Zalika Reid-Benta, the Canadian author of the acclaimed debut book Frying Plantain, is back with a new novel! River Mumma is described as a "magical realist story" inspired by Jamaican folklore. The ...

Legend says that River Mumma inhabits the rivers of Jamaica, and all the fish are River Mumma's children. Sometimes, people say, River Mumma rises out of the river to sit on the rocks and comb her ...

In her two books to date, including her newest novel River Mumma, Zalika Reid-Benta is doing for the neighbourhood where she grew up – Toronto’s Eglinton West, also known as Little Jamaica – what ...

Reid-Benta’s stunning debut draws on Caribbean myth, horror, and old-school urban fantasy (think Charles de Lint, not Kelley Armstrong) to build a quest tale for the postpandemic generation of the ...

Zalika Reid-Benta has announced the follow-up to her acclaimed debut book Frying Plantain. The Toronto author announced that her next book, River Mumma, is a novel "years in the making — exploring the ...

Alicia Gale is in a rut. The 26-year-old protagonist of Zalika Reid-Benta’s delightful debut novel “River Mumma” has returned to Toronto after “four years of undergrad completed in three, another ...

In this fantastical debut set in Toronto, Alicia is a second generation Jamaican-Canadian who is drifting after grad school, stuck in a retail job. After a tarot reading at a party, Alicia feels ...

Join us from 6-9pm on August 22, 2023 for an exciting book launch event. Get ready to dive into the captivating world of RIVER MUMMA, a thrilling new novel that will leave you on the edge of your seat ...

Alicia Gale is in a rut. The 26-year-old protagonist of Zalika Reid-Benta’s delightful debut novel “River Mumma” has returned to Toronto after “four years of undergrad completed in three, another ...

The quest for 2014 Classic honours moved up a notch yesterday with the running of the first designated trophy race — the Eight Thirty Sprint over 1,000 metres straight for three-year-old fillies.