SARATOGA SPRINGS Northshire Bookstore Saratoga presents two Northshire Live events this week.
At 6 p.m. on Feb. 23, Ali Benjamin presents The Smash-Up in a conversation with Steve Sheinkin, to celebrate the publication of “The Smash-Up,” celebrating the debut adult novel Ali Benjamin in a wide-ranging literary conversation with NYTimes bestselling author Steve Sheinkin.
Benjamin is the author of the young adult novel “The Thing About Jellyfish,” an international bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. This is her first adult novel.
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, Theo Padnos presents Blindfold: A Memoir Of Capture, Torture, And Enlightenment.
Northshire Bookstore to celebrate the publication of Woodstock, Vermont author and award-winning journalist Theo Padnos’s revelatory memoir about war, human nature, and endurance Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture and Enlightenment, the searing, extraordinary account of being kidnapped and tortured in Syria by al
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Contemporary African filmmakers: Names to remember
From Nollywood to Netflix, these contemporary African directors are shaking up the world of film and TV with bold new narratives and aesthetics.
Wanuri Kahiu
Born in Nairobi in 1980, the director had a global cinema success with her 2018 film Rafiki. The first Kenyan film shown at the Cannes Film Festival, it portrays a love affair between two young Kenyan women and was banned in her home country. Kahui is now off to Hollywood, where she will direct The Thing about Jellyfish, based on the acclaimed novel by Ali Benjamin.
Kemi Adetiba
The Nigerian filmmaker, who also makes television series and music videos, is a big name in Nollywood which is what people call Nigerian cinema, the second most productive in the world after Indian film. Commercially, Adetiba s feature films are hugely successful. She is producing her next film, a sequel to her blockbuster King of Boys, exclusively for Netflix.
Lockwood s eagerly anticipated novel tells the story woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts, who travels around the world to meet her adoring fans.
She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms “the portal,” where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts.
A love letter to the endless scroll and a modern meditation on love, language, and human connection, this book is sure to be hitting the top of every bestseller list this year.
Release date: February 16, 2021.
3. A History of What Comes Next - Sylvain Neuvel
Book review of Haben Girma’s autobiography “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law” by Virginia Beach Public Library’s Disability Services Librarian Kaitlyn Hodges, with recent additions.