Butterfly Fish

After the sudden death of her mother, London photographer Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together with the support of her kind but mysterious neighbour Mrs Harris. Joys fortunes begin to change when she receives an unexpected inheritance from her mother: a huge sum of money, her grandfathers diary and a unique brass artefact from the ancient kingdom of Benin. Joys search for the origins of the artifact takes us on a journey through time, and as dark family secrets come to light, Joy unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of a king, a fearsome warrior, and the brass heads pivotal connection to them all.

Haunting and compelling, Butterfly Fish is a richly told story of love and hope, of family secrets, power, political upheaval, loss and coming undone.One of the most original and innovative writers to emerge in many a year. Alex Wheatle MBEUnique and imaginative, Diana Evans, Orange prize winner

About the Author

Irenosen Okojie is author of lauded debut novel Butterfly Fish and short story collection Speak Gigantular. She is a curator and Arts Project Manager, and has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Southbank Centre, and the Caine Prize. Her writing has been featured in the Guardian and the Observer. Her short stories have been published internationally, including the Kwani 07 and Phatitude. She was a selected writer by Theatre Royal Stratford East and Writer in Residence for TEDx East End. In 2014, she was the Prize Advocate for the SI Leeds Literary Prize. She is a mentor for the Pen to Print project supported by publisher Constable & Robinson.