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Ayo Deforge retweeted
It’s sickle cell awareness month, and these books explore sickle cell;
1. Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
2. Til Death by Busayomi Matuluko
3. Under the Rain by Ayo Deforge
4. Starting Over Again by Amaka Azie
5. For Such a Time as This by Shani Akilah
Saturday is for slow living: slowing down, soft life, and getting lost in a good story.
If you’re looking for a quick read this weekend, try Swept Away.
Looking for a quick weekend read?
Meet Jade, a young Nigerian determined to prove that studying French can take her places...
Swept Away by @ayodeforge is now available with free early access. Read Chapter 5 here on @TalesNWhispers_
talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Jade is desperate to escape her father and boss. She’s searching for another job so she can save enough money to rent a place of her own.
Read Chapter 4 of Swept Away by Ayo Deforge on Tales & Whispers: talesandwhispers.com/series/…
At home, Jade and her father are constantly at loggerheads. At work, her French boss, Patron, is insufferable—shouting all day and smoking like a chimney…
Read Chapter 4 of Swept Away by @ayodeforge on Tales & Whispers: talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Hi everyone,
Chapter 2 is out now
Link: talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Did you read Chapter 1 yesterday?
A huge thank you to everyone who read, commented, and shared their thoughts.
If you haven’t started yet, here’s the link to read Chapter One:
talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Are you reading Swept Away by @ayodeforge on Tales & Whispers? Did you read Chapter One yesterday? Chapter Two is out!
Jade is 24, but her father still gives her an 11 p.m. curfew on weekend…
Read it here: talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Hi Fam,
I’m excited to share that I’ve partnered with Tales & Whispers to give readers exclusive early access to my upcoming novel, Swept Away.
Thank you to Tales & Whispers for this opportunity, and thank you for supporting my work.
@ayodeforge’s new book Swept Away is coming very soon. And I can’t wait for you all to read this gem of a book.
While we wait, you can read the first chapter here.
talesandwhispers.com/series/…
Synopsis
At twenty-four, Jade has never known a father’s love. Raised by an emotionally distant man, she grows into a young woman longing to be loved.
Then she meets Alex, a charming French policeman stationed in Nigeria, and believes she has finally found love.
Thank you so much @Omarthewanderer for this beautiful review. I have no qualms going back to it again and again ☺️
On this Ai bogged timeline, I tell real stories in every piece, through immersive language.
Lately, I reviewed @ayodeforge's second novel, & the internal philosophy of Ray's paints.
Read Here-
jaylit.com/the-impulsive-liv…
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Ayo Deforge retweeted
On this Ai bogged timeline, I tell real stories in every piece, through immersive language.
Lately, I reviewed @ayodeforge's second novel, & the internal philosophy of Ray's paints.
Read Here-
jaylit.com/the-impulsive-liv…
kurating.com/ray-darlingtons…
This Friday, 5 June, at 7pm WAT, I’ll be joining Ikenna Okeh on X Spaces to discuss Nigerian traditions in diasporic writing.
Please join us. I’m looking forward to the conversation.
Join us. This Friday. X Space.
Join us on the 5th and 6th of June 2026 for two Twitter Spaces with the amazing @IkennaOkeh, @ayodeforge, @akazahrab, and @adedayoagarau as we discuss their works and
1) Nigerian Traditions in Diasporic Writing
2) Literary Longevity: Preserving books and Literary Communities
I now live in France and currently have unpublished manuscripts set here too. The challenge is that publishers often don’t know how to market books by an African writer set in a non-Anglophone environment.
A Nigerian writer setting their story in Lagos might simply be Lagosian by origin. Or Lagosian by birth. Or even by being raised there. (In my case, all three). And sometimes, honestly, it’s also because Lagos is a setting publishers already understand how to market and sell.
To be fair, I set my stories in Lagos because I am a Lagosian who spent the first thirty years of my life there. Although I no longer live there, I continue to write about Lagos from memory. Lagos is what I know ☺️
Ayo Deforge retweeted
Join us tomorrow
We partnered with @chapteronehq to read @ayodeforge’s UNDER THE RAIN in April. We can’t keep the lovely review to ourselves so we’re having a Twitter spaceee!!!!
📆 May 2nd
⏰ 5-7 pm
The link to join is in the comments below. Set a reminder!!!!!
See you tomorrow 🫶🏿
Ayo Deforge retweeted
“Sometimes, you might think this is the love of my life. But if it is not the same for the person, you have to let it go.” - @ayodeforge
Ayo Deforge retweeted
We partnered with @chapteronehq to read @ayodeforge’s UNDER THE RAIN in April. We can’t keep the lovely review to ourselves so we’re having a Twitter spaceee!!!!
📆 May 2nd
⏰ 5-7 pm
The link to join is in the comments below. Set a reminder!!!!!
See you tomorrow 🫶🏿
Ayo Deforge retweeted
We are pleased to announce that the book club @LadyInkSociety will be reading Under the Rain by @ayodeforge on our platform this April.
Click on the link in the bio to read this book for free during this month of April.
Deforge’s deft weaving of the love lives of Bolaji and Shola is art in service of social crusading that cuts at the root of teenage love and its potential catastrophic consequences.
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Ayo Deforge retweeted
APR 2026
Title: Under the Rain
Author: Ayo Deforge (@ayodeforge)
Country: 🇳🇬
Genre: Mwah Mwah (Romance)
This month, we are partnering with the lovely guys at @chapteronehq & everyone at the bookclub will be reading exclusively on their platform!
Excited for this one!!
