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Blackathon 2021 - Team Contemporary / Lit / Nonfiction

mychallenges Host

12 participants (19 books)

01 Feb 2021—28 Feb 2021

Overview

Challenge by: Jesse IG: @bowtiesandbooks / YT: Bowties & Books /

Team Hosts:

Bookish Realm on YT

bookofcinz on IG

Theme: Travelers

Challenges:

Maisy Card: a book that takes place over one character’s life span or an intergenerational narrative
Patsy: 2 queer characters embark on a journey together, bonus points if it’s a tangible journey such as a road trip
Nnedi Okorafor: a disabled character embarks on a journey or a book by a disabled Black author
Group book: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Caveat - at least one of the books must be a non US/UK setting

Note: as is tradition, each challenge is named after a Black author who embodies their prompt or who has written something that fits the prompt they are named for.

More information:
- announcement video on Bowties & Books
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GF3t_12oc5HZ-glT0ZpRZNqPnB_e-gCsVkzmaseTt6k/edit
- @blackathon1 on twitter