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Natália Affonso
@nataliaaffonso.bsky.social
Marketing Coordinator @ Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | #amtranslating Pedagogias das Travestilidades by MC Araújo • tatiana nascimento | @fullstopmag Editorial Fellow ‘24
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Come see me talking about translation and a career in publishing tomorrow!
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Online event, Dec 16: Publishing & Polyglots: A Career Chat on Writing & Translation

Aube Rey Lescure, Rhonda Mullins, Natália Affonso, and Annaya Baynes talk all things writing, translation, multilingualism, and having a career in publishing.

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Publishing & Polyglots: A Career Chat on Writing & Translation | Girls Write Now
Every writer dreams of being published. And, if you're lucky, your work will be published in different languages so that people across the world can engage with your words. In this Career Chat, you'll...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Malcolm X would’ve been 100 today. To mark the occasion, BBC History Magazine asked me to write about the women who shaped his life and his fight for Black liberation.
May 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Happy independent bookstore day! A great day to pre-order my forthcoming book, a biography, Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, from your local indie.

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Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
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April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction list is on Bookshop.org, support independent booksellers! bookshop.org/lists/2025-c... #IBD
2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
2025 Carol Shields Prize longlist available on Bookshop.org, see the full list at https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
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April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It’s independent bookstore day. Celebrate by supporting your local bookstore pre-ordering Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, or online, go to Bookshop.org Free shipping! bookshop.org/p/books/note...
Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future
Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future
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April 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Support your local indie, in person or online. Bookshp is offering free shipping. Order Unrig the Game: bookshop.org/p/books/unri...
Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning
What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning
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April 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day. Support indies any change you get! You can pre-order the Village Weavers paperback from Bookshop, they are offering a discount and free shipping. bookshop.org/p/books/vill...
Village Weavers
Check out Village Weavers - In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their ...
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April 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Hi Everyone! My latest novel is _Village Weavers_ @tinhouse.bsky.social - tracing the lives of two Haitian women from 1940s Port-au-Prince and across decades and continents to the early 2000s in the US - I had an incredible time touring the book last year with a few more dates coming up in 2025!
January 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Happy to see _Village Weavers_ with @tinhouse.bsky.social on the fiction shortlist for the Bocas Lit Prize! Kudos to all those recognized in three categories for 2025:
March 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist

15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.

Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is proud to present our stellar 2025 Prize Jury panel: Diana Abu-Jaber — Jury Chair, Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt, and Jeanne Thornton.

Please join us in celebrating them! 🎉

For more: bit.ly/3CqYD9Z

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February 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM