Clik here to view.
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka to speak at Soweto Theatre in celebration of...
Alert! One of Africa’s most important literary figures, Wole Soyinka, will be at the Soweto Theatre to give a talk in celebration of Africa Month. The Nobel Laureate is being hosted by Department of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read an excerpt from Donald Molosi’s We Are All Blue – the first print...
This Fiction Friday, read an excerpt from actor and playwright Donald Molosi’s groundbreaking We Are All Blue, the first Botswanan drama to be published in print form. We Are All Blue is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deon Meyer longlisted for 2016 Crime Writers’ Association International...
Alert! Deon Meyer has been longlisted for a prestigious Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger Award for his latest novel, Icarus. This award is for crime novels – “defined by the broadest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘An inflamed semantic wrangle’– JM Coetzee scrutinises the Israel-apartheid...
JM Coetzee was a high profile guest at the 2016 Palestine Festival of Literature this month. In a speech given on the final evening of the festival, Coetzee scrutinised the analogy frequently drawn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rashi Rohatgi reviews Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology for Africa in...
Verdict: carrot The Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology, distributed in the USA by the African Books Collective (and in Cameroon by Langaa), is readable without being streamlined or cohesive....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Niq Mhlongo’s top 15 books from the African Writers Series
Niq Mhlongo has shared his top 15 books from the legendary Heinemann African Writers Series. Mhlongo is a known fan of the famous series, and at the Time of the Writer Festival in Durban this year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘I feel black, dirty’– Binyavanga Wainaina describes ‘beating’ by taxi driver...
Binyavanga Wainaina, currently on a prestigious Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Daad) Fellowship in Berlin, Germany, has written a disturbing account of an alleged assault at the hands of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apartheid in post-apocalyptic America – Diane Awerbuck and Alex Latimer chat...
Diane Awerbuck and Alex Latimer have a new book coming out: South, written under the pen name Frank Owen. Independent publisher Allen & Unwin calls South: “A stunning high-concept...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nigerian-born author Irenosen Okojie shortlisted for 2016 Betty Trask Prize...
Alert! Nigerian-born Irenosen Okojie has been shortlisted for the 2016 Betty Trask Prize for her novel Butterfly Fish. Okojie was born in Nigeria and moved to England aged eight. Her writing has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sanya Osha reviews The Shameful State by Sony Labou Tansi
Verdict: carrot In The Shameful State, Sony Labou Tansi charts how farcical and chimerical twists related to power play upon the disfigured face of postcolonial Africa. Africa’s fate was not decreed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme ‘strongly condemns’ the ‘violent’ assault on...
The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Artists-in-Berlin Programme has responded to the recent alleged assault on Binyavanga Wainaina. While on a prestigious Daad Fellowship in Berlin this week,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Modern London, 1970s London and 19th century Benin: Read an excerpt from...
This Fiction Friday, read an excerpt from Nigerian-born author Irenosen Okojie’s novel Butterfly Fish, which has just been shortlisted for the 2016 Betty Trask Prize. The Betty Trask Awards are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum in talks to take on The Shining...
Alert! The Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum is reported to have set his sights on the film adaptation of Lauren Beukes’s The Shining Girls. Trainspotting director Danny Boyle was previously...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Bites: 5 June 2016
Published in the Sunday Times Mend the Living Maylis de Kerangal (Quercus) Book buff **** When describing Mend the Living, beautiful is an understatement. Kerangal dissects a tragedy, magnifies it and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Showcasing South African authors: The 2016 Homebru Selection from Exclusive...
For the month of June Exclusive Books is celebrating great South African authors and great South African books with its 15th annual Homebru campaign. Their selection this year includes fiction,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Megan Ross reports back from the Iceland Writers Retreat – dubbed ‘the best...
Megan Ross recently returned from the Iceland Writers Retreat – known as one of the world’s best and most picturesque writers retreats. Ross is a writer, journalist and editorial designer from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinelo Okparanta wins a Lambda Literary Award for Under the Udala Trees
Image: Ileana Jiménez on Twitter Alert! Nigerian-American author Chinelo Okparanta has won a Lambda Literary Award for her novel Under the Udala Trees. The Lambda Literary Awards, or Lammys,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read an excerpt from Nnedi Okorafor’s Nebula Award-winning novella, Binti
Nigerian-American fantasy and science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor recently won a prestigious Nebula Award for her Afrofuturist novella Binti. The Nebula Awards are voted on by the thousand-plus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Africa is calling: Call for entries for the 2016 Etisalat Prize for...
Etisalat has announced its call for entries for the 2016 edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is a Pan African prize that celebrates debut African writers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016 Open Book Festival: Confirmed international and local authors announced
Alert! The Open Book Festival has announced the first group of confirmed international and local authors for this year’s event. The sixth annual Open Book will take place from 7 to 11 September in...
View Article