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Sarah Lotz and Chigozie Obioma Nominated for 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards
Alert! Sarah Lotz’s Day Four and Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen have been nominated for 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards to be decided by readers. Nigerian Obioma’s first...
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International Alliance of Independent Publishers Call for Freedom of Speech...
Books LIVE has received the following communiqué in support of book professionals in Bangladesh. The statement was written following the request of Mesbahuddin Ahmed of Prakashani Ankur publishing...
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Grethe Koen Reviews When Loving Him Hurts by Sue Hickey and Philippa Sklaar
Verdict: carrot When Loving Him Hurts is ultimately a book about empowerment and one of hope. Putting the power back in an abuse victim’s hands – telling them that they themselves have the tools and...
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Extraordinary Jacqueline Rose Essay in the London Review of Books Examines...
The current issue of the London Review of Books features a long essay by Jacqueline Rose on the trial of Oscar Pistorius. The article takes its title, “Bantu in the Bathroom”, from Eusebius...
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The 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist has been Released – Including...
Alert! The longlist for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature has been revealed, including six South African authors. The Etisalat Prize is awarded annually to a work of first fiction of over 30...
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6 New Books Emphasise the Continued Importance of Frantz Fanon
“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.” – Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth Psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary Frantz Fanon (1925 –...
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Knotting Your Brain Over Festive Gifts? Check out the 2015 Exclusive Books...
Does the very idea of Christmas make you break out in a cold sweat? Is your festive season countdown calendar an endless list of futile ideas (because really, how many creative gifts can you buy...
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Joshua Maserow Reviews The Good Story by JM Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz and...
Verdict: carrots Read the recently released books, The Good Story and JM Coetzee and the Life of Writing, and you will find neither grand self-revelation nor weepy soul-bearing. You won’t hear about...
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5 Sunday Reads, Including the New Umberto Eco, Why English is Not Normal, and...
1. An excerpt from Numero Zero by Umberto Eco From HMH Literature, an excerpt from Numero Zero, the new book by Umberto Eco: Set in 1992 and foreshadowing the mysteries and follies of the following...
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Sunday Read: Slade House, the Creepy New Novel from David Mitchell
Slade House, the new novel from David Mitchell, is out – just a year after the release of the Man Booker Prize-longlisted The Bone Clocks. The new novel inhabits the same universe as The Bone...
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Join Genna Gardini for the Launch of Matric Rage at The Book Lounge
uHlanga Press invites you to join them for a celebration of Genna Gardini’s new poetry collection, Matric Rage. This is one of the first publications in the uHlanga New Poets series, a poetry...
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Africa Uprising: The First Book to Put Contemporary Popular Protest in a...
New from Best Read, and imprint of HSRC Press, Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change, by Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly: From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force...
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Jacket Notes on The Secret Society: Cecil John Rhodes’s Plan for a New World...
Published in the Sunday Times The Secret Society: Cecil John Rhodes’s Plan For A New World Order Robin Brown (Penguin Random House) What do you do when you unearth a story which history appears to have...
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Book Bites: 15 November 2015
Taken for Dead Graham Masterton (Head of Zeus) *** Book thrill The fourth Garda Katie Maguire book. Masterton is better known for horror writing than for crime novels and this comes through in the...
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The Next Big Thing: Under the Udala Trees, the Debut Novel from Nigerian...
Under the Udala Trees, the debut novel by award-winning Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta, is making waves internationally, and comes recommended by Zakes Mda. The novel will be available locally...
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2015 Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Winners Announced
Alert! The winners of the inaugural Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced at the Ake Arts and Book Festival in Nigeria. The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize was...
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Call for Entries for Asymptote’s 2nd Annual Contest for Emerging Translators
Asymptote, a quarterly magazine dedicated to literary translation and contemporary writing, has sent out a call for entries for its “Close Approximations” translation contest. The contest is aimed...
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Google Doodle Celebrates Nadine Gordimer’s 92nd Birthday
South Africa woke up this morning to a Google Doodle celebrating the birthday of one of the world’s most beloved authors, Nadine Gordimer. Gordimer, who passed away in 2014, would have been 92...
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Babatunde Fagbayibo Reviews On a Sad Weather-Beaten Couch by Sanya Osha
Verdict: carrot ‘On a sad weather-beaten couch’ is an enthralling, graphic tale that cleverly captures the unpredictable rhythm of life in a sprawling urban slum. Although not expressly mentioned, it...
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Melville’s Independent Book Shop Love Books Recommended by The New York Times
Love Books, one of Johannesburg’s best-loved independent bookshops, has made The New York Times! Holly Bass recommends Love Books in an article titled “Where to Go in Melville, Johannesburg”, along...
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