Butter Honey Pig Bread

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Butter Honey Pig Bread
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AuthorFrancesca Ekwuyasi
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherArsenal Pulp Press
Publication date
September 3, 2020
Media typePrint

Butter Honey Pig Bread is Francesca Ekwuyasi's debut novel, a contemporary novel published September 3, 2020 by Arsenal Pulp Press.

The book tells the story of three women, Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye, and takes place over three continents. Its main themes include food, family, and forgiveness.[1]

Reception[]

Butter Honey Pig Bread received starred reviews from Booklist[2] and Publishers Weekly,[3] as well as positive reviews from The New Yorker,[4] Quill & Quire,[5] The Puritan,[6] Hamilton Review of Books,[7] The Suburban,[8] This Black Girl Reads,[9] Consumed by Ink,[10] and Foreword Reviews.[11]

CBC named Honey Butter Pig Bread one of the best Canadian novels of 2020.[12] The Globe and Mail[13] and Quill & Quire[14] included it in their list of the best books of the year, regardless of genre.

Awards and honors for Butter Honey Pig Bread
Year Award/Honor Result Ref.
2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist [15]
Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Nominee [16]
2021 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist [17]
Amazon.ca First Novel Award Finalist [18]
CBC Canada Reads Nominee [8][19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Butter honey pig bread". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2021-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Chanoux, Laura (October 1, 2020). "Butter Honey Pig Bread". Booklist. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  3. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. Arsenal Pulp, $19.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-55152-823-6". Publishers Weekly. 2020-08-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. ^ "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". The New Yorker. 2021-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. ^ Carter, Sue (2020-09-14). "Francesca Ekwuyasi's sensual debut novel melds Nigerian folklore with a personal journey to make connections". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  6. ^ French, Whitney (Fall 2020). "Making Food, Making Fury: Francesca Ekwuyasi's Butter Honey Pig Bread". The Puritan (51).
  7. ^ Francis, Claire. "Claire Francis Reviews Francesca Ekwuyasi's Butter Honey Pig Bread". Hamilton Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  8. ^ a b Meredith (March 8, 2021). "Entertainment: Butter Honey Pig Bread review". The Suburban Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  9. ^ "My Canada Reads Pick for 2021 is 'Butter Honey Pig Bread' Here's Why…". This Black Girl Reads. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  10. ^ "Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi". Consumed by Ink. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  11. ^ Gonzalez, Eileen (November–December 2020). "Review of One Night Two Souls Went Walking". Foreword Reviews. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  12. ^ "The best Canadian fiction of 2020". CBC Books. February 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  13. ^ Cannon, Margaret; Canton, Jeffrey; Pereira, Judith; Rogers, Sean; Scott, Alec; Colbert, Jade (2020-12-04). "The Globe 100: Our favourite books of 2020". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  14. ^ "2020 Books of the Year: Editors' picks". Quill and Quire. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  15. ^ "14 books make longlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. September 9, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  16. ^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  17. ^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  18. ^ Qiao, Vicky (May 28, 2021). "Five Little Indians by Michelle Good wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books. Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  19. ^ "Roger Mooking thinks Canada Reads will be like 'Reading Rainbow Gladiator'". CBC Books. January 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
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