Join the Libby Reads global ebook club!
November 5, 2026
Get ready to read! The global ebook club, Libby Reads, has just launched.
Readers around the world can enjoy the same featured book at the same time, with no wait lists and no holds from November 5 to November 19. All you need is a library card.
This year’s title is Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe.
The title can be found in our catalogue or on the Libby App with a Vancouver Island Regional Library card.
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Dive deeper into Everything is Fine Here with readers from around the world. The Discussion Board is where book club–style conversations happen from first impressions to thoughtful reflections on characters, themes, and meaning.
Book Summary:
Everything is Fine Here is a beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people.
Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her beloved sister is gay in a country with tight anti-homosexuality laws.
Over a weekend at Aine’s all girls’ boarding school, sisterly bonds strengthen, and a new friendship emerges between Aine and her sister’s partner, Achen. Later, a sudden death in the family brings Achen to Mbabazi’s and Aine’s village, resulting in tensions that put Mrs. Kamara’s Christian beliefs to the test. Aine runs away to Mbabazi’s and Achen’s home in Kampala, where she reconnects with her crush, Elia, a sophomore at Makerere University.
Learn about the author:
IRYN TUSHABE is a Ugandan Canadian writer and journalist living on Treaty 4 territory in Regina, Saskatchewan. Most recently her nonfiction has appeared in Literary Hub, The Walrus and in the trace press anthology river in an ocean: essays on translation. Her short fiction has been anthologized in The Journey Prize Stories volumes 30 and 33. She was a finalist for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2021 and is a 2023 winner of the Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Everything is Fine Here (House of Anansi, 2025) is her debut novel.
