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Queenie / Hamnet
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Published January 1, 2020
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Candice Carty-Williams
25 books4,497 followersCandice Carty-Williams was born in 1989, the result of an affair between a Jamaican cab driver who barely speaks and a Jamaican-Indian dyslexic receptionist who speaks more than anyone else in the world. She studied Media at Sussex because her sixth form teachers said that she wasn’t clever enough to do English, but she showed them all by first working at the Guardian Guide and then moving into publishing at 23.
Carty-Williams has worked on marketing literary fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels ever since; her first highlight was interviewing David Cronenberg and telling him that if she were a white man she’d like to look like him. In response he called her a ‘delightful person’. In 2016, she created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, a prize that aims to find, champion and celebrate black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. She also contributes regularly to Refinery29 and i-D.
Carty-Williams has worked on marketing literary fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels ever since; her first highlight was interviewing David Cronenberg and telling him that if she were a white man she’d like to look like him. In response he called her a ‘delightful person’. In 2016, she created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, a prize that aims to find, champion and celebrate black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. She also contributes regularly to Refinery29 and i-D.
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October 14, 2021
Such an incredible read. I loved Queenie from the very first moments. A girl with boy troubles just like my own but interwoven into a deep and critical analysis of how race is still perceived in London. Once again my love of reading as been awoken and I’m so happy it was Candice’s novel that did it.
And it’s SO funny! Laugh out loud on the plane kind of funny. The kind of funny that when my dad asked what got me giggling I could only refer him to the page where Queenie is met with a p*n*s that has been nicknamed “The Destroyer”
Candice has captured a world that I’m all too familiar with and at the same time one that has lent me an understanding of race and the disparity black women are faced with to a level I didn’t expect.
I am better for having read this book <3
And it’s SO funny! Laugh out loud on the plane kind of funny. The kind of funny that when my dad asked what got me giggling I could only refer him to the page where Queenie is met with a p*n*s that has been nicknamed “The Destroyer”
Candice has captured a world that I’m all too familiar with and at the same time one that has lent me an understanding of race and the disparity black women are faced with to a level I didn’t expect.
I am better for having read this book <3
March 24, 2022
Absolutely brilliant book! If you want to add this to your reading list, do it! My review is below!
Inspirational, funny & eye opening. At first you could be confused into thinking that Queenie is just making bad but relatable choices that come with being a young woman. However, you’d be wrong and will soon learn of her strength when she’s faced with very real struggles and situations. This book is comical and very british. 10/10
Inspirational, funny & eye opening. At first you could be confused into thinking that Queenie is just making bad but relatable choices that come with being a young woman. However, you’d be wrong and will soon learn of her strength when she’s faced with very real struggles and situations. This book is comical and very british. 10/10
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