{"id":64,"date":"2016-06-09T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2020-11-21T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T07:06:11","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Press for the Phillis Wheatley Book Award and BCALA Literary Award-winning <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8216;Book of Addis: Cradled Embers&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Addis-Cradled-Embers-1\/dp\/0692721061\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1527198948&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=book+of+addis&amp;dpID=41FybjppBIL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-194 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle-300x464.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/Book_of_Addis_Cover_for_Kindle.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/Book-Addis-Cradled-Embers-1\/dp\/0692721061\/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8\"><strong>BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For author interview and book review copy requests and bookings, email <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:press@BookOfAddis.com\">press@ BookOfAddis.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">FEATURED ON<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/VSB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"86\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/nbcnews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/bgn-1-e1484073622279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"41\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/ASK-TALK-LISTEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"94\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/sirius-xm-the-black-eagle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lennyletter.com\/culture\/reviews\/g96\/lit-thursday-true-crime-and-courageous-women\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/lenny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blackyouthproject.com\/brooke-obie-give-us-black-girl-magic-in-book-of-addis-cradled-embers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-151 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/byp-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/byp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/byp-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/byp-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/gallery\/8-books-black-girl-magic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/teenvogue-300x57.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/teenvogue-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/teenvogue.png 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2017\/10\/visible-women-writers-of-color-brooke-c-obie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-208 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/the-rumpus-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/the-rumpus-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/the-rumpus.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/orange\/os-orlando-african-american-read-in-20170208-story.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/orlando-300x46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/orlando-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/orlando.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/blog\/book-of-addis-named-quarterfinalist-in-screencraft-screenplay-competition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/screenplay-logo-300x104.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/screenplay-logo-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/screenplay-logo-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/screenplay-logo-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/screenplay-logo.png 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/interconnectedness-of-liberation-brooke-c-obies-book-of-addis-cradled-embers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-215 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB2-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB2-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB2.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 51px) 100vw, 51px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB-300x25.png\" alt=\"Los Angeles Review of Books Book of Addis Revie\" width=\"300\" height=\"25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB-768x65.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB-1024x86.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/LARB.png 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10\/29\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/blog\/book-of-addis-named-quarterfinalist-in-screencraft-screenplay-competition\/\">BOOK OF ADDIS TV Pilot Screenplay Advances to ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenplay Competition Semifinals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/11\/2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesmurua.com\/celestine-nudanu-brooke-c-obie-are-accra-international-book-festival-awards-2018-winners\/\">BOOK OF ADDIS Wins 2018 Accra International Book Festival Independent Writer&#8217;s Award<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1\/2\/2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/blog\/brooke-obies-debut-novel-book-of-addis-shortlisted-for-two-international-awards\/\">PRESS RELEASE: &#8216;BOOK OF ADDIS&#8217; SHORTLISTED FOR TWO INTERNATIONAL LITERARY AWARDS AT THE ACCRA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/4\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/interconnectedness-of-liberation-brooke-c-obies-book-of-addis-cradled-embers\/\"><strong>THE LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF LIBERATION: ON BROOKE C. OBIE&#8217;S &#8216;BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10\/18\/2017\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2017\/10\/visible-women-writers-of-color-brooke-c-obie\/\"><strong>THE RUMPUS: VISIBLE: WOMEN WRITERS OF COLOR: BROOKE C. OBIE ON &#8216;BOOK OF ADDIS&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>8\/5\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/harlemworld\/2017\/08\/05\/harlem-book-fair-award-winner-brooke-obie-on-the-danny-tisdale-show\"><strong>Harlem Book Fair Winner Brooke Obie and Debut Novel &#8216;Book of Addis&#8217; on Harlem World Radio: The Danny Tisdale Show\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>7\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackgirlnerds.com\/book-addis-cradled-embers\/\">&#8216;<strong>HBO WANTS TO REIMAGINE SLAVERY? TRY &#8216;BOOK OF ADDIS&#8217; INSTEAD &#8212; Black Girl Nerds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>7\/15\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/blog\/book-of-addis-wins-phillis-wheatley-award\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE: &#8216;BOOK OF ADDIS&#8217; WINS PHILLIS WHEATLEY AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>4\/5\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/blog\/brooke-obies-debut-novel-wins-bcala-literary-award\/\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2018BOOK OF ADDIS\u2019<\/strong> <strong>WINS BCALA LITERARY AWARD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>2\/23\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minoritiesinpublishing.libsyn.com\/episode-53-interview-with-brooke-obie\">MINORITIES IN PUBLISHING: Podcast\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/minoritiesinpublishing.libsyn.com\/episode-53-interview-with-brooke-obie\">Episode 53: Interview with Brooke Obie<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>2\/13\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/orange\/os-orlando-african-american-read-in-20170208-story.html\">ORLANDO SENTINEL: Read-In at Orlando Library\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/bookofaddis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender-1024x643.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>1\/25\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/gallery\/8-books-black-girl-magic\">TEEN VOGUE: 9\u00a0#BlackGirlMagic Books to Read<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>1\/24\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blackyouthproject.com\/brooke-obie-give-us-black-girl-magic-in-book-of-addis-cradled-embers\/\">THE BLACK YOUTH PROJECT: Brooke Obie Gives Us Black Girl Magic in\u00a0<em>Book of Addis: Cradled Embers<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>1\/19\/2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lennyletter.com\/culture\/reviews\/g96\/lit-thursday-true-crime-and-courageous-women\/\">LENNY LETTER: LIT THURSDAY: True Crime and Courageous Women<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>1\/10\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">VERYSMARTBROTHAS.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/verysmartbrothas.com\/brooke-obie-is-a-writing-ass-chick-we-love\/\">http:\/\/verysmartbrothas.com\/brooke-obie-is-a-writing-ass-chick-we-love\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>11\/21\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">NBCNEWS.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/coming-age-while-enslaved-book-addis-cradled-embers-n666676\">http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/coming-age-while-enslaved-book-addis-cradled-embers-n666676<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10\/10\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">BLACK GIRL NERDS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blackgirlnerds.com\/book-addis-cradled-embers-volume-1\/\">https:\/\/blackgirlnerds.com\/book-addis-cradled-embers-volume-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>9\/29\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">BOOK OF ADDIS Author Brooke C. 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