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Come Down to Afrori Bookshop To Hear Authors Read and Perform Their Work!

10/11/2026

I'm excited for the opportunity to read from Reputation this Sunday 15 November, down at Afrori Books. The session starts at 3pm and is part of the Brighton Book Festival year-round programme of events.

Massive thanks to Oliviyah, Janice and everyone involved with the Brighton Book Festival and Afrori Books for facilitating.

Are you waiting for an invitation?

Come on down! Meet new authors! Hear us read or perform from our poetry or prose! Get books signed! Browse the bookshop and pick up titles you've always wanted but not gotten around to getting just yet.

Here's your link to sign-up for the event: https://www.brightonbookfestival.co.uk/products/off-the-page-open-mic-for-authors-and-writers

Start your Christmas shopping for the readers in your life!

The first time I visited the Afrori Bookshop in person, I just said 'hello'. We were having a family day out and I couldn't spend too long. The next time I came by, I had a proper browse and left with copies of Baldwin and Alexis Pauline Gumbs' Survival is a Promise, which explores the life of Audre Lorde.

[Many of you have seen that photo of me where I'm sitting against a tree trunk, reading a book? That book is my copy of Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider].

Afrori Bookshop stocks exclusively Black-authored books from across the diaspora and across time. So you get your classics and your contemporary books; your recent releases and your children's books too.

If you've never visited the iconic little treasure that is Afrori Books, maybe the Open Mic session on Sunday 15 November is exactly the prompt you've been waiting for! And never fear, the Afrori Bookshop is a short walk down the sloping street from the Brighton railway station. Here's the address: Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD. https://maps.app.goo.gl/J6M6Q1S6fooZL3ga8

Oh, and to order your digital copy of Reputation from Afrori, go here!

See you there!

Zachary Will Be Getting His Pearly Whites in With Me on ... Book Teeth

04/11/2026

Zachary Dillon and I will be sinking our teeth into the meat (or potatoes if you're vegan or vegetarian!) of all that lies behind my books on his author podcast, Book Teeth. Join us on Substack here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/416896.

Where: Substack Live

Date: Wednesday 11 November, 2026

Time: 1pm UK time.

Remember, this is the time of year where clocks have recently 'gone back', so please double check what 1pm UK time means in your part of the world!

Zac will be speaking to me from wonderful France, where his clock will be one hour ahead, and hopefully, the riots in Paris have been quelled with bread or cake! (Just joking, mes amis. Solidarity with the French people. Liberté, Fraternité, Égalité! There is no utopia but the struggle against injustice and greed never ends.)

Come, join us to listen, be part of the chat, and hear me read my work out loud.

P.S. Don't you just love the art work on the Book Teeth poster?

P.S.S. Zachary is going to ask me some hard questions! I just know it!

I'll be on the Golden Creatives Podcast with C.T. Luna!

04/11/2026

I love a rich conversation and I'm looking forward to exactly that with the wonderful C.T. Luna who hosts Golden Creatives Talk. Join us on Substack Live to tune in, and follow us on Substack so you won't miss it!

Where: Substack

Date: Friday 20 November

Time: 3pm UK time. Remember to double-check the time in your own time zone!

C.T. Luna is the author of Brown Beyond Borders and I've just picked up my digital copy! Don't be shy! Check it out!

C.T. also penned this wonderful review of Reputation: see here on Goodreads.

See you at the Golden Creatives Talk!

My Books Will Be At the Black British Book Festival This Year!

03/10/2026

I'm all ready for the Barbican this weekend!

I'm still to handwrite the coupon codes for visitors who want to order via my PayHip store but that doesn't count as not being ready! What coupon codes, you say? I'm talking about a coupon exclusive to visitors to the Black British Book Festival who visit my stall.

I'm still to try out the bungee cords I bought today to secure my stall stuff on the trolley I borrowed. Despite having just two boxes of books (Hint! Come early to get yours!), I can't carry everything on my own, so the trolley will come in handy.

My books and signing pen are waiting, dear readers, along with discounts and deals, signings and wonderful conversations.

Please remind me to take photographs with you, because knowing me, I'm likely to forget!

House of Lilac Publishing Interviews Amanda Coreishy

02/10/2026

In this interview with House of Lilac Publishing, I really enjoyed getting into the 'story behind the story' that became Reputation. In the course of the interview, I answer questions about my writing motivations, especially the motivation to write about sexuality and desire; my writing process; why I write what I loosely call 'book group fiction' and much more besides.

Meander through the full interview here on Substack.

Reasons to Join The Readers Circle (Or Get Call It Anything But Love While You Can!)

02/10/2026

For a long time, Call It Anything But Love wasn't on sale anywhere. Instead, readers could download a digital version of it when they joined my Readers' Circle. It was all pretty exclusive. To widen the circle a little, I put the first edition of Call It Anything But Love on Substack in a serialised form. You can explore that here.

A few months ago, this short story collection became available in paperback for the first time via Amazon and PayHip.

It's true that the second edition digital version of Call It Anything But Love is still exclusive through BookFunnel downloads to readers through my Readers' Circle and it's still true that you can sign up for it below.

But this exclusive gift to my Readers Circle will be giving way to something else. So, if you want your digital copy, sign-up for it sooner rather than later.

I'm strongly considering giving the collection an opportunity to find Kobo readers too, in digital form, and when I've done that, I'll let you know.

Then after a while on Kobo, I'd like to trial the collection on Kindle Unlimited (KU) for a year or so. During that period, the ebook edition would be exclusive to KU, but new Readers Circle members will receive another piece of writing that's exclusive to them and not available elsewhere. Of course, everyone who already has a downloaded digital copy of Call It Anything But Love will continue to have access to it.

But what that will be is left to be seen!

So, why should you join my Readers' Circle?

• You'll receive a free digital copy of the second edition of Call It Anything But Love. That offer is still on but won't last forever.

• I'll send you a newsletter once or twice a month, and over the next year, I'll include links to free or discounted books by various authors, as well as share a heart-to-heart update about what's happening in my writerly life.

• You'll be the first to know about my ongoing or future long-from writing projects.

• Everyone in my Readers' Circle gets to hear about any discounts happening in my PayHip store for my own books or other promotions elsewhere.

Reputation is Out in the World

02/09/2026

Reputation's virtual launch day event was a real joy. We had a cozy gathering, a thoughtful conversation, engaging readings and an animated cheerleading text chat all the way through! Host Scarlet Ibis James was the best host this author could have wished for.

Enjoy the recording for the first time, yet again, or share with friends:

Reputation's Virtual Launch (YouTube link)

Reputation's Virtual Launch (Spotify link)

Reputation's Virtual Launch (Substack link)

Reputation Launch News and Updates!

05/07/2026

All your news and useful links in one place, as Reputation moves towards launch day on Aug 30, 2026!

Join us for the online book launch:

When: Sunday 30 August, 2026.

Time: 1pm EST and 6pm GMT.

Register here to be sure not to miss it: Sign up here to attend what will be a very special launch event for Reputation, with host Scarlet Ibis James!

Pre-order here: Don't miss out! Order now!

Tune into TalkCity Radio 91.1FM on Saturday 29th August, 2026 at 11:15am TT/EST or 4:15pm GMT. I'll be in conversation with Karen Francisco, talking about the novel for the Book Club segment of The Saturday Reset! Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in: Talk City 91.1FM - Your Address For Talk

Calling BookTokers, Bookstagrammers and reviewers who love to Read & Review before everyone else! Look out for our Net Galley copies, from July 14; July through early September, you can request a review copy through Story Origin.

I'll be at The Black British Book Festival, signing your copies of Reputation and Call It Anything But Love, and taking your orders, digital and otherwise, on Sunday 4 October, 2026 at the Barbican in London! And yes, we can talk about everything, including my availability to take questions at your book club events!

Join Amanda Coreishy for the Online Book Launch of Reputation on August 30, 2026!

19/06/2026

I am delighted to announce that my debut novel, Reputation, will be released on Sunday 30 August, 2026.

And You are invited to celebrate with me at the Zoom launch, wherever in the world you are, live from your own comfy place, with your choice of refreshments at hand.

We'll be honoured to have the vivacious Scarlet Ibis James, fellow author and a good friend, hosting the event. 

Join us for discussion of Reputation, for the insider stories, for live readings and for the Q&A.

Register here.

News! News! The Wheels are Finally Turning for the Publishing of Reputation!

07/02/2026

It's been a long time coming and an agonising wait for some. 

Thirteen years ago I opened a note book and began writing character sketches, plotlines and timelines for Reputation. Back then I thought I could finish the first draft before my baby, due six months later, would be born. In the end, she turned three before the first draft was finished.

Ten years later, friends who'd read my later manuscripts were asking me why I hadn't published. I was sure it needed a bit more work. They argued it was 'ready'. One particular go-getter put it like this, 'Done is better than perfect!'

Literary agents and competition readers gave me encouraging words and advice. My writing critique group helped me refine my work. And gradually, I got to that point of knowing it was as ready as it would ever be. There was nothing more I could do for it other than let it be birthed into the world, complete with its strengths and weaknesses, just like you and me.

For some writers, it's clear whether they will independenly publish their book or go the traditional route. Though I've always been open to either option, I've now made a firm decision to go indie with Reputation.

As a duty to my novel and my readers, I'll be planning this process thoughtfully to give the novel the best chance to find the readers who will love it, appreciate it and even bring it to their book groups, where I firmly believe it belongs.

Stay tuned for the release date and your invitation to the online launch event!

And thank you for waiting! Like my daughter, Reputation turns thirteen this year. She's thirteen years in this world and my novel is thirteen years in the making. 

It's time!