Francesca Ekwuyasi
CBC Books | | Posted: January 14, 2021 2:00 PM | Last Updated: January 14, 2021
Author of Butter Honey Pig Bread, championed by Roger Mooking
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About Francesca Ekwuyasi
Francesca Ekwuyasi is a writer, artist and filmmaker. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria and currently is based in Halifax. Her work explores themes of faith, family, queerness, consumption, loneliness and belonging. Her writing has been published in Winter Tangerine Review, Brittle Paper, Transition Magazine, the Malahat Review, Visual Art News, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Guts magazine. Her story Orun is Heaven was longlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize. Butter Honey Pig Bread is her first novel.
Butter Honey Pig Bread was longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. (From Arsenal Pulp Press)
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The Canada Reads 2021 contenders
- Rosey Edeh champions The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
- Scott Helman champions Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee
- Devery Jacobs champions Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
- Paul Sun-Hyung Lee champions Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
- Roger Mooking champions Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi