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Ramona Porter

Ramona Porter grew up on the tropical island of Jamaica but now calls Georgetown, Ontario home. Acknowledgement and thanks to the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation for sharing their traditional territory with us.




Ramona works as a Human Resources Manager for a private college group. She has a BSc in Management Studies from The University of the West Indies, Mona and a Post- graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management from York University.




She is an avid reader who shares her love of reading and books with others through her Bookstagram account. You can follow her on Instagram at @readingwithramona. She reads a wide range of genres depending on her mood. The moments spent not reading are spent with her husband and two boys.

Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

June 6, 2022 by Ramona Porter

Weaving together the lives of three women, Looking for Jane is an unforgettable debut about the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice—and the enduring power of a mother’s love.

Categories Fiction, Historical Fiction Tags historical fiction

I Am Because We Are: An African Mother’s Fight for the Soul of a Nation by Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr

June 1, 2022March 21, 2022 by Ramona Porter

I Am Because We Are illuminates the role of kinship, family, and the individual’s place in society, while revealing a life of courage, how community shaped it, and the web of humanity that binds us all.

Categories Memoirs, Non-Fiction Tags Africa, memoir, Ubuntu

How to Murder a Marriage by Gabrielle St. George

June 1, 2022December 6, 2021 by Ramona Porter

Gina Malone, a bestselling relationships advice author and expert on exes, meddles in other people’s affairs for a living. It makes for enemies. One of them is scaring her to death.

Categories Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Tags fiction, soft-boiled mystery

A Good Name by Yejide Kilanko

June 1, 2022August 7, 2021 by Ramona Porter

A Good Name is a harrowing work highlighting the burden of cultural expectations, how these expectations shape the lived experiences and the relationships of immigrants.

Categories Fiction Tags Africa, arranged marriage, immigrants, immigration

What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman by Ruby Peter in collaboration with Helene Demers

June 1, 2022June 22, 2021 by Ramona Porter

A narrative of resistance and resilience spanning seven decades in the life of a tireless advocate for Indigenous language preservation.

Categories Cultural, Indigenous Titles Tags Cowichan, Indigenous, Oral History, Vancouver

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