Bio: @thevirtuouscon . . #virtuouscon #blackwomanfounder #fantasy #cerecerenniemurphy (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0k_a9LK3g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We are excited to have Cerece Rennie Murphy in conversation with @IsisAsare on Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday on February 1st!👏🏾  Cerece will be discussing their authorship journey and @VirtuousCon! A little bit about @cerecermurphy: Cerece fell in love with science fiction at the age of seven, watching “Empire Strikes Back” at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., with her sister and mom. It’s a love affair that has grown ever since. As an ardent fan of John Donne, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, and Alexander Pope from an early age, Cerece began exploring her own creative writing through poetry. She earned her master’s degrees in social work and international relations at Boston College and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, respectively, and built a rewarding 15-year career in program development, management, and fundraising in the community and international development arenas – all while appreciating the stories of human connection told in science fiction through works like Octavia Butler’s “Wild Seed,” Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and “The X-Files.” In 2011, Cerece experienced her own supernatural event - a vision of her first science fiction story. Shortly after, she began developing and writing what would become the bestselling Order of the Seers trilogy. Order of the Seers was selected as one of The Best Kindle Books of 2014 by Digital Book Today. To date, Cerece has published ten speculative fiction novels, short stories, and children's books.  We are so excited for this one, will you be tuning in? Save the date! February 1st 2023 on @sistahscifi Instagram LIVE! Registration link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com.  @lionskypublishing #sistahscifi #betweentwoseas #ellisandthecloudkingdom #thewolfqueenbook1 #thewolfqueenbook2 #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #winedownwednesday #blackauthor #blackauthors #blackownedbookstore #blackowned #cerecemurphy #cerecerenniemurphy #blackindieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthor #indiebooks #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #igreads #readingiscool #readmorebooks #beyondoverbooked #ilovebooks #VirtuousCon https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpDMW6LhqY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday is back for 2023!!!! @cerecermurphy - founder of @thevirtuouscon - joins @isisasare on February 1st 2023 starting at 5pm PST. Don't miss this discussion with the great and wonderful author that wrote 🐺The Wolf Queen: The Hope of Aferi (Book 1) 🐺The Wolf Queen: The Promise of Aferi (Book 2) 👑Ellis and The Cloud Kingdom (Ellis Book 3) 🌊Between Two Seas @lionskypublishing You can register now by clicking the link in bio > LIT EVENTS: @SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com #sistahscifi #betweentwoseas #ellisandthecloudkingdom #thewolfqueenbook1 #thewolfqueenbook2 #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #winedownwednesday #blackauthor #blackauthors #blackownedbookstore #blackowned #cerecemurphy #cerecerenniemurphy #blackindieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthor #indiebooks #booknerd #bookworm #bookish #igreads #readingiscool #readmorebooks #beyondoverbooked #ilovebooks (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSPY7FviSD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

💚 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday November 30th 2022 starting at 5pm PST 💚 Pre-game with @brisbookish at 445 PM PST With special guests @shereereneethomas, @authorzknight , and @penprince discussing Africa Risen. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country’s ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother’s ability to change her appearance―and perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising―it’s already here. Register for this FREE event now! Click the link in bio: @SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com Editors - @shereereneethomas and @authorzknight and @penprince Publisher - @tordotcompub #SistahScifi #shereereneethomas #zeldaknight #africarisen #sistahscifisiblings #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #blackfantasy #scifishortstories #scifianthology #scifianthologies #winedownwednesday #blackreads #blackownedscifibookstore #blackownedbookstore (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClkWRzirdj6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

And we are ready! Just finished Nubia: The Awakening! 🔥DO. NOT. MISS. THIS.🔥 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday TONIGHT November 9th 2022 starting at 5pm PST @isisasare will be joined by @omarepps and @clarenceahaynes to discuss their new book Nubia: The Awakening. About Nubia: The Awakening: For Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho, Nubia is a mystery. Before they were born, a massive storm destroyed their ancestral homeland, forcing their families to flee across the ocean to New York City. Nubia, a utopic island nation off the coast of West Africa, was no more, and their parents’ sorrow was too deep for them to share much of their history beyond the folklore. But New York, ravaged by climate change and class division, is far from a safe haven for refugees, and Nubians live as outcasts, struggling to survive in the constantly flooding lower half of Manhattan, while the rich thrive in the tech-driven sky city known as the Up High. Register now. Click the link in bio > LIT Events > click on event title. ORDER copies signed by Omar Epps from you favorite Black-owned science-fiction bookstore, Sistah Scifi! Link in bio: @sistahscifi. Author - @omarepps and @clarenceahaynes Publisher - @penguinrandomhouse @delacortepress #NubiaTheAwakening #ForTheCulture #WeGotUs #yafantasybooks #WestAfricanYAFantasy #SistahScifi #OmarEpps #clarencehaynes #sistahscifisiblings #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #epicfantasy #blackfantasy #yareads #yascifi #youngadultscifi #blackyareads #blackyascifi #winedownwednesday #blackmaleauthor #blackreads #blackownedscifibookstore (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkwoqkHv6k6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

You know what tomorrow is?!?! #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday !!!!+ This week's special guest is Tara Betts! Join @chitownbetts and @isisasare of @sistahscifi on ig live tomorrow (8/3) at 7PM CST (5PM PST/8PM EST) for a #winedownwednesday. We’ll talk about Black women in sci-fi and comics, and yes, poetry! #sistahscifi #tarabetts #thefutureofblack https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgx7vS9L7zG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today's Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday will have special guest Jennifer Marie Brissett, former book seller turned author, discussing Destroyer of Light!!!! Reposted from @torbooks "#DestroyerofLight is proof positive that we're living in a new golden age of science fiction." - @charliejaneanders, bestselling author of #VictoriesGreaterThanDeath ⭐️ "A dark, poetic tale." - @kirkus_reviews "A richly layered and imaginative world that reflects much of our own—the good, the brutal, and the truly monstrous—while daring us to dream of something more." - @pdjeliclark, award winning author of #RingShout Get ready for Destroyer of Light by @jennifermariebrissett. . . #torbooks #bookish #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #SFF #TBR #currentlyreading #quote #quotes #BlackWritersMatter #BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackReadersMatter #SistahScifi #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJoUJ1vCmZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

TOMORROW! Our founder/CEO, @IsisAsare, will host guests librarian Mychal Threets, and authors Cassidy Bridges, Gabrielle W. Bridges on Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday!!!! They will be discussing The AfroRevolution - the books, the event, and the movement. Swipe to learn more and link in bio.

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@mychal3ts @cassidy_brianna @briebridges @iamsherriwinston @bloomsburychildrens

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Throwback Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday! @IsisAsare joined by @darthjulian and @duanethewriter_ discussing imagination as a tool for liberation. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth how are you using imagination as a tool for liberation? Did you catch this live? If not, watch the full video here 👇🏿 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CsGWlddgL6u/?igshid=YmM0MjE2YWMzOA== #sistahscifi #winedownwednesday #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #imagination #imaginationtool #liberation #blackauthors #blackownedbookstore #blackowned #duanehorton #julianbleeker