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Caleb Azumah Nelson

1 year

I’m thrilled to share the trailer for Small Worlds, my new novel, out May 11th 💙 Available to pre-order now: Director @CalebANelson DOP @korsshan Producer @celestekdoig

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased to say Open Water has won the Costa First Novel Prize! Beyond grateful and feeling truly blessed by all this book has done 💙🙏🏾 Massive congrats to all shortlisted writers and every category winner 💙🏆

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Delighted to reveal the cover for my new novel, SMALL WORLDS 🙏🏾a novel set in London and Ghana, across three summers, about the worlds we build for ourselves to live, dance and love within 💙 Available for pre-order now:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Two years since OPEN WATER made its way out into the world. Humbled and beyond grateful for everyone who has made this journey so special 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

OPEN WATER has sold 100,000 copies!!! 😭🥳Thank you to my team and friend and fam and my partner for all their support, to booksellers for championing this work and to every reader who has picked up a copy! Overwhelmed with gratitude 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Final manuscript handed in - my new novel, SMALL WORLDS will be out May 2023 💙A novel about first love, family and community, & building the world anew to house our beauty and freedom. And of course, music/set in SE London 💙 - Pre-order now:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Open Water is no 1 in today’s Times chart for paperback fiction 😭💙gratitude, always, that this book has found readers 🙏🏾

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Incredibly excited to announce SMALL WORLDS is being adapted for TV with @WeAreBrockMedia 💙(and I’ll be writing the scripts! ✍🏾) It’s been a joy to be working with @S_Brocklehurst and the team at @WeAreBrockMedia to bring SMALL WORLDS to the screen!

‘Animals’ Producer Sarah Brocklehurst’s Brock Media Options Caleb Azumah Nelson’s ‘Small Worlds’

Caleb Azumah Nelson's 'Small Worlds' has been optioned by 'Animals' and 'The Outrun' producer Sarah Brocklehurst's Brock Media.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

SMALL WOLRDS is out today!🌎I’m grateful to everyone who has read and will read this novel. I really poured my whole heart into this; this book is for my loves and all the things and people I love and all the beauty I see and feel in this world. Available to buy now! 🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water has been shortlisted for @Waterstones book of the year! 🙏🏾 Truly grateful for all the support from readers and booksellers 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

29! 🥳🥳🥳grateful to see another year 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Open Water is no 1 for a third week in a row in today’s Times chart for paperback fiction 💙in disbelief. Bless you all 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Proofs for SMALL WORLDS are here! Very excited to see this book making its way out into the world - looks and feels so good! 💙thank you to the wonderful team at @vikingbooksuk (especially @alexiathom ) for such a beautiful proof! Pre-order now:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Last night was so special 💙so so grateful for the love for Open Water, this one means the world! 🙏🏾

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

2 years

And our Book of the Year - Fiction: Debut (supported by @stylistmagazine ) goes to... OPEN WATER by @calebanelson , praised for its stunning honesty, and @VikingBooksUK 's dedication to the book - congratulations, Caleb! #BritishBookawards #Nibbies ✒️📚🏆

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Open Water is no 1 for a second week in a row in today’s Times chart for paperback fiction 😭💙madness! So grateful 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

The paperback of OPEN WATER has arrived and they look (and feel) wonderful!!! Out Feb 3rd, hit the link in my bio to pre-order 💙 Will be having celebrations and events for the launch - more soon! 👀

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

4 years

Excited to reveal the cover for my debut novel, OPEN WATER, out next year with @vikingbooksuk . Special thanks to @waterstones for the reveal. I’m incredibly grateful for all the support so far. Pre-order link in the bio!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

It’s publication day!!! 🎉🎉OPEN WATER is out TODAY!!! Beyond grateful to my team @VikingBooksUK and @serenadams 💙and thank you to everyone who has supported so far 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Writing another novel! SMALL WORLDS will be out May 2023 and is available for pre-order now 🥳🥳: So grateful to all the support so far 💙thank you as always to Isabel Wall, @serenadams and @katie_raissian , friends fam and partner for all the support 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased OPEN WATER is one of @waterstones best paperbacks of 2022 💙 grateful for all the support this novel has and continues to receive 🙏🏾

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Finished copies of SMALL WORLDS are here 🥹💙here’s me unboxing shortly before the tears 😭beyond grateful to be putting this novel out into the world, not long now!! Pre-order now:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

SMALL WORLDS is an instant Sunday Times Bestseller!! 😭💙so grateful to everyone who has supported so far, readers and booksellers - thank you 💙thank you to my wonderful team who helped make this happen 🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Pleased to say OPEN WATER has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize 2021! 🎉🙏🏾Big congrats to all the longlisted writers!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Excited to say Open Water has been shortlisted for the 2021 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award! 🙏🏾 Big congrats to Megan Nolan, @AnnaBeecher , @rachelnalong and @calflyn - an honour to be shortlisted with you all.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased to say Open Water is @Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month! Incredibly grateful for the support 💙 Get a paperback edition (out Thursday!!) from them here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Had the best time at @costabookawards last night. It’s an honour to have won the First Novel Award and so glad Mum got to see me collect it 💙HUGE congrats to @hannahlowepoet for winning book of the year and a shout out to the other category winners @ClaireFuller2 @ManjeetMann

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased Open Water has made the shortlist for @dylanthomprize 2022!! Gratitude, always and congrats to the other brilliant shortlisted writers 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Thank you to @guardian for the interview - got to chat about Open Water and its journey 💙 in print in today's @GdnSaturday too!

‘I yelled with joy’: how Caleb Azumah Nelson went from Apple store employee to Costa First Novel...

The London writer on the success of his first book, Open Water, the limitations of masculinity and why his writing shouldn’t be compared to Sally Rooney’s

www.theguardian.com

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

SMALL WORLDS is a Sunday Times Bestseller for the 2nd week in a row (coming in at #8 !) 🥳🌎thank you thank you to everyone who continues to support, I’m so grateful 💙 SMALL WORLDS available now 🌎🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

The launch for SMALL WORLDS last night was everything 💙so grateful to everyone who made this happen and celebrated with me! SMALL WORLDS is out next Thurs!! May 11th 💙pre-order now:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

So pleased and grateful to be on the shortlist for @CostaBookAwards First Novel Award, along with @akblakemore @EmilyItami @KateSawyer and their excellent books! 💫💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Paperback publication day is here for OPEN WATER 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you to my team at @VikingBooksUK , my editors Isabel Wall & @katie_raissian , my agent @serenadams and my friends/fam and my wonderful partner 💙 Pick up a copy here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

I’m so grateful to @nationalbook and @britrbennett for naming me as one of the 5 Under 35 honourees for fiction this year, really means the world. Big congrats to all honourees! 🥳

National Book Foundation

@nationalbook

3 years

Announcing the 2021 5 Under 35 honorees! We are proud to honor these five debut fiction writers whose work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

4 years

Proofs for OPEN WATER are here and they look beautiful!!! Feels so good to finally hold one! Even more excited for the book to make it’s way into the world. Thank you @alexiathom @Jane54321 @vikingbooksuk @PenguinUKBooks . Hit the pre-order link in my bio!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Saw someone reading Open Water on my morning walk 😭🥰

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@adm_bn

3 years

sat in the window of a coffee shop in Crystal Palace getting stuck into this wonderful book when the AUTHOR HIMSELF passes by, spots me reading it and introduces himself! Day made. A pleasure to meet you and sorry for my awkwardness, @CalebANelson

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

So pleased to share the trailer for PRAY, my first short film, a tender portrait of grief and brotherhood in all its forms. Written and directed by @caleb_anelson Starring @davidjonsson__ and @lamarwaves Produced by @bside_mp Coming soon 🙏🏾

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

US publication day for OPEN WATER 💙🇺🇸thank you to @katie_raissian for believing in this novel from the jump and to the team @groveatlantic 💙and as always to @serenadams and @VikingBooksUK team, my friends/fam and partner, for the support. Order now!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Grateful to be longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize - in some incredible company 🙏🏾🎉

New Writing North

@NewWritingNorth

3 years

We're thrilled to announce the longlist for the #GordonBurnPrize 2021! 🎉 Featuring brilliant work by @CalebANelson @courttianewland @NifMuhammad @Jenni_Fagan @Okwonga @salenagodden @byers90 Anthony Quinn, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Gwendoline Riley, Niven Govinden & Tabitha Lasley

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

An absolute joy to be shortlisted for @TheOrwellPrize for Political Fiction! Best pub day present! Congrats to all!

The Orwell Prizes

@TheOrwellPrize

1 year

The eight novels nominated for The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023 encompass the political life of people in society on many levels, from many angles, as their authors confront the deepest fears and hopes that drive individuals and communities today. Congratulations all!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Pleased to have been shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize! 🙏🏾

Society of Authors

@Soc_of_Authors

2 years

✨The Betty Trask Prize and Awards for a first novel by a writer under 35. This year’s shortlistees: ⁠ Megan Nolan Natasha Brown @WillMcPhail @calebanelson @akblakemore #SoAwards #SoAwards22 🎉

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Publication week! Thank you to everyone who has brought SMALL WORLDS and come along to the first week of events. It couldn’t be done without all your support! SMALL WORLDS available to buy now! 💙🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased Open Water has been shortlised for Fiction Debut of the Year #BritishBookAwards !! Huge congratulations to all shortlistees: Natasha Brown, @bellamackie , @RavenLeilani , @salenagodden , @shelleypchan - an honour 💙

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

2 years

Congratulations to our Book of the Year Fiction: Debut shortlistees, Natasha Brown, @bellamackie , @RavenLeilani , @salenagodden , @CalebANelson and @shelleypchan ! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies @stylistmagazine

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Excited to announce BEACON, a gallery exhibition and limited edition Photobook. BEACON serves as a visual accompaniment to SMALL WORLDS 🌎 Exhibition runs 27th-31st May at AMP Gallery, Peckham. The accompanying Photobook will be available to pre-order this Sunday 💙🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water has been out for a week and the support has been WILD 💙thank you all! Hit the link in my bio to order 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Incredibly grateful to @lachristensen for this @nytimes profile. Photography by @AdamaJalloh_ OPEN WATER is out next week (April 13th) in US with @groveatlantic - pre-order now!

For Caleb Azumah Nelson, There’s Freedom in Feeling Seen (Published 2021)

In his debut novel, “Open Water,” the British-Ghanaian author incorporates images, scenes and the occasional Kendrick Lamar lyric to communicate what prose alone cannot.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Bookshop proof drops this week for SMALL WORLDS 💫💙 Pre-order now!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

OPEN WATER is out a week today and it’s got me feeling giddy!! I’m so grateful for all the love and support ❤️hit the link to pre-order if you can, it makes big difference!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Thank you to @itvlondon news for having me last night to talk about Open Water 💙🙏🏾this week has been a real blessing!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Excited to announce BEACON, a gallery exhibition and limited edition Photobook. BEACON serves as a visual accompaniment to SMALL WORLDS🌎 The exhibition is running from 27th-31st May at AMP Gallery in Peckham. Excited to see you all! Link in bio to pre-order BEACON Photobook 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water is a New York Times Editors’ Choice this week!! Thank you @nytimesbooks 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

2 days until SMALL WORLDS! 🌎 Last week I had the pleasure of signing copies with @goldsborobooks @roundtablebooks @bookbaruk @kirkdalebookshop . SMALL WORLDS will be available to buy at your local bookshop on May 11th! Pre-order link in my bio 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

An absolute joy to be on the cover of @ObsNewReview ✨had a wonderful time talking about SMALL WORLDS and my writing/photography practice (the piece features some of my photography too!) in print and online today! SMALL WORLDS out May 11th - pre-order now! (Link in bio 💙)

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Thank you to @badformreview and all the readers who voted 💙🙏🏾

Bad Form

@badformreview

3 years

After hundreds of nominations and thousands of votes, we are so excited to announce Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson Bad Form’s Book of the Year 2021! ✨

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Wrote a little something about love for @PenguinUKBooks 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of talking to @sofiaakel about all things SMALL WORLDS. Thank you @piccadillywaterstones for hosting a great evening! A big thank you also to @waterstoneswestfield for a lovely signing this afternoon. SMALL WORLDS available to buy now! 💙🌎

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

11 months

SMALL WORLDS is out in the US today!!!🌎💙 So grateful to the team at @groveatlantic and my wonderful editor @katie_raissian for bringing this novel out stateside!🙏🏾 Order the US edition here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

27 today 🎉feeling very, very grateful.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Excited to announce the events for the SMALL WORLDS tour 💙link in bio to book tickets - would love to see some of you on the road ✨ SMALL WORLDS out 11th May in UK - pre-order from link in my bio now! 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Excited to reveal the official OPEN WATER playlist on @SpotifyUK !! Includes every song featured in the book, and a few more I was listening to at the time! Link here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

I’m delighted to have been selected by @keimiller as one of ten unmissable emerging writers working in the UK today as part of #LitShowcase ! The ILS is run by @WritersCentre in partnership with @LitBritish . #acesupported

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Exhibition Day 2! Another wonderful day showcasing my time in Ghana. Thank you for all those that came and we will be open again tomorrow! Beacon Photo-books and Small Worlds available to buy online and in store now 🌎💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

So pleased to be one of one of best debuts this year. Surreal but feeling very grateful. Open Water out in a few days!!

Observer New Review

@ObsNewReview

3 years

Introducing our 10 best debut novelists of 2021 @CalebANelson Sam Riviere @mmegannolan Natasha Brown @abigailsdean Will Burns @rebeccawhatsun @ThoroughlyThorp Ailsa McFarlane Melody Razak

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Got to film a piece for Open Water as part of the @CostaBookAwards 💙thank you to @bookbar for having us!!

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@CalebANelson

3 years

Publication eve for Open Water in the US! Excited for the book to find a home stateside! Pre-order now!! @groveatlantic 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Gratitude, always, to be longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards💙Open Water in great company!

The Diverse Book Awards

@The_DBAwards

2 years

The Diverse Book Awards 2022 Longlist - Adult See the full longlist (Link in bio) Congratulations to everyone! Please do support these fantastic books. #TheDBAwards #diversebooks

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water is still Indie Book of the Month! A few bookstores I know have stock ❤️ @KirkdaleBooks @reviewbookshop @Lighthousebks @pagesofhackney @LRBbookshop @7OaksBookshop @BurleyFisher @ToppingsEdin @NewhamBookshop @HerneHillBooks @DulwichBooks @villagebooksdul @BooksMaldon

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Spoke to @GuardianBooks about romantic moments in literature 💙

'I can cry just thinking about it': the most romantic moments in literature

From Wentworth’s letter in Persuasion, to a bedside proposal in Tales of the City, authors share their favourite scenes of love and intimacy

www.theguardian.com

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

4 years

Really excited to say my debut novel, OPEN WATER, out next year with @VikingBooksUK is available to pre-order! It’s been a surreal journey but it’s a real joy to know this book is making its way into the world. Link in bio.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water out in two days! Here’s a few indies I know you can order from: @KirkdaleBooks @reviewbookshop @Lighthousebks @pagesofhackney @LRBbookshop @7OaksBookshop @BurleyFisher @ToppingsEdin @NewhamBookshop @HerneHillBooks @DulwichBooks @villagebooksdul

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@CalebANelson

3 years

Thank you to @MichaelDonkor for this brilliantly considered reading of OPEN WATER 💙read on @GuardianBooks now!

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson review – an exciting, ambitious debut

A love affair between a photographer and a dancer is intertwined with a glorious celebration of black exuberance and artistry

www.theguardian.com

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

My essay, By the Water, airs on today @BBCRadio4 at 1.45 as part of their Outsiders series 💙tap in!! Thank you to @MairBosworth @elizalomas

BBC Radio 4 - Outsiders, By The Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Writers on how lockdown has changed their relationship with the nature on their doorstep.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@CalebANelson

4 years

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Alexia Thomaidis

@alexiathom

4 years

So excited that proofs have landed for @CalebANelson ’s debut novel Open Water. This incredible, beautifully written and truly important novel is not to be missed. ✨✨✨

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@CalebANelson

2 years

Grateful and proud to have two images shortlisted for @1854_PoH 2022. Thank you to the judges and @bjp1854 and congrats to all the other shortlisted/winners! 💙🙏🏾 #portraitofhumanity

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@CalebANelson

3 years

the setup the shot

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@CalebANelson

3 years

Got to write something for Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s spectacular show at @Tate . Honoured and grateful to have done so.

e-flux Criticism

@efluxcriticism

3 years

#REVIEW : Novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson on Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s exhibition at Tate, whose scenes offer a personal and familiar lens through which to view the world. @Tate @CalebANelson @VikingBooksUK @groveatlantic Read here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Will be at @hayfestival later this year with Small Worlds (little preview below!) Tickets on sale now:

Hay Festival

@hayfestival

1 year

Sunday reading 📕 Author @CalebANelson previews Small Worlds, out this May with @VikingBooksUK and coming soon to Hay Festival 2023. Book now

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

Thank you to @bbctwo Inside Culture and @wmarybeard for having me on to talk tears, art and Kendrick Lamar (alongside @cariadlloyd & @ProfThomasDixon )! Available now on BBC iPlayer -

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water is out and in the world! 💙Hit up your local indie for copies: @KirkdaleBooks @reviewbookshop @Lighthousebks @pagesofhackney @LRBbookshop @7OaksBookshop @BurleyFisher @ToppingsEdin @NewhamBookshop @HerneHillBooks @DulwichBooks @villagebooksdul

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Pleased to announce the launch event of OPEN WATER! I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful @YomiSode , discussing my debut novel and I cannot wait!! Just over a week to go now! Hit the link in my bio for tickets!

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@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water in the @theipaper 💙

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@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water is out TOMORROW!! @Waterstones has a special hand signed edition you can order from the link below 💙

Waterstones

@Waterstones

3 years

'You're like a pair of jazz musicians, forever improvising.' Love and race come together in @CalebANelson 's tender and emotionally complex debut about two Black British artists falling in and out of love. We have signed copies available to pre-order here:

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@CalebANelson

3 years

New short story in @RA_Mag , inspired by Roy DeCarava’s image of Bessie Smith. Grateful to be in conversation with his work 💙

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

So pleased to be on this longlist, in some exceptional company, especially @dantielwmoniz @blgtylr @ticecin 💙🥳

dylanthomprize

@dylanthomprize

2 years

📚THE 2022 LONGLIST📚 We are thrilled to unveil the 12 titles that make up this year's @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize longlist. What a depth of incredible talent! #SUDTP22 PRESS RELEASE -

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Tomorrow (Fri 24th)! Will be talking practice/leading a writing workshop with HOME by Ronan McKenzie and @V_and_A - will be reading some of my new novel, SMALL WORLDS too 💙free and open to all!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Just over 3 weeks until OPEN WATER comes out! Hit the link in my bio to pre-order ❤️

Alexia Thomaidis

@alexiathom

3 years

Incredibly excited for @CalebANelson ’s beautiful novel Open Water to publish next month! Just look at those endorsements 😍💫

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

2 years

One week until the paperback of OPEN WATER comes out!!! Thought I’d share the (slightly updated) trailer I shot for the book, featuring @MartinsImhangbe and @adwoaakoto_ 💙 produced by @justinmarosa Hit the link to pre-order:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Will be signing copies of OPEN WATER at @ryebooks at 11AM today - come through!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

More info!!!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

New limited edition proof of Open Water, with a beautiful black jacket! Less than two months to publication and I’m overwhelmed and grateful with all the support so far ❤️pre-order link in my bio!

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Will be on @BBCRadio4 Open Book at 4pm today, talking all things Open Water with @johnypitts ! Also got to speak to @simartin and Nicola Williams about their recently reissued novels. Tap in later!

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back

Johny Pitts talks to Caleb Azumah Nelson about Open Water, his hotly anticipated debut.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

SMALL WORLDS out in Italian today 🌎✨

Atlantide Edizioni

@AtlantideEd

1 year

Da oggi in tutte le librerie e store online per #BluAtlantide : 🌈 "Ogni cosa è bellissima, e io non ho paura" di Yao Xiao, tradotto da Flavia Piccinni: 🎧 "Piccoli mondi" di @CalebANelson , tradotto da Anna Mioni:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

4 years

I have an essay in the new issue of The White Review, alongside some fantastic work, including an essay by @victoriaadukwei and a short story by @blgtylr . Available for pre-order now!

The White Review

@TheWhiteReview

4 years

Announcing The White Review No. 29, now available to preorder.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

Listen to me speak about SMALL WORLDS on this weeks’s @Waterstones podcast 💙

Waterstones

@Waterstones

1 year

Join us on this week's #WaterstonesPodcast as we chat with one of our most exciting new voices, @CalebANelson , about new novel, Small Worlds; love, memory and the creative urge. 🍏 💻 🎧

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

1 year

OPEN WATER is the Kindle Deal of the Day! Grab it for 99p today💙🤞🏾 Buy here:

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Open Water out in Dutch today 💙

Uitgeverij Querido

@Querido_nl

3 years

Vandaag verschijnt het schrijnende debuut over liefde, ras en mannelijkheid van Caleb Azumah Nelson: 'Open water,' vertaald door Adiëlle Westercappel.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

4 years

The past few days have been very surreal. Check the link below for my Radio 4 interview/my short story, ‘Pray’, read excellently by Ben Bailey Smith!

Claire Shanahan

@ClaireMShanahan

4 years

If you missed the first of the 2020 #BBCNSSA shortlisted stories and interviews with @CalebANelson , don't worry - we have neatly wrapped up the audio read by Ben Bailey Smith with Caleb's @BBCFrontRow interview for you to enjoy at or your @BBCSounds app.

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Caleb Azumah Nelson

@CalebANelson

3 years

Thank you to indie booksellers for choosing Open Water as your book of the month ❤️🥳

The Bookseller

@thebookseller