Francesca Ekwuyasi

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Francesca Ekwuyasi
Citizenship Nigeria
Occupation(s)Writer,
Novelist,
Film director

francesca ekwuyasi is a Nigerian Canadian writer and artist. [1] She is most noted for her debut novel Butter Honey Pig Bread , which was published in 2020.

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ekwuyasi is also a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts in Fiction program at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [2]

Early life & career

Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, [3] she is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1] In addition to her writing, she had an exhibition of paper cutout art at Halifax's The Khyber in 2019, [1] and has directed short documentary films including Reconcile [1] and Black & Belonging . [3]

Butter Honey Pig Bread was selected for the 2021 edition of Canada Reads , where it was defended by celebrity chef Roger Mooking. [4] [5] The book was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize, [6] and shortlisted for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, [7] the 2021 ReLit Award for Novel, [8] the Amazon.ca First Novel Award [9] and the 2020 Governor General's Award for English fiction. [10] In 2022, it won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize. [11]

Personal details

She identifies as queer. [3]

Awards

YearBookAwardCategoryResultRef
2020 Butter Honey Pig Bread Giller Prize —Longlisted [6]
Governor General's Award Fiction in English Shortlisted [10]
2021 Amazon.ca First Novel Award —Shortlisted [9]
CBC Canada Reads —Nominated [4] [5]
Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Fiction Shortlisted [7]
ReLit Award Novel Shortlisted [8]
2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize —Won [11]

Biblio

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jade Nauss, "francesca omolara ekwuyasi moves from Penance to reconciliation" Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine . The Coast , November 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "francesca ekwuyasi". University of King's College. University of King's College. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Proud to Shine on the East Coast" Archived 2022-11-24 at the Wayback Machine . CBC News, July 16, 2020.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. 1 2 "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  8. 1 2 "ReL 2021 Award". Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  9. 1 2 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.
  10. 1 2 "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  11. 1 2 Deborah Dundas, "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes" Archived November 3, 2022, at the Wayback Machine . Toronto Star , November 2, 2022.
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