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Promotional banner for an event featuring Lola Akinmade Åkerström at MahoganyBooks, discussing with Lauren Francis-Sharma at the MLK Library, Washington, DC. The image also showcases cover art for the book "Bitter Honey" by Lola Akinmade Åkerström.

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
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Thank you for the warm welcome 🙏🏽💙🧡

Work at the @swedeninnigeria.bsky.social is always interesting. And some days it’s also a lot of fun. Meeting @lolaakinmade.bsky.social … 😀👇

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.

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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 🙏🏽

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…becoming the 3rd literary experience in Stockholm focused on a sole author’s body of work after The Millennium Trilogy and Astrid Lindgren’s work.

Learn about the launch & follow in the footsteps of all my characters across all four acclaimed novels.

God is good 🙏🏽

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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...

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)

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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...

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Horrifying for any parent

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...

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The Top 13 Books You Couldn't Put Down I asked. You answered.

Thank you for including BITTER HONEY in your extended list!

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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.

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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.
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“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-...

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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.

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

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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.
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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

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,

“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...

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Whew. My heart. No words 🙏🏽💙🧡

What a way to start June. Thank you 🙏🏽

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Everyone is talking about LARS! 🔥

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Do you know why #BITTERHONEY is being described as "EPIC"?

Because it's set against the backdrop of key global events, including #Eurovision in Greece, #FIFAWorldCup in Germany, the #ArabSpring, an attempted coup in Gambia, the #NobelPrize, & the #RoyalWedding of Diana & Charles, and much more...

8 best new books you need to read this month, according to GLAMOUR editors Get ahead of #BookTok.

Glamour UK - 8 best new books you need to read this month via @glamour.com UK including BITTER HONEY

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Bitter Honey by Lola Akinmade Åkerström explores how mothers carry their histories into their daughters’ lives There’s an urgent question running through Bitter Honey. What does it mean to parent when your life has been violently derailed by structures beyond your control?

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