Black Women Connect Book Club of Toronto Selected the delicious debut novel by Candice Carty-Williams as our 2020 February Book of the Month. According to the Guardian: It would make sense toRead More…
On January 25th, 22 amazing women attended our first Black Women Connect Book Club meeting of the year. And what a meeting! Fabulous food, company and wine! We read Zalika Reid-Benta’s debut novel Frying Plantain. Overall the book was well received, over an almost 3 hour discussions, we discussed many themes from black mental health issues, the concept of family and black mothers including our love languages, mother daugther dynamics etc.
Are you a Black Woman in Toronto wanting to meet new people and create new networks? Black Women Connect! Book Club is a Toronto-based book and social club that focuses on celebratingRead More…
It is July and we are over halfway through 2019, time to think about your career! I hope these books help you as you think of growing both professionally and financially, theseRead More…
Are you a Black Woman in Toronto wanting to meet new people and create new networks? Black Women Connect! Book Club is a Toronto-based book and social club that focuses on celebratingRead More…
My goal is to read 250 books as part of the Goodreads challenge for 2019. I recently completed Book #3 of 250 books in 2019! I found this little book called ThingsRead More…
We have an exciting reading list for 2019! From black science fiction, to historical dramas to biographies, we have books of all genres and styles to interest various readers. We look forwardRead More…
Black Women Connect! Book Club January 2019 Meeting will be held on January 25th at 7:00 PM. 791 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario. January book: Washington Black by Esi Eduygyan Read More…
The Black Women Connect Book Club October Book Selection is: Brother by David Chariandy An intensely beautiful, searingly powerful, tightly constructed novel, Brother explores questions of masculinity, family, race, and identity asRead More…
Black Women Book Club pick for September is Small Island. Small Island is an international bestseller. It won the Orange Prize for Fiction, The Orange Prize for Fiction: Best of the Best,Read More…
Good evening! I created an event in our group to attend the talk by Tayari Jones on An American Marriage at the Toronto Reference Library. I will update closer to date whenRead More…
Black Women Connect Book Club meetings take place the last Friday of each month. At our August 30th, 2018 Book club meeting we will discuss: An American Marriage – Tayari Jones “HauntingRead More…
Last night memers of the Black Women Connect Book Club attended a wonderful talk at Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Libary featuring Marlon James and David Chariandy. Both men wereRead More…
Welcome to Spring and to our March Newsletter! During Women’s History Month, it is great to read our March book Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, the first woman to win the National Book Award twice forRead More…
Black Women Connect Book Club Selection for January is Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin. Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s first and to some critics his greatestRead More…