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Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah shortlisted for world’s richest short story...
Alert! Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah has made the shortlist of the United Kingdom’s 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award – the world’s richest prize for a single short story. The prize goes to...
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New books by 2 South African authors published by Ankara Press, the feminist...
The latest releases from Ankara Press – the feminist African romance imprint of Cassava Republic Press – are novels by South African authors Aziza Eden Walker and Amina Thula. The new books are...
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Inaugural Jewish Literary Festival to take place in Cape Town in May
There’s a new book event on South Africa’s calendar: The Jewish Literary Festival. The new festival will take place in Cape Town on Sunday, 22 May at the Gardens Community Centre, and many...
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Akhatenje reviews Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Verdict: carrot I love this book. I hate it too. I feel all manner of healthy and unhealthy things about Seasons of Crimson Blossoms. I also know the smell of cockroaches because I grew up in a house...
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4 South Africans, 3 Nigerians shortlisted for 2016 Commonwealth Short Story...
Alert! The 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist has been announced – including seven African writers. The prize – which aims to “brings stories from new and emerging voices, often from...
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New opportunity for emerging African writers: The Writivism Residency at...
Pemi Aguda Alert! The Writivism Residency, a new opportunity for emerging African Writers, has been announced. The announcement was made by the Kampala-based Centre for African Cultural Excellence...
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Book Bites: 27 March 2016
Published in the Sunday Times Warriors of the Storm Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins) **** Book fiend The ninth novel in the Last Kingdom series is another Cornwell special – blood-spraying,...
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Truth beyond facts: Michele Magwood interviews Yann Martel about his latest...
Yann Martel tries to reflect a truth that goes beyond mere facts, writes Michele Magwood for the Sunday Times The High Mountains of Portugal Yann Martel (Penguin Random House) ***** It is early in the...
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Yann Martel’s 6 best books
Yann Martel chatted to Michele Magwood recently about his new book The High Mountains Of Portugal. Read the interview here At the end of the conversation, Martel shared a list of his favourite...
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The 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award longlist
Published in the Sunday Times Alert! The longlist for the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction has been announced, in association with Porcupine Ridge. This is the 27th year the Alan...
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The 2016 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist
Published in the Sunday Times Alert! The longlist for the 2016 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize has been announced. This is the 16th edition of the Sunday Times Fiction Prize, but the second...
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Read an excerpt from The Domestication Of Munachi by Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu...
Nigerian author Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu’s new novel is titled The Domestication Of Munachi, and Parrésia Publishers has shared an excerpt from the novel, as well as an audio clip of the author...
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Read an excerpt from The Domestication Of Munachi by Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu...
Nigerian author Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu’s new novel is titled The Domestication Of Munachi, and Parrésia Publishers has shared an excerpt from the novel, as well as an audio clip of the author...
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Fans and friends raise R1.1-million for Binyavanga Wainaina’s medical treatment
Kwani Trust has thanked all those who contributed to the fund set up for Binyavanga Wainaina’s medical treatment last year. The beloved Kenyan author suffered a stroke at the end of October, and...
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Shortlist announced for the inaugural Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
Alert! The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. The award comes with prize money of £10,000 (about R210,000) The...
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2016 Spier Poetry Festival programme announced
Alert! The programme for the 2016 Spier Poetry Festival has been announced. The festival is curated by Breyten Breytenbach, Dominique Botha and Neo Muyanga, and takes place on Saturday, 7 May at...
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Read an excerpt from Julian Barnes’s ‘masterpiece’: The Noise of Time
For today’s Sunday Read, dip into the latest book from Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time. The Noise of Time, Barnes’s first novel since his Man Booker Prize-winning The Sense of an Ending, is a...
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Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma wins the Art Seidenbaum Award for his debut...
Alert! The Fishermen by Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma has won a prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. In their 36th year, the Los Angeles Times Book...
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Book Bites: 10 April 2016
Published in the Sunday Times The Theory of Death Faye Kellerman (Harper Collins) **** Book thrill The Kellerman writing dynasty – wife Faye, husband Jonathan, son Jesse – seems to pop out a new novel...
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‘I don’t read in bed. There are other, better things to do’– Q and A with...
Published in the Sunday Times Predator Wilbur Smith written with Tom Cain (HarperCollins) What books are on your bedside table? I don’t read in bed. There are other, better things to do. I do,...
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