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Bentley University Library: Celebrate Black History Month 2025 – New Books to Explore
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Book Riot: In Reading Color – A Visceral, Big-Hearted Coming-of-Age Story With Deep Roots
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WKRG: Author Essie Chambers coming to Mobile’s Ben May Main Library
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Kirkus Reviews: Alyssa Cole, Essie Chambers, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson are among the authors nominated for the NAACP Image Awards
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Aspire TV: Holiday Season Gift Guide for Black Bookworms
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San Francisco Chronicle’s Best of 2024: Don’t miss out on reading these standout books, including Swift River
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Instagram Threads names Swift River a Favorite Book in 2024
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Boston Globe: The 75 best books of 2024, Including Swift River
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Well Read Black Girls 2024 Top Ten Includes Swift River
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LISTEN: Hear the authors behind NPR’s ‘Books We Love’ list on NHPR’s ‘Check This Out’
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Greenfield Recorder: Greenfield native Essie Chambers’ debut novel racking up accolades
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Fredericksburg Free Lance Star: Gift ideas for book lovers on your list, including Essie Chambers’ Swift River
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NPR’s Annual Books We Love 2024 includes Essie Chambers’ Swift River
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Washington Post: 50 notable works of fiction from 2024 highlights Essie Chambers’ Swift River
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The New Yorker’s 2024 Best Books List includes Essie Chambers’ Swift River
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Book Riot: Barnes and Noble has Announced its 2024 Book of the Year
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LISTEN: NHPR Check This Out: Essie Chambers & ‘Swift River’
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Boston.com Book Club’s November read is ‘Swift River’ by Essie Chambers
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LIVESTREAM: Stony Brook MFA Writers Speak Wednesday – Essie Chambers
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Shelf Awareness: Awards: B&N’s Discover Winner is Swift River by Essie Chambers
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Book Riot: The Best Fiction and Mysteries of 2024, According to Barnes & Noble
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Library Journal: Essie Chambers’s ‘Swift River’ Wins Barnes & Noble Discover Prize | Book Pulse
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2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlist Includes Swift River
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NEPM Book Club: ‘Swift River’
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B&N: Swift River by Essie Chambers is Our 2024 Discover Prize Winner
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B&N Reads: Swift River Among The Best Fiction Books of 2024
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Duncan Banner: Off the shelf — Duncan Library’s newest weekly items, including SWIFT RIVER
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B&N Announces 2024 Discover Prize Finalists, Including Swift River
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The Southern Bookseller Reviews Swift River
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What We’re Reading: Jennette Holzworth of Lightning Ink Press Co. Reviews Swift River
This story touched places in my soul charred and worn down by grief. Chambers writes with a unique voice and compelling emotion through Diamond Newberry, a high schooler physically and emotionally abandoned by her parents, forced to create her own way in life through a tunnel of loss. What she finds on the other side…
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2024 New England Book Award Winners Announced
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Toronto.com: Suspense, intrigue and interesting settings captivate readers in crime series, audio book and debut novel
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Cornelius Today: Library books fundraiser at Convention Center Nov. 7
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VERSE & VINO Spotlight: Essie Chambers
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Book Riot: New Historical Fiction by Black Authors
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Shreveport Times: It is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Roll out to SML for a new library card
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Sun Journal: New books added at Paris library
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TAPinto: 2024 Morristown Festival of Books Announces Award Winning Author Lineup
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Morristown Green: McCreight, Osborne, Turley among 100 authors coming to Morristown book fest, Oct. 18-19
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Irish Independent: Essie Chambers’s Swift River expertly presents a multifaceted Diamond in the rough in New England
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New England Public Media Book Club: ‘Swift River’
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Brown Girl Collective Book Club Presents: Essie Chambers, author of SWIFT RIVER
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The New Yorker: Briefly Noted Book Reviews Swift River
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Simon & Schuster Celebrates our Longlisted titles for the 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
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Swift River is a Diverse Spines Book Club Selection for August 2024
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Announcing The Center for Fiction 2024 First Novel Prize Longlist
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Swift River is a 2024 New England Book Awards Fiction Finalist
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MahoganyBooks Front Row: The Making of Swift River: Crafting Fiction with Heart and History
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Fane presents A Night in with Essie Chambers (Full Event)