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🌺 Exploring love, life, & the stories that connect us. Author web page https://scarletibisjames.com/. ✨ #LoveInspiration #Storytelling #ScarletIbisJames #BlackAuthor #ContemporaryFiction #booksky

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 9

Allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Scarlet Ibis James and I am a humble voice in literary fiction. Follow me for joy-filled fiction about love, legacy and longing.

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · 14d

Imagine writing about a runaway DJ and getting called “emotionally resonant and intellectually stimulating.”

Not me out here mixing pain and poetry like rum and coconut water. 🥥🥃

Thank you, QBR / The Black Book Review—I feel seen!

👉 scarletibisjames.com/blog

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · 15d

Why are you waiting until the last minute? The thing is this Saturday. Call, nah. Sign up 🇹🇹. You know you want to come and see meh. CALL! 780-3763 #trinibooks

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · 19d

Scarlet Birthright Steps Into the Canadian Book Club Awards
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Scarlet Birthright Steps Into the Canadian Book Club Awards

A story of love, loss, and resilience finds its place on a bigger stage 🌺

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · 24d

Book Review: Love Forms by Claire Adam

A Real Sweet 🇹🇹 Listening Experience. This Scarlet Ibis' thoughts on the Booker International Book Award Longlisted title.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Sep 16

"Many...worried that a lack of memorialization played into a larger erosion of empathy that would...empower fascists...To help people process...together, in spite of the physical distance between them, Kelly’s collective, Lifted Voices, & others set out to plan a week of action & memorialization." 🫂

Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Aug 26

I started reading this earlier at the doctor's office, but then got home, & other priorities took precedence. Given how demoralized I feel, I am returning to it and hoping that posting quotes that resonate as I go may help me with finishing it. Channeling my past self, who read 450+ books in 2017! 🥹

A book cover is seen.

Against a background of stars, folx with held hands raised in solidarity are seen.

Text, as follows:

LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU: ORGANIZING AND THE REVOLUTION OF RECIPROCAL CARE
KELLY HAYES & MARIAME KABA

THIS IS A PROPHETIC WORK.
- NAOMI KLEIN

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 14

Global family 🇹🇹 I've found massive support from US, England, and Trinidad ❤️

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 14

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 14

Home sweet home 🇹🇹✨ Back in Trinidad where steelpan, pelau, and a quick doubles lime remind me why I never left in spirit.
📚 Join me Oct 11 & Oct 25 to celebrate books, belonging, and community. scarletibisjames.com

#Trinidad #CaribbeanLit #ScarletIbisJames

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 9

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 9

Allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Scarlet Ibis James and I am a humble voice in literary fiction. Follow me for joy-filled fiction about love, legacy and longing.

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Sep 4

On September 6, 2025, I’ll be at the New York Black and African Literature Festival in NYC—[hosted at @nyblackaflitfest + @theafricacenter].

I’ll be signing books, answering questions, and soaking up the rhythm of our diaspora. ✨

Will I see you there? 📚💫

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 28

Whoa 🤯 Thank you for sharing

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 28

Thank you for sharing 👍🏾

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 27

Ah not comin alone 🇹🇹 dis October ✨ open.substack.com/pub/scarletw...

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 22

I wrote something different: a tender scene of intimacy drawn from memory, crafted in a workshop with Celeste Mohammed. 🌿 #FlashFiction
Read Bamboo Benediction 👉🏾 substack.com/home/post/p-...

Bamboo Benediction (Fiction)

After her first time...

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 21

Don’t pick Scarlet Yearnings for book club—unless you’re ready for messy love, fierce women, and conversations that run past midnight. 🌺📚 scarletibisjames.com/scarlet-year... #booksky

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 14

Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire is now available en Español for the first time.

Las historias que amaste—o que aún no has leído—pueden ser tuyas en el idioma de tu corazón. 🌺

📖 Read the story behind the translation here: scarletibisjames.com/blog/new-loo...

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 14

I was today's year old when I discovered my book is available for sale in the Harvard Book Store. www.harvard.com/browse/book/... #harvardgrad #harvardproud

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 11

🥁✨ Happy World Steelpan Day! ✨🥁
From the evening breezes of San Juan East Side to the pages of 'Scarlet Birthright,' author Scarlet Ibis James explores how Trinidad's steelpan music transforms pain into beauty.

🥁✨ Happy World Steelpan Day! ✨🥁

From the evening breezes of San Juan East Side to the pages of 'Scarlet Birthright,' author Scarlet Ibis James explores how Trinidad's steelpan music transforms pain into beauty. Happy World Steelpan ...

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 11

📍 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6XU7... (or wherever you tune into your podcasts)

Let me know your favorite part if you listen. 💬

The Writer's Journey

Dez Experience · Episode

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 11

🎧 New Conversation Alert!

I had the joy of joining The Dez Experience podcast for a heart-to-heart about culture, family, resilience, and the love stories behind my books.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to hear me off the page—laughing, reflecting, and sharing my journey—this is for you.

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Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Aug 2

I am hesitant to “celebrate” Emancipation of the formerly enslaved in the British colonies.

Here’s why: substack.com/profile/1037...

Image: “Two Moors” by Rembrandt. Published Domain via Unsplash.

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Jul 18

Thank you @eatonhamilton.bsky.social ✨

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Jul 17

...every person who shared it with others, and everyone who engaged in deep discussions about its themes.

The book world is so much richer when we celebrate stories that matter. Thank you for being part of this journey! 💙

#ScarletBirthright #FirebirdBookAwards #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity

Author-Scarlet @scarletwrites.substack.com · Jul 17

I wrote this story hoping to create something that honored specific cultural experiences while speaking to universal human truths. To see it recognized across all these categories feels like pure magic.
This victory belongs to every reader who championed this book...