4 stories
Reading Rendezvous
Tech recruiter Nneka interviews candidates all day—but the thick Nigerian-Jamaican engineer who walks in for her 3 PM interview changes everything about what Nneka thinks she's looking for.
Kouba Kindle
Soumia runs a used bookshop in Kouba. When literary translator Henrik arrives seeking out-of-print Algerian works, she shows him that some books read their readers. 'El ktab y'aref qarih' (الكتاب يعرف قاريه) - The book knows its reader.
The Park Bench Promise
Every Sunday, Hira reads in the same park, on the same bench. When Rashid starts appearing with his own book, their literary connection becomes a love story of its own.
Reading Rapture
Librarian Makeda has always been quiet and reserved. But when regular patron James discovers her secret romance novel collection, she decides to show him that still waters run very, very deep.