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The Guardian Explains Error and “Apologises Unreservedly” to Chimamanda Ngozi...
In its corrections and clarifications section The Guardian has explained how a recent article by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was published in error, and “apologises unreservedly” for the...
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14 Reads for Valentine’s Day, No Matter Your Relationship Status
Maybe you’ll be spending the 14th of February blissful in love, maybe you won’t … but whether or not you’ve found that one person, there is a book out there that is perfect for you. And you’ll find it...
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Sunday Read: Selected Letters of Langston Hughes, a Poem, a Review and an...
This week’s Sunday Read is a review of Selected Letters of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, with Christa Fratantoro. The read also includes an...
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Barbara Kingsolver Tells Ben Williams about Her Life as a Writer, Hillbilly,...
Most people will be able to tell you that Barbara Kingsolver is an acclaimed novelist from the United States of America. But did you know that she’s a self-proclaimed hillbilly from Appalachia in...
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Diane Ninsiima Reviews Kintu by Jennifer Makumbi
Verdict: carrot Even though the story is about the Kintu family, the author through the different stories told, interweaves in the birth and growth of Uganda as a nation. She doesn’t dwell on it; the...
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Leon de Kock Reviews The Shadow of the Hummingbird by Athol Fugard
Verdict: carrot The post-apartheid period has seen Fugard exercise a greater sense of freedom to follow what one might describe as a whimsical, or philosophical and personal bent, than in the...
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Sunday Read: A New Short Story by Haruki Murakami –“Kino”
The New Yorker has been publishing short stories by Haruki Murakami from his collection of Japanese short stories, Men Without Women. So far they have shared three stories: “Yesterday”,...
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African Literature the Focus at the 2015 PEN World Voices Festival,...
The 11th annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, taking place in New York from 4 – 10 May 2015, will be focusing on African literature and culture. The programme, which is...
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The Sunday Times Bestseller List for February 2015
Jodi Picoult’s latest novel tops the fiction list for February, while Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom, by Tony Robbins, tops the non-fiction list. Best-selling American...
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Book Bites: 22 February 2015
The Liar’s Chair Rebecca Whitney (Mantle) **** Book fling Rachel and David Teller are the stereotypical successful Brighton couple – but the facade of a perfect marriage cloaks dark and unpleasant...
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A Quirk of Light: Bron Sibree Interviews Andrew O’Hagen About his Latest...
By Bron Sibree for the Sunday Times The Illuminations Andrew O’Hagan (Faber & Faber) ***** It’s true that Andrew O’Hagan spent time in Afghanistan with British soldiers in order to write his...
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Ivan Vladislavić, Teju Cole and Helon Habila Awarded 2015 Windham Campbell...
Alert! The winners of the 2015 Windham Campbell Literature Prizes have just been announced. The prize, in its third year, is awarded to “honour and support writers anywhere in the world writing in...
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2015 Franschhoek Literary Festival: Confirmed International Authors
Alert! The Franschhoek Literary Festival organisers have allowed Books LIVE to share a sneak preview of the updated list of international authors confirmed to attend this year’s event. The 2015...
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Noxolo Chalale Reviews Hope in a Ballet Shoe by Michaela and Elaine DePrince
Verdict: carrot They saw hundreds of dead bodies on their way out of Sierra Leone. Ballet star Michaela DePrince “could tell how long they had been dead by the stink and the bugs that crawled on them”....
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Damon Galgut Included on the Longlist for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for...
Alert! Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut has been nominated for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The Walter Scott Prize is one of the largest literary awards in the UK and is named...
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Send in Your Books for the $40 000 FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award
Calling all publishers! Submit your books to a new literary award for fiction, sponsored by the Financial Times and OppenheimerFunds. The FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award is worth $40 000...
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Fiction Friday: “Lunch with Ifemelu”– Erotic Fan Fiction Based on Chimamanda...
Kiru Taye, a Nigerian-born novelist residing in the United Kingdom, has written an erotic fan fiction short story inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah. In March last year...
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Winners of the South African HorrorFest Bloody Parchment Short Story...
Alert! Books LIVE has the privilege of announcing the winners of this year’s Bloody Parchment short story competition. HorrorFest South Africa is an annual celebration of all that is spine-chilling...
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Sunday Read: Collected Excerpts from the Oddest Book Title of the Year Shortlist
The shortlist for this year’s Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year has been announced. The seven books on the shortlist are: Nature’s Nether Regions by Menno Schilthuizen (Viking) The...
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Send in Your Books for the $40 000 FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award
Calling all publishers! Submit your books to a new literary award for fiction, sponsored by the Financial Times and OppenheimerFunds. The FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award is worth $40 000...
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