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Butter Honey Pig Bread
The New Yorker, Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Quill & Quire, Francesca Ekwuyasi’s sensual debut novel melds Nigerian folklore with a personal journey to make connections
Quill & Quire, 2020 Books of the Year: Editors’ picks
Them, Read Me: Francesca Ekwuyasi’s Debut Butter Honey Pig Bread is the Queer Twin Novel You Need Right Now
Publishers Weekly, Still Here, Still Queer: PW Talks with Francesca Ekwuyasi
CBC, Francesca Ekwuyasi explored food and forgiveness in her first book — now it's a Canada Reads contender
CBC, 6 Black Canadian writers to watch in 2021
CBC, Meet the Canada Reads 2021 contenders
The Coast, Walking through Francesca Ekwuyasi's Halifax
Poets & Writers, Ten Questions for Francesca Ekwuyasi
The Globe and Mail, Four of the best book debuts of 2020
General Press
Room Magazine, Vancouver Writers Fest: Francesca Ekwuyasi and Jillian Christmas
Narcity, If You Haven't Been Touched For Six Months This Toronto Lit Fest Is For You
CBC, Proud to Shine on the East Coast
CBC, Four Films Exploring Black Experiences in Halifax
The Coast, Francesca Omolara Ekwuyasi moves from Penance to reconciliation
Podcast/Radio
CBC, Francesca Ekwuyasi's Canada Reads novel Butter Honey Pig Bread is about food, family and forgiveness
CBC, How food becomes the 'punctuation between all the talking' in Francesca Ekwuyasi's debut novel
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