


He is coeditor of IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britainand has had short stories featured in many anthologies. Further critically acclaimed works include Society Within, Snakeskin, The Dying Wish, Music for the Off-Key, and A Book of Blues. Her sophomore novel, The Warmest December, was praised by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison as "searing and expertly imagined." McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.COURTIA NEWLAND's first novel, The Scholar, was published in 1997. She is a two-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of two fiction honor awards from the BCALA. McFADDEN is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels including the classic Sugar, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors' Choice), and Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. Beer for this event will be lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.BERNICE L. Moderated by Tracey Smith of the Go On Girl! Book Club. McFadden, author of Nowhere Is a Place and, at his first New York appearance, Courttia Newland, author of Gospel According to Cane. Join us on Monday, February 18th for a conversation between Bernice L. Akashic celebrates two new of their Black History Month releases.
