In Treasure, a new short story from Oyinkan Braithwaite, Treasure is an aspiring Instagram influencer in Lagos, on her way to blue-check, swipe-up stardom.
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Interior designer Nancy Braithwaite's long-awaited first book is a striking tutorial in the power of simplicity in design. In the world of interior design, Nancy Braithwaite is known for her single-minded devotion to the principle that has guided her work for more than forty years: simplicity. Braithwaite's work is luxuriously minimalist, its beauty inextricably tied to its Shaker-like purity. While her work varies from art deco to country, the underlying rules remain the same: every element should strive to be simple and powerful without compromise, and every room must have a level of power that comes from commanding scale, repetition of elements, subtleties of color, or the sheer beauty of forms. In Braithwaite's world, excess is not opulent. Simplicity is opulent. Braithwaite takes the reader deep into her singular vision. Divided into five sections, the book begins with her manifesto on simplicity and the aspects of design used to achieve it, including architecture, scale, color, texture, pattern, and composition. She then presents three categories of style—country, classic, and contemporary—and explains and illustrates each with iconic rooms from her portfolio. Finally, she presents several houses as case studies, displaying the power of these principles in action and emphasizing the importance of craftsmanship in design, from a stunning modern seaside retreat on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, to her unforgettable country house in Atlanta.
For the latest in our Literally series, writer Oyinkan Braithwaite’s short horror story takes you onboard a crowded bus with a terrifying destination
Designer Nancy Braithwaite shares with VERANDA her key elements for creating simple but powerful interiors. Step inside some of her beautiful projects to get first hand tips from the Atlanta designer.
Maria Stoljar interviews Joanna Braithwaite about her life and art on the Talking with painters podcast
About the Book Slasher meets satire in this darkly comic novel set in Nigeria about a woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. Book Synopsis NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLERFINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE Korede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola's knife. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she's exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she's willing to go to protect her. Review Quotes A taut, rapidly paced thriller that pleasurably subverts serial killer and sisterhood tropes for a guaranteed fun afternoon. --HUFFINGTON POST "It's Lagos noir--pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This book is, above all, built to move, to hurtle forward--and it does so, dizzyingly. There's a seditious pleasure in its momentum. At a time when there are such wholesome and dull claims on fiction--on its duty to ennoble or train us in empathy--there's a relief in encountering a novel faithful to art's first imperative: to catch and keep our attention... This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember." --NEW YORK TIMES "Campy and delightfully naughty...A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it's the wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to." --SAM IRBY, MARIE CLAIRE "Braithwaite's writing pulses with the fast, slick heartbeat of a YA thriller, cut through by a dry noir wit. That aridity is startling, a trait we might expect from someone older, more jaded--a Cusk, an Offill. But Braithwaite finds in young womanhood a reason to be bitter. At the center of these women's lives is a knot of pain, and when it springs apart, it bloodies the world." --NEW REPUBLIC "This riveting, brutally hilarious, ultra-dark novel is an explosive debut by Oyinkan Braithwaite, and heralds an exciting new literary voice... Delicious." --NYLON You can't help flying through the pages.. --BUZZFEED Feverishly hot. --PAULA HAWKINS, author of GIRL ON THE TRAINLethally elegant. --LUKE JENNINGS, author of KILLING EVE: Codename Villanelle Disturbing, sly and delicious. --AYOBAMI ADEBAYO, author of STAY WITH ME"Oyinkan Braithwaite is rewriting the slasher novel, and man, does it look good. My Sister, The Serial Killer is a wholly original novel where satire and serial killers brush up against each other... A terrific and clever novel about sisterhood and blurred lines of morality." --REFINERY29 "A rich, dark debut. . . . Evocative of the murderously eccentric Brewster sisters from the classic play and film "Arsenic and Old Lace," . . . Braithwaite doesn't mock the murders as comic fodder, and that's just one of the unexpected pleasures of her quirky novel. . . . A clever, affecting examination of siblings bound by a secret with a body count." --BOSTON GLOBE "A biting mix of wickedness and wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite weaves her narrative with a confidence that you've never read anything quite like it." --INSTYLEBraithwaite's blazing debut is as sharp as a knife...bitingly funny and brilliantly executed, with not a single word out of place. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, (starred review)Strange, funny and oddly touching...Pretty much perfect...It wears its weirdness excellently. --LITHUB Who is more dangerous? A femme fatale murderess or the quiet, plain woman who cleans up her messes? I never knew what was going to happen, but found myself pulling for both sisters, as I relished the creepiness and humor of this modern noir. --HELEN ELLIS, author of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE A gem, in the most accurate sense: small, hard, sharp, and polished to perfection. Every pill-sized chapter is exemplary. --EDGAR CANTERO, author of MEDDLING KIDSSly, risky, and filled with surprises, Oyinkan Braithwaite holds nothing back in this wry and refreshingly inventive novel about violence, sister rivalries and simply staying alive. --IDRA NOVEY, author of THOSE WHO KNEW About The Author Oyinkan Braithwaite is a graduate of Kingston University in Creative Writing and Law. Following her degree, she worked as an assistant editor at Kachifo Limited, a Nigerian publishing house, and as a production manager at Ajapaworld, a children's educational and entertainment company. She now works as a freelance writer and editor. In 2014, she was shortlisted as a top-ten spoken-word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam, and in 2016 she was a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
E.R. Braithwaite, whose years teaching in the slums of London's East End inspired "To Sir, With Love", has died at age 104.
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ interviews Oyinkan Braithwaite about her new novel, “My Sister, The Serial Killer.”
Designed around the lifestyle of a young industrious couple in New Brunswick, The Sandbox House was realized through a celebration community.
Contemporary botanical painting by Victoria Braithwaite. Gallery of works, details of classes and forthcoming exhibitions.
Eva and Jack face danger at every turn as they navigate the streets of Valencia, racing to regroup and recover crucial intel in this week's episode.
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Contemporary botanical painting by Victoria Braithwaite. Gallery of works, details of classes and forthcoming exhibitions.
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WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: NYC and LA-based duo David Freeland and Brennan Buck, set up their practice in 2010. It was their LA house projects, that respond to the climate and terrain, while also questioning how architecture should grow and adapt to suit changing urban contexts, that caught our attention. Pictured here, Stack House, in Mount Washington.
These historic Southern plantations are worth a visit on your next trip below the Mason-Dixon line
