Author Zinzi Clemmons will be on tour in Johannesburg and Cape Town in May!

Clemmons’s debut novel What We Lose is a short, intense and profoundly moving book about race, identity, sex and death.

Clemmons was raised in Philadelphia by a South African mother and an American father. Her writing has appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, Transition, The Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. She is co-founder and former publisher of Apogee Journal, and she is a contributing editor to LitHub. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at The Colburn Conservatory and Occidental College.

Joburg events

Book launch: Bridge Books Maboneng, 9 May 2018

Book launch: Exclusive Books Rosebank, 10 May 2018

Kingsmead Book Fair: 12 May 2018

Cape Town events

Book launch: Exclusive Books Cavendish, 16 May 2018

Franschhoek Literary Festival: 18–20 May 2018

Keep an eye on The Reading List for more details!

Categories Fiction International South Africa

Tags Book events Book launches Bridge Books Cape Town Exclusive Books Franschhoek Literary Festival Johannesburg Jonathan Ball Publishers Kingsmead Book Fair What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons