Abena Eyeson
Black British/ Ghanaian writer, creating stories about children
FAB Prize 2021 Commended Text Prize winner
Jericho Prize 2021 Picture book longlisted
Twitter @ey_abs, Instagram @lookingup_ab, Facebook @LookingupAE
I’m a writer of Ghanaian descent, based in the UK, writing contemporary fiction for children with crossover appeal.
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)
Available to buy from:
Amazon (UK, US and all other Amazon regions - ebook and paperback
Afrori Books (UK)
Bookshop.org (UK)
Barnes and Noble online (US)- paperback
Loyalty Books (US) - paperback
Politics and Prose Bookstore (US) - paperback
Chapters/Indigo online (Canada) - paperback
Booktopia (Australia) - paperback
Nataka Books (UK) - 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
Longlisted for the Jericho Prize 2021
I am very excited to have been longlisted for the inaugural Jericho Prize for a picture book that I wrote.
https://www.jerichoprize.com/home/our-longlists
#jerichoprize
#abenaeyeson
#picturebooks
FAB Prize 2021
I was a Commended Text Winner in the FAB Prize 2021 for my new novel Running my Race, which is not yet published. Thank you #FaberChildren.
#FABPrize #AbenaEyeson
https://www.twitter.com/FaberChildrens/status/1453412385847394307?s=20
Catch a reading from my novel Looking Up on the YouTube channel Stories that have Wings.
Nataka Books reviews
Looking Up
Check out this lovely review of Looking Up by Nataka Books blog:
Nataka Books Review: Looking Up by Abena Eyeson
#bookreview #africanbookreview
#recommendedbook #migrationstories #ghanabook #blackbritishauthor #lookingup #blackbritishbook #buyabook
#natakabooks
#africannovel
A lovely, detailed review of my novel in Akadi magazine
https://www.akadimagazine.com/post/a-review-of-looking-up-by-abena-eyeson
#childrensfiction #teenfiction #bookreview
#blackbookreview #africanbookreview
#blackbritishbookreview
Excited to have been shortlisted as a finalist for the #DHA Open Week in January 2021 by the literary agents David Higham Associates (DHA) for the new novel that I am working on.
My twitter handle is @ey_abs.
My interview with Afrori Books of Black Origin which is on their Youtube channel.
Thrilled to have been featured in the Ghanaians in Literature issue of Akadi magazine. Check it out!
https://www.akadimagazine.co.uk/2010464/
#akadimagazine #ghanaiansinliterature #ghanaianwriters
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/
#ukblackwritersforum #africanfiction #youngadultauthors #ghanabritishauthor #blackbritishfiction #blackbritishauthors
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
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
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