Sade Fadipe's Blog: Sade's Book World
November 15, 2020
HERE COMES COMPETITION FOR CHRISTMAS THEMES!
Titles pop up with a change in tide, mood, season, perspective. Newspaper articles just like book cover titles can be all-revealing, abstract or somewhere in between.
So when the article: "A wave of COVID-19 titles is set to hit bookshelves – will people read them?" by Melanie Kembrey (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) hit my screen, the headline struck a chord. I'm still to read it but it sure got me thinking.
Readers are genius at making intelligent decisions on what to read, either for themselves or their wards. Before getting the Mastercard out, a number of judgements are made while browsing the shelves of a bookstore, megastore, book fair or the internet.
Probably the first three questions, posed inward are:
1. What's new about COVID-19 and why invest in a book of a very present experience?
2. Whose perspective do I want to invest in?
3. Why buy a book when the same information both true and false has found means of creeping into our gadgets. Creeping being kinder word, bombardment, the more likely.
Yet there is a genre that serves a genuine purpose. The one dependent on imagination with an intense ability to catapult the pandemic experience into worlds yet discovered. Fiction is powerful and the measure of an artist's creativity lies in her authentic craft and his unique manipulation of character and plot.
Another reason to invest in what I hereby christen Kids' Pandemic Titles would be for Presence. Where the pandemic met us: physically or psychologically and socially; revealing a state of mind on the decision to invest in that book, that title, that author despite being of the Pandemic Era. This would form a part of your history.
"What do I want my kids to remember about the pandemic and which of these titles suit purpose - sit well with my perspective?"
Whatever you do, we Authors trust our Readers to make intelligent decisions about what, where and in whom, you invest in: book-wise.
It's a pandemic Christmas no doubt but hey,
Books will be there to see you through!
Do make the best of the Breath. x
So when the article: "A wave of COVID-19 titles is set to hit bookshelves – will people read them?" by Melanie Kembrey (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) hit my screen, the headline struck a chord. I'm still to read it but it sure got me thinking.
Readers are genius at making intelligent decisions on what to read, either for themselves or their wards. Before getting the Mastercard out, a number of judgements are made while browsing the shelves of a bookstore, megastore, book fair or the internet.
Probably the first three questions, posed inward are:
1. What's new about COVID-19 and why invest in a book of a very present experience?
2. Whose perspective do I want to invest in?
3. Why buy a book when the same information both true and false has found means of creeping into our gadgets. Creeping being kinder word, bombardment, the more likely.
Yet there is a genre that serves a genuine purpose. The one dependent on imagination with an intense ability to catapult the pandemic experience into worlds yet discovered. Fiction is powerful and the measure of an artist's creativity lies in her authentic craft and his unique manipulation of character and plot.
Another reason to invest in what I hereby christen Kids' Pandemic Titles would be for Presence. Where the pandemic met us: physically or psychologically and socially; revealing a state of mind on the decision to invest in that book, that title, that author despite being of the Pandemic Era. This would form a part of your history.
"What do I want my kids to remember about the pandemic and which of these titles suit purpose - sit well with my perspective?"
Whatever you do, we Authors trust our Readers to make intelligent decisions about what, where and in whom, you invest in: book-wise.
It's a pandemic Christmas no doubt but hey,
Books will be there to see you through!
Do make the best of the Breath. x
September 12, 2019
It's a FUN ABC!
Sade Fadipe A Fun ABC
Just as the title says, It's indeed a FUN ABC so come 1st June 2016, I might just be the most excited human being in town, as I'll be the very first person to purchase my own book!
But there is a catch as it is not just about the ABC, it is a narrative of an excited young girl called Adanah and her poorly sister called Zainab who's barely visible through the plot. She shares a memorable experience with her on how she spent her holiday, far away from home.
The culture, food and life style unfold smoothly through the text.
Just as the title says, It's indeed a FUN ABC so come 1st June 2016, I might just be the most excited human being in town, as I'll be the very first person to purchase my own book!
But there is a catch as it is not just about the ABC, it is a narrative of an excited young girl called Adanah and her poorly sister called Zainab who's barely visible through the plot. She shares a memorable experience with her on how she spent her holiday, far away from home.
The culture, food and life style unfold smoothly through the text.
Sade's Book World
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Each new book faces new stumbles.
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Each new book faces new stumbles.
Number your stumbles - I'd still not grasp the layers and the strength of turbulence you battled through to reach your destined piece o ...more
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