Sarah Ladipo Manyika with Vendela Vida / Between Starshine and Clay

Booksmith hosts Sarah Ladipo Manyika for the launch of her book Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora, in conversation with Vendela Vida and with a special performance by Masankho on January 31, 2023.

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– ABOUT THE AUTHORS –

Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a British-Nigerian-American writer of novels, short stories and essays translated into several languages. She is author of the best-selling novel In Dependence (2009) and multiple shortlisted novel Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun (2016), and has had work published in publications including Granta, The Guardian, the Washington Post and Transfuge among others. Sarah serves as Board Chair for the women’s writing residency, Hedgebrook; she was previously Board Director for the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco; and has been a judge for the Goldsmiths Prize, California Book Awards, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and Chair of judges for the Pan-African Etisalat Prize.

Vendela Vida is the award-winning author of six novels, including We Run the Tides and Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. She’s a founding co-editor of the Believer magazine and lives in the Bay Area.

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