⭐ Library Journal Starred Review

⭐ Most Anticipated by Goodreads, Washington Post

Lost Ark Dreaming

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“Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a scholar of place and a master of worlds…Lost Ark Dreaming is truly the best of its genre—cautionary, humanizing, and reflective all at once.”
—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

“Okungbowa (Warrior of the Wind) offers readers an amazing, character-driven story set in a vivid, dystopian world.”—Library Journal, starred review

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high-octane post-climate disaster novella.

 

About Suyi

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a Nigerian speculative fiction author and creative writing professor.

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Announcing: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda - cover reveal & release date
Announcing: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda - cover reveal & release date

Announcing: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, an adaptation of the Ta-Nehisi Coates graphic novel. On shelves April 29, 2025.

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Journey to the Lost Ark
Journey to the Lost Ark

Happy Lost Ark Dreaming day! This little novella (also available in ebook and audio) is here, after a lifetime of waiting.

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2024 Fellows Announced!
2024 Fellows Announced!

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors is pleased to announce its selections for the 2024 fellowship!

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Praisers of the Lost Ark
Praisers of the Lost Ark

Latest updates from Lost Ark Dreaming: reviews from Olivie Blake, Arley Sorg & Booklist, audiobook news, & a Nigerian cover!

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2024 Call for Submissions: The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors
2024 Call for Submissions: The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors

Submissions are now open for the 2024 edition of this fellowship.

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“Exposition Tax” and “Lady Koi-Koi” are BSFA Finalists!
“Exposition Tax” and “Lady Koi-Koi” are BSFA Finalists!
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Maintain, at all costs, silence
Maintain, at all costs, silence

A critical look at institutions of power through the lens of Toni Morrison's 1995 essay, "Racism and Fascism".

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Against Performance
Against Performance

Suyi Davies Okungbowa writes about reconsidering his relationship with social media as an author, and why other authors may want to reconsider theirs.

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How to support your favourite authors—even if you can’t buy their books
How to support your favourite authors—even if you can’t buy their books

How to support your favourite authors—even if you can't buy their books! 10 ways by author Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

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How to launch a book
How to launch a book

How to plan and execute your book launch event, with lessons from the launch of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

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Who Benefits?
Who Benefits?

Who benefits from the shape of our world?

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Oppression chic, equality-core
Oppression chic, equality-core

Suyi Davies Okungbowa discusses reading practices that de-emphasize authorial complicity, as viewed through the lens of the essay “The Limits of White Fantasy” from How To Read Now by Elaine Castillio.

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