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Faith Adiele

just your typical nigerian * nordic *

american girl (yeah, i was obama first)

who writes * speaks * teaches * travels

(oh yeah, i was also thailand's first

black buddhist nun)

know a litwe more about you.

Faith-Based Initiatives

Writing & Meditation, 2x Weekly Join me every Monday \| 3:00 pm PT and Tuesday \| 8:15 am PT for A Very Important Meeting With Your Writing. 10 minutes of meditation + 45 minutes of free writing. Just click on 3:00 pm on Mon. and/or 8:15 am Tues. on the calendar on the appropriate date to join! Requested $5 contribution; no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.	PANORAMA, Issue 8: SPACE The Spring 2023 issue of PANORAMA is out! Read through all of its amazing contents now!	BABF's "Bagels With Writers" on Saturday, 4/29 A pre-event to kick off the 2023 Bay Area Book Festival (BABF), I'll be joining 3 other writers for "Bagels with Writers" on Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Pacific) at LitCamp’s new co-working space for writers at the corner of Page and Laguna Streets in SF. My literary compadres are: NaNoWriMo Executive Director and author Grant Faulkner, novelist and TV writer Shanthi Sekaran, and best-selling novelist Michael David Lukas.
April African Book Club (4/30) In-Person! April's African Book Club gathering is in-person again at MoAD on Sunday April 30th from 3:00pm-4:30pm (PDT). Pop in for stimulating conversation and community!	LIVE on The Colin McEnroe Show, Wed. 5/3 I'll be appearing LIVE on public radio's The Colin McEnroe Show to talk about writing for CALM and adult bedtime stories.	Interviewing Chenxing Han, Sat. 5/6 During BABF, I'll be interviewing Chenxing Han about her book, "one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care." Come join us on Saturday, May 6, from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific)!
June African Book Club (5/25) on Zoom June's pick is God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu. We'll be meeting virtually on Zoom on Sunday June 25th from 5:00pm-6:30pm PT. Join us!!!	Alta Favorite Bookstores Feature Now Available as Book! The print and online versions of last summer's feature, "Alta’s Favorite Bookstores," were so popular, they've now merged into a stand-alone paperback edition! Buy a copy at the Alta online store, or, if you are an Angeleño, at the L.A. Times Festival of Books, to check out my picks as well as the recommendations of other wonderful book lovers.	July African Book Club (July 30) on Zoom In July, we're reading Black and Female: Essays by Tsitsi Dangarembga and will talk about it on Sunday July 30th from 5:00pm-6:30pm PT in the Zoom Room. Grab your copy and let's chat!
New CALM Sleep Story! I got to dive deep into 90s New York for my new Sleep Story, The Artist: Basquiat in New York	Listen to Faith's Residencies 101 on YouTube Ever dream of writing your book on the beach in Brazil? From a hilltop castle in Italy? In a boat-turned-writing-studio in the Canadian Rockies? With friends in a cottage nestled in a California vineyard? If you missed my 1-hour workshop sponsored by CCA's MFAW Program, you can listen to it here.	Send me your Decolonising Travel tales! I'm Senior Editor of the Decolonising Travel section of newly-revamped Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature. Check back for calls and themes.
Rémy Ngamije Wins Inaugural African Lit Award The Inaugural African Literary Award recognized Rémy Ngamije as the winner on Sept. 8, 2022, International Literacy Day. The award is given to an African author who has produced a work of literary excellence and taken a leadership role in promoting writing and literacy in their local communities. Rémy joined MoAD, the African Book Club, and me for a reading and conversation at the virtual awards ceremony on Sunday, September 25. 2022. Watch the recording of our talk!	BIPOC Writing Party--Taking A Break as of August 2022 I've retired from co-hosting, but the weekly Writing Parties had continued: 2 Prompts & a Whole Lotta Community. As of August 1, 2022, however, the weekly Mondays from 5:00-7:00 pm, Pacific Time, are on hiatus as the collective reassesses capacity and energies, moving forward. Watch this space for future updates.

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