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New book alert! TJ Pheto’s postcolonial Setswana novel Botlhodi: The Abomination
Out now from Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon publishers, Botlhodi: The Abomination – A Postcolonial Setswana Novel by TJ Pheto.
Farewell Ursula K Le Guin: Legendary sci-fi and fantasy author dies
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K Le Guin has died.
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Alan Paton’s 115th Birthday
The Google Doodle for 11 January 2018 celebrates South African author and activist Alan Paton, marking what would have been his 115th birthday.
First annual Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards to kick off in Lagos
The inaugural Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards will take place in Lagos this week.
2 thrillers by debut South African author and blogger Amy Heydenrych snapped up in international deal
Bonnier Zaffre, a new fiction publisher based in London, has acquired two suspense thrillers from South African writer Amy Heydenrych.
Nnedi Okorafor chats about her new comic book – the first Nigerian superhero to be published by Marvel
Marvel comics will soon publish their first comic with a Nigerian superhero: Blessing In Disguise by Nnedi Okorafor.
The best books on Ghana: Part of The Guardian’s World Library series
Pushpinder Khaneka, the author of Read the World: A Country-by-Country Guide to the Best Books on the Global South, has compiled a literary tour of Ghana for The Guardian.
The buzz is incredible around Tomi Adeyemi’s West African fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone
Back in April, Tomi Adeyemi, a 23-year-old Harvard University graduate one year out of university, landed one of the biggest Young Adult debut novel publishing deals ever.
The spy who became England’s first successful female writer
Aphra Behn made a name for herself in Restoration-era England, when most women still relied on their husbands.
Mozambique’s Festival Literatas 2017 announced for October
Mozambique’s Festival Literatas 2017, the third edition of the literary festival, will be running from October 6-8, 2017, James Murua reports.
3 Joburg launches for Koleka Putuma’s Collective Amnesia confirmed, plus events in the Vaal and Pretoria
uHlanga Press has announced three Johannesburg launches for Koleka Putuma’s debut collection of poems, Collective Amnesia.
Nigeria-based publisher Cassava making international waves
In Nigeria, a country with millions of potential book buyers, publishing is a tough business.
2017 Caine Prize shortlist announced
The five-writer shortlist for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced by Chair of judges, award winning author, poet and editor, Nii Ayikwei Parkes. The list includes a former Caine Prize shortistee and features a story translated
Lidudumalingani’s Caine Prize-winning story ‘Memories We Lost’ translated into Spanish
María J López, an academic based at the University of Córdoba, Spain, has translated Lidudumalingani’s short story ‘Memories We Lost’ into Spanish for the Cuban-based journal Revolución y Cultura.
Namwali Serpell chats to Efemia Chela about writing, and her upcoming novel
Namwali Serpell spoke to Efemia Chela recently for a Short Story Day Africa interview.
Add your name to PEN SA’s call for the release of Dr Stella Nyanzi
Please fill in the online form if you would like us to add your name to PEN South Africa’s appeal to the Ugandan President to release Dr Stella Nyanzi:
Don’t miss Imraan Coovadia and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim at the Goethe-Institut Literary Crossroads
Imraan Coovadia and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg for a Literary Crossroads conversation on 16 May.
Roland Glasser describes the process of translating Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s award winning Tram 83
In a wonderful article in the new issue of Asymptote, Roland Glasser writes about the experience of translating Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s award winning debut novel Tram 83 from French into English.
More than 200 free art books made available to download from the Guggenheim
Books of work by Picasso, Kandinsky, Lichtenstein, Flavin, Klimt and Rothko have been digitised and are now available for free.
Bookshy features 22 short story collections by African women writers
Bookshy has curated a list of short story collections by African women writers, including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helen Oyeyemi, Sofia Samatar, Bessie Head, Petina Gappah and Lauren Beukes.