Sh’Quelle Brown

Author

Sh’Quelle Brown

Sh’Quelle Brown is the author of 3 books, including Between Violence & Valor, The Garden Beneath My Grief, and Unlearning Forever. In addition to writing, she enjoys spending time with her four children, creating magic in photography, and painting. You can sign up to get updates about their writing here.

Books

Unlearning Forever

Unlearning Forever is a searing, intimate poetry collection that traces the unraveling of a love once believed to be unbreakable. Told in four movements: The Dream, Rose-Colored Glasses, The Grounding, and The Reckoning.

Sh’Quelle Brown guides readers through the illusions we cling to, the truths we silence, and the sacred act of letting go....

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Between Violence & Valor

Between Violence & Valor is a poetry collection born in the tension--
the space where pain meets perseverance where silence breaks teeth,
and where love sometimes looks like war.

This is not a quiet book. It does not ask for forgiveness or permission.
It is an exploration of what it means to be powerful, to be loved
fiercely, and to survive...

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The Garden Beneath My Grief

There is a kind of beauty that only blooms in the dark.

In ”The Garden Beneath My Grief”, Sh’Quelle opens the gates to her inner
world--where sorrow softens into strength, and pain petals into poetry.
Through raw, intuitive verses, she explores the tender spaces between
motherhood and womanhood, love and loss, roots and rebirth.

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Latest Updates

September 22, 2025

The ball is rolling...

Well all,

I have not escaped the hearing aid. As a matter of fact I ordered my wonderful $3,000 hearing aid last week. For those of you who don't know, I am a gold girlie, so I...

September 6, 2025

HEY! Barnes & Noble Greenville, SC...9/6/25

I CAN'T wait to see all my Greenville babes!

Come see me, come chat, come enjoy some poetry!!!

All my love,

Shay

August 20, 2025

THEY'RE HEREEEEE

Unbroken spines, new book smell, and if you close your eyes you can almost feel the heat from coming off the press.

FIFTEEN copies of Unlearning Forever, here and in the flesh!

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Blog

September 22, 2025

Some catching up to do, that's for sure.

Well September came with a vengeance to August's behavior. That has been stated, written, and approved by yours truly. However she has came with the upmost BUSY schedule I have seen in a long time.

The rewards have been, incredible. Truly I have been amazed at just how amazing life can be and I have been cultivating some amazing things for myself (& Ari) as I walk this author's journey. To which had brought some spaces out in my life where I felt necessary to tend to, much like a garden...

September 6, 2025

Barnes & Noble in Greenville, SC

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

A TIME was HAD I tell you!!

In my few hours at Greenville, I had the most memorable time with every single person who happened to stop by. There is always that subtle anxiety that speaks "Will I sell a single book?", "Will a single person care to hear what I have to say?", "Will I get to take any memorable moment from this?".

Let me tell you, I DID have a memorable moment. I had one 13 year old girl come up to me, told me all about middle school strife and BOY do I...

September 6, 2025

Whewww, September came in with a GRUDGE with August's behavior and MADE SURE I felt the love!

I have had little time to myself, let alone even remember to eat (as I currently eat dinner at 12:26a) which has been rewarding but also....draining.

To catch you all up:

So August 23rd author event, Charlotte Book Lovers Expo, what a dream. The whole thing, a dream. Ari came with me, got to indulge with authors and other vendors. Made some amazing friends and supporters. She also had her first open mic Poetry contest to which she won. Her reward was her first trophy AND a whole publishing...

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Events

27

Sep

Upcoming Event

Barnes & Noble Book Signing Pineville

I have been lucky enough to set up my second book signing through Barnes & Noble which will be hosted at Barnes & Noble in Pineville, NC!! My MOST frequented Barnes & Noble. Often the place I go to hang out and just enjoy the smell of new books and sit and enjoy a cup of coffee while I read or even do some homework.

I will be there from 2p-5pm to of course talk about my books but to have some fun.

And yes....I will always have goodies ( ;

All my gratitude,

Shay

4

Oct

Upcoming Event

Barnes & Noble CONCORD

I have been lucky enough to set up my third book signing through Barnes & Noble which will be hosted at Barnes & Noble in Concord, NC!! The very Barnes & Noble I would spend my lunch at when I worked for the bank as a lil tiny teller.

I will be there from 12p-5pm to of course talk about my books but to have some fun.

And yes....I will always have goodies ( ;

All my gratitude,

Shay

I am completely blown away at an amazing opportunity to be feature on a podcast with

Liberation is Lit.

You can find them at: https://liberationislit.com/pages/our-story

About them and WHY this is so amazing:

Liberation is Lit is a bookstore that aims to spark collective action for liberation and community building among readers and book lovers by promoting stories from intersectional experiences.

Why this is amazing you ask? Well, as Liberation puts it:

There is a shift happening in the world of...

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