Abena Eyeson
Ghanaian British Author of Young Adult and Adult Fiction
Instagram @lookingup_ab, Facebook @LookingupAE
I’m an author of Ghanaian descent, based in the UK, writing contemporary fiction for young adults and adults.
I’m delighted by the positive response my work has received so far, and I’m looking forward to sharing my future books as they come to fruition, but in the meantime, check out my current work in
the Books section (where you will find links to bookstores selling my books)
and
my posts in my Blog.
My Books
Looking Up
A book to enjoy
A lovely birthday or christmas gift
ISBN 978-1-916000407
(Distributed by Ingram and available through Gardners book wholesalers)
Available to buy from:
Amazon (UK, US and all other Amazon regions - ebook and paperback
Barnes and Noble online (US)- paperback
Loyalty Books (US) - paperback
Politics and Prose Bookstore (US) - paperback
Waterstones online - paperback
Chapters/Indigo online (Canada) - paperback
Booktopia (Australia) - paperback
Exclusive books (South Africa) - paperback
Loot Online (South Africa) - paperback
Thirteen-year-old Esi is reluctantly on her way to London, England.
After many happy years with Grandma in Ghana, she is joining Maggie, the mother she hasn’t lived with since the age of six.
Her move to London, not only forces Esi to deal with challenges she’s never faced before, but it brings up lots of questions about Solomon, her absent father, and Maggie - the answers to which in the end change her life.
Looking Up is a compelling drama about faith, family separation, migration and the resilience of love.
" A sensitive and delightful story of tension and reconciliation in a Ghanaian family in London."
Professor A N Mensah, Retired Professor of English, University of Ghana
Book 2
I am currently working on my next book.
My News/ Media
Interviews, Reviews, Magazine and Newspaper features
Check out my interview on the Black Fiction Addiction Blog http://blackfictionaddiction.com/2020/09/abena-eyeson-2/
Looking Up is featured on the UK Black Writers Forum website. Click on the link to see the article
https://ukblackwritersforum.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/checkout-looking-up/
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Looking Up gets a lovely review in August 2020 by Bookwormgh. Check it out on https://bookwormgh.com/index.php/book-review/2020/08/14/book-review-abena-eyesons-looking-up/
#bookreview #recommendedreads #yabook #diverseyabook #africanyabook #migrationstories #diversebooks #ghanabook #blackbritishbook #lookingup
Reading from my novel Looking Up at the Book Launch on 22nd February 2020
#bookreading #authorreading #blackbritishauthorreading #yabook #diversebook #multigenerationalfiction #lookingup
The book launch on 22nd February 2020 3-6pm marked a year since the publication of Looking Up. There were readings from the book, a question and answer session, live music from Coco Mbassi and each ticket holder got a signed copy of the book.
A cute review by a younger reader on Mango Bubbles Books https://mangobubblesbooks.com/2019/06/22/looking-up-abena-eyeson-reviewed-by-bluesky-age-12/
#childrenbookreviewers #bookreview #diversebookreview #blackbookreview #blackbritishbookreview #lookingup
Africa Access reviews Looking Up
Check out this wonderful review of Looking Up by Africa Access Review in the USA who provide scholarly reviews of children’s and young adult books that focus on Africa. More than 100 African Studies scholars in the US are members of the review team. http://africaaccessreview.org/2019/10/lookin-up-a-family-drama/
#bookreview #africanbookreview #recommendedbook #blackyabook #migrationstories #ghanabook #blackbritishauthor #lookingup #blackbritishyabook #yabook #lookingup
My interview on ABN radio UK with Candy Kisseih July 2019
Also on youtube https://youtu.be/gi_NaKJs-EA
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