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From Brooklyn to Chicago – News from Masande Ntshanga’s US book tour
Award-winning novelist Masande Ntshanga is currently in the United States for the launch of the North American-edition of his explosive debut novel, The Reactive. The tour, organised by Ntshanga’s...
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Slicing through the curtain: Bron Sibree talks to Madeliene Thien about her...
Madeleine Thien marries expression and experience in her new novel, writes Bron Sibree for the Sunday Times Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien (Granta Books) ***** Madeleine Thien was barely 15...
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Books for the higher-brow selfie, by Jennifer Platt
Published in the Sunday Times It’s cool to be seen reading again. The trendy folks are putting down their smartphones and picking up a book. It’s hip to be square, to be seen having an identity...
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The literature inspiring South Africa’s student protests
South Africa’s university student revolt has given new life to radical authors of previous generations as they draw on their ideas to fight fees and demand a “free‚ decolonised education”. Read: 8...
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Love is in the details: Russell Clarke talks to Garth Greenwell about his...
Garth Greenwell wants you to know his book is gay and universal, writes Russell Clarke for the Sunday Times What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell (Picador) **** Garth Greenwell’s debut novel What Belongs...
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Book Bites: 2 October 2016
Published in the Sunday Times This Must Be The Place Maggie O’Farrell (Headline) **** Book buff Few authors write about relationships with such acuity as Maggie O’Farrell, and in this seventh novel she...
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o the favourite to win 2016 Novel Prize in Literature
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the most-backed author to win the 2016 Novel Prize in Literature, according to Ladbrokes, with regular favourites Haruki Murakami, Adonis, Philip Roth and Jon Fosse close...
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o the favourite to win 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the most-backed author to win the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, according to Ladbrokes, with regular favourites Haruki Murakami, Adonis, Philip Roth and Jon Fosse close...
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2016 South African Literary Awards nominees revealed
Alert! The shortlists for the 2016 South African Literary Awards have been announced. 18 authors from a total of 132 submissions have been shortlisted and the winners will be announced on Monday, 7...
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature for Season...
Alert! Abubakar Adam Ibrahim has won The Nigeria Prize for Literature for his debut novel Season of Crimson Blossoms. The shortlist for the award was Ibrahim, Elnathan John for Born on a Tuesday and...
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Book Bites: 9 October 2016
Published in the Sunday Times Three Moments of An Explosion: Stories China Miéville (Picador) Book fiend **** The short-story collection starts with a bang and maintains that level of excitement and...
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Bob Dylan wins the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
The times they are a-changin’! Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The announcement was made today by the Swedish Academy. Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara...
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War, hate and sex: Bron Sibree interviews Anne Sebba on her book Les...
Anne Sebba gives us new insight into the ordeals of women in wartime, writes Bron Sibree for the Sunday Times Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Loved, Lived and Died in the 1940s Anne Sebba...
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Celebrating Joburg as the inspiration for great South African writing: The...
On Saturday, 29 October, the Bridge Book Festival will celebrate Johannesburg as the inspiration for great South African writing, by bringing writers and readers together in the city’s historic...
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Bad things happen on beautiful days: Introducing Sunshine Noir – crime...
This Fiction Friday, read a new short story by award-winning crime-writing duo Michael Stanley from the anthology Sunshine Noir. Michael Stanley is the pen name of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip....
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Are publishers afraid of new ideas? Margaret von Klemperer examines the trend...
By Margaret von Klemperer for The Witness What is happening to creative imagination? Killed off by a push for profit? These questions are prompted by the arrival on my desk of Curtis Sittenfeld’s...
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Paul Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize for The Sellout – the first American...
Alert! Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. The Sellout is published by small independent publisher Oneworld, who won their first Booker last year with Marlon...
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Book bites: 23 October 2016
Published in the Sunday Times I Shot The Buddha Colin Cotterill (Soho Press) Book Mystery **** This is the 11th novel featuring Dr Siri Paiboun, now retired as the best (and often only) coroner in the...
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‘The best piece of writerly advice? Never give up.’– Q and A with David Gilman
Published in the Sunday Times The Last Horseman David Gilman (Head of Zeus) What books are on your bedside table? My House in Damascus by Diana Darke, Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz, A Single Swallow by...
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Hedley Twidle interviews Rustum Kozain for Wasafiri 86 – Unsettled Poetics:...
The publishers of Wasafiri magazine have kindly shared an excerpt from issue 86: a conversation between Hedley Twidle and Rustum Kozain. This special issue of Wasafiri – Unsettled Poetics:...
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