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Join Anglo-Breton Poet Claire Trevien at The Book Lounge for the Launch of...
Arts Council England and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Shipwrecked House by Anglo-Breton poet Claire Trévien. Finaula Dowling and Koleka Putuma will be joining Trévien on...
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German Translation of Malaika wa Azania’s Memoirs of a Born Free Announced
Alert! In addition to the North American edition announced in January, a German edition of Malaika wa Azania’s Memoirs of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation will be out soon from Swiss...
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“Black Rage, White Tears”– Eusebius McKaiser Drops Run Racist Run Truth Bombs...
The Rhodes Must Fall movement at the University of Oxford, in association with the Oxford University Africa Society and the Oxford Pan-Afrikan Forum (OXPAF), recently invited Eusebius McKaiser to...
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Moira Forjaz: Mozambique 1975/1985 is Jenny Crwys-Williams’ 2015 Book of the...
Alert! Jenny Crwys-Williams has announced her Book of the Year for 2015: Moira Forjaz: Mozambique 1975/1985, published by Jacana Media. The shortlist was Moira Forjaz: Mozambique 1975/1985, More...
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Sunday Read: How One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Came...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the 20th century’s most enduring works. This is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the...
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5 Sunday Reads, Including the Winners of the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards and...
1. See who won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards The Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards decided by readers. Many of this year’s winners come as no surprise, with Harper Lee’s Go Set...
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Words are not Bullets Fired from Guns: International Day of the Imprisoned...
On Monday, 16 November, PEN South Africa and Kalk Bay Books hosted the 34th International Day of the Imprisoned Writer event, with an evening of rousing music, poetry and free speech to commemorate...
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Nnedi Okorafor’s The Camel Racer One of Eight African Stories Green-lit for...
Eight African Film/TV projects have been set into development by Triggerfish Story Lab. Nnedi Okorafor, author of Binti and a number of other science fiction and fantasy novels located in Africa, is...
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Judges Announced for the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
The judges for the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction were announced today. Amanda Foreman, who judged the prize in 2012, will chair the panel of five, which comprises a critic, a novelist, a poet...
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2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature Shortlist Announced
Alert! Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Penny Busetto and Rehana Rossouw have been shortlisted for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize is awarded annually to a work of first fiction by...
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Megan Ross Wins the Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award for “One of the...
Megan Ross, Modjaji Books designer and passionate writer, has been awarded an Alumni Award to the Iceland Writers Retreat in 2016. 2016 will be the third annual edition of the IWR, and it is the...
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2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry Finalists Announced
Alert! The African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s literary journal Prairie Schooner, has revealed the finalists for the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for...
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“An Unstoppable Force”– All Five 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships Awarded to...
Alert! The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the winners of the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. The winners each receive a grant of ₤18 000 (about R400 000) to allow them to take a year to...
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The Food of Love, Life and Revolution: 10 Books by and about Musicians...
via GIPHY “If music be the food of love, play on” Shakespeare hit the nail on the head when he called music the food of love. It’s also the food of revolution, good times, and of many, many things...
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Fiction Friday: Forbidden Love in Northern Nigeria – Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s...
This Fiction Friday, read an excerpt from the much-anticipated debut novel from Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Season of Crimson Blossoms. Abubakar’s novel was launched in Abuja, Nigeria, on 25 November,...
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Sunday Read: Why Bad Punctuation is Not a Crime
Why does incorrect punctuation make people so angry? World renowned linguistics authority David Crystal says the supposed “innovations” brought about by texting and social media – abbreviations,...
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6 Sunday Reads, Including Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries, the Absence of...
1. The Art of the Strange Writing Exercise From The Millions: We need to shake things up in the creative writing classroom. We need to remember that writing is a messy, fractured, intensely personal...
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DIY this Christmas – 7 Books to Inspire the Perfect Homemade Gift
Hands up if you’re making gifts for your family and friends this Christmas? In 2015 we saw a return to the trend of doing things ourselves. Why would you buy Christmas crackers from the store if you...
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Plot By The Sea: 13 Books to Read on Holiday
Published in the Sunday Times What to read on holiday? The Sunday Times books team has some ideas After You, Jojo Moyes (Michael Joseph): The ultimate tearjerker. Make Me, Lee...
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Casting of Noma Dumezweni to Play Hermione Granger Causes Quite a Stir
The casting of a black actress in the role of Hermione Granger in the West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has caused quite a stir. The play, which has been declared a sequel to JK...
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