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Bianca Marais - IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH

Bianca Marais - IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH

Bianca and I discuss If You Want to Make God Laugh, creating cultural context and awareness in her writing, her podcast and why she launched it, how to become a more responsible traveler, the importance of Own Voices stories, the advent of writing partnerships, and more.

Bianca and I discuss If You Want to Make God Laugh, creating cultural context and awareness in her writing, her podcast and why she launched it, how to become a more responsible traveler, the importance of Own Voices stories, the advent of writing partnerships, and more.

If You Want to Make God Laugh can be purchased at the CFAP Bookshop storefront or Murder by the Book

Bianca’s 4 recommended reads are:

  1. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  2. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
  3. The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
  4. Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

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If you enjoy reading contemporary fiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes like this one, try Hala Alyan, Liese O’Halloran Schwarz, Julie Carrick Dalton, A. H. Kim, and Ehsaneh Sadr.