"This book is a genuine work of art ... a wonderful read"
- Nathaneal Lessore
Letters To Kweku
2027
'Dear Kweku, I am still here, writing to you again from the Obroni land. Please, will you accept this cassette recording letter from me?'
London, late 1970s. Like thousands of Ghanaians far from home, Adwoa doesn't write letters — she records them, her voice travelling home on cassette tapes for the whole village to gather round and hear.
But Adwoa's tapes are for one person only: Kweku, the best friend she left behind. She tells him about the cold, the grey, the strange new city. She tells him she is fine. She is always, always fine.
But some things can't be said out loud — not even alone, into a machine.
Inspired by true events, Letters to Kweku is a devastating and hope-filled story of courage, friendship and survival. The story of a girl who kept on talking, waiting and hoping, one tape at a time.
Letters to Kweku is published on 14 January 2027. Available for pre-order now!
A groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed debut novel of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries, in a timeslip story exploring the legacy of slavery, selected as The Times Children's Book of the Week.
’Sometime, me love to dream that me is a human, a proper one, like them white folks is.’
Hopeful and devastating, this powerful novel about equality, how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go, introduces an extraordinary new literary voice.
"Both hopeful and heartbreaking, this gripping book turns a searchlight on the changing faces of injustice through time."
- THE GUARDIAN
"A brilliant idea and a powerful debut."
- THE TIMES
How Far We've Come
2023
