South London Reggae icon Tippa Irie is on Say Your Mind this week, chatting all about his new book! Order his autobiography Stick To My Roots (Affiliate Link), or order via your local independent bookstore. — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is out NOW! order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff

Kelechi Okafor is joined by Atinuke, celebrating Black people throughout the history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.  Pick up your copy of Atinuke’s new book Brilliant Black British History - a read for children, teens, and adults: Brilliant Black British History (Affiliate Link),  or order via your local independent bookstore. Bloomsbury Children’s Books are giving SYM listeners 30% off the hardback edition of Brilliant Black British History - visit bloomsbury.co.uk and use the code SYM30 at checkout. Follow Atinuke at instagram.com/atinuke.author and shout out to the illustrator @kingsley.nebechi for bringing the stories to life! — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is out NOW! order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff — Baltimore meet and greet tickets are now live on kelechiokafor.com/shop $60 - Entry + Copy of Edge of Here + Tarot reading $30 - Entry + Copy of Edge of Here Tickets are extremely limited, so please make sure to buy the correct ticket you are interested in - no extra tarot slots will be added once they have sold out. If you are a patron, check Patreon for a ticket discount code.

It’s book release week! Kelechi Okafor is chopping it up with another writer who makes waves with her words - Ms. Tenille Clarke. Read Every Body Is a Carnival Body by this Trini Baby Girl, and visit tenille-clarke.com to read more from her! Follow Tenille clarke on:  tiktok.com/@tenilleclarke1 twitter.com/tenilleclarke1 instagram.com/tenilleclarke1/    — Watch this podcast and join the live chat every Tuesday at 5:55pm BST - ​​youtube.com/kelechnekoff  Follow SYM instagram.com/SayYourMindPod | twitter.com/SayYourMindPod  Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com — Baltimore stand up! Kelechi Okafor is coming to town for the Afros and Audio podcast festival. Register your interest for a meet and greet and 1:1 in person tarot reading here — Need more tarot?  Book email tarot readings or buy Dickhead in Recovery Affirmation Cards at Kelechiokafor.com/Shop Join the Straws Society tier on Patreon to receive personalised readings each month and a 1 to 1 reading with Kelechi for every 3 months of your subscription:  patreon.com/KelechiOkafor  — Edge of Here is released this Thursday - Sept 14th! Pre-order your copy:  tiny.cc/EdgeOfHere Meet Kelechi at the Edge of Here:  For all upcoming Edge of Here events in London, Birmingham, and beyond - visit kelechiokafor.com/edge-of-here  Explore the Edge of Here at Instagram.com/EdgeOfHere  — SYM live podcast show A Baby Girl is bringing Say Your Mind back to her home turf - 1pm, Saturday 7th October at Copeland Park, PECKHAM Tickets start at £15.00 - book at tinyurl.com/SYMPeckham   — kelechiokafor.com  instagram.com/kelechnekoff  twitter.com/kelechnekoff

You can find Crash on https://www.tiktok.com/@the_louisvillain?_t=8fOyiHb5uc4&_r=1 EMAIL TAROT READINGS: www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/1-tarot-q…tion-via-email GRAB your affirmation cards here : www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/dickhead-…irmation-cards PRE-ORDER Edge Of Here : amzn.eu/d/6lqz7H0 Get tickets to Barbican Book launch of Edge of Here 12th September: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/e…-kelechi-okafor Shelf-Interest book club launch x Edge of Here 16th September www.lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-details…lovers-mingle Waterstones Birmingham 19th September https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-kelechi-okafor/birmingham PECKHAM SYM LIVE SHOW 7th OCTOBER As part of Peckham Playground www.seetickets.com/event/peckham-p…nd-park/2733329 Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com Join Straws Society tier on Patreon www.patreon.com/KelechiOkafor

Deconstructing Karen https://www.deconstructingkaren.com/ https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10985/9780143136439 EMAIL TAROT READINGS: www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/1-tarot-q…tion-via-email GRAB your affirmation cards here : www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/dickhead-…irmation-cards PRE-ORDER Edge Of Here : amzn.eu/d/6lqz7H0 Get tickets to Barbican Book launch of Edge of Here 12th September: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/e…-kelechi-okafor Shelf-Interest book club launch x Edge of Here 16th September www.lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-details…lovers-mingle Waterstones Birmingham 19th September https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-kelechi-okafor/birmingham PECKHAM SYM LIVE SHOW 7th OCTOBER As part of Peckham Playground www.seetickets.com/event/peckham-p…nd-park/2733329 Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com Join Straws Society tier on Patreon www.patreon.com/KelechiOkafor

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EMAIL TAROT READINGS: www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/1-tarot-q…tion-via-email GRAB your affirmation cards here : www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/dickhead-…irmation-cards PRE-ORDER Edge Of Here : amzn.eu/d/6lqz7H0 Dark Matter x Roundtable Books sci-fi panel event @ Brixton House 22nd August brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-explor…ewland-temi-oh/ Get tickets to Barbican Book launch of Edge of Here 12th September: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/e…-kelechi-okafor Shelf-Interest book club launch x Edge of Here 16th September www.lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-details…lovers-mingle PECKHAM SYM LIVE SHOW 7th OCTOBER As part of Peckham Playground www.seetickets.com/event/peckham-p…nd-park/2733329 Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com Join Straws Society tier on Patreon www.patreon.com/KelechiOkafor

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TW: s*xual violence. Graphic descriptions in straw of the week. EMAIL TAROT READINGS: https://www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/1-tarot-question-via-email GRAB your affirmation cards here : https://www.kelechiokafor.com/shop/dickhead-in-recovery-affirmation-cards PRE-ORDER Edge Of Here : https://amzn.eu/d/6lqz7H0 Dark Matter x Roundtable Books sci-fi panel event @ Brixton House 22nd August https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/an-exploration-of-black-sci-fi-speculative-fiction-with-kelechi-okafor-courttia-newland-temi-oh/ Get tickets to Barbican Book launch of Edge of Here 12th September: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/an-evening-with-kelechi-okafor Shelf-Interest book club launch x Edge of Here 16th September https://www.lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-details/shelf-interest-a-book-lovers-mingle PECKHAM SYM LIVE SHOW 7th OCTOBER As part of Peckham Playground https://www.seetickets.com/event/peckham-playground-say-your-mind-podcast-live/copeland-park/2733329 Send your letters, tarot questions and voice notes to SYM@kelechiokafor.com Join Straws Society tier on Patreon www.patreon.com/KelechiOkafor

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Send your letters to SYM@kelechiokafor.com Upcoming events!  23rd May - Adventures from the bedrooms of African women https://t.co/LfQutrFlvg 6th June - Blackout Tuesday (mini LIVE SYM podcast) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-blackout-tuesday-festival-tickets-607268074157?fbclid=PAAaZkZY3aA8zPYRka3w7SuiqrUE_KGcSxhNaSJgFyY7Fr3MJueU0UwaqKedI 12th September - An Evening with Kelechi Okafor https://www.fane.co.uk/kelechi-okafor 18th September - Sea Containers Book Club discussing my debut short story collection Edge of Here https://www.seacontainerslondon.com/event/the-book-club-kelechi-okafor/

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