FMV Book Club: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Name: FMV Book Club: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Start: 2026-06-29T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-29T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Bergen Assembly

Schedule

Mon Jun 29 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bergen Assembly | Bergen, HO

For Pride Month, we close the semester with softness, complexity, and healing — through sapphic love, intergenerational longing, and the taste of home.
June’s Book Pick: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Genre: Literary Fiction
From: Nigeria → Canada
About the book:
This lush, lyrical novel follows twin sisters and their estranged Nigerian mother as they reconnect after years of silence. The story is soaked in food, memory, and longing — navigating trauma, identity, and love between women with tenderness and emotional depth.
It is at once grounded in Yoruba spirituality and expansive in its queer, diasporic intimacy.
Why we chose it:
Ekwuyasi’s novel is a balm — filled with pain, yes, but also with beauty, softness, and a deep yearning for connection. As we mark Pride Month, Butter Honey Pig Bread affirms that love between women deserves space, language, and celebration — especially within diasporic and African narratives.
It’s a book about healing. About choosing love. About returning to ourselves.
Haven’t read the book? Come anyway!
Our discussions are always open — whether you’ve finished the book, skimmed it, or just want to learn. We’ll talk about the themes and the global context, together. Bring a friend.
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