FRONT TO BLACK: A Black Lit Club

Name: FRONT TO BLACK: A Black Lit Club
Start: 2026-01-27T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-27T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Sydenham Library

Schedule

Tue Jan 27 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Sydenham Library | London, EN

Join us for a cute and cozy gathering where we dive into the world of Black literature and share our favorite reads at FRONT TO BLACK
About this Event

Have resolutions to read more this year?

Maybe aspiration to expand your reading palate?

Perhaps find a 3rd space and make new friends as an adult in the big city?

Join us on Tuesday 27th Jan, for our first book club discussion of 2026. Where we'll gist and dissect the acclaimed modern lit novel Stay with me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Book Summary:

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything – arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, appeals to God. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair.

Unravelling against social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak.