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Thursday – 27th April 2017
Chinelo Okparanta, Dinaw Mengestu and Yaa Gyasi make Granta’s list of the best young American novelists
Granta has chosen its third list of the ‘Best of Young American Novelists’, including the Nigeria-born Chinelo Okparanta, Ethiopia-born Dinaw Mengestu and Ghana-born Yaa Gyasi.
The new book by Chigozie Obioma – author of The Fishermen – has been announced
The Bookseller reports that Little, Brown has acquired the new novel from Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma.
Wednesday – 26th April 2017
Help the African Speculative Fiction Society complete its list of all published African sci-fi/fantasy ever
The African Speculative Fiction Society has undertaken an ambitious project.
‘Poverty porn’ debate raging around Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s award-winning novel Tram 83
Have you heard about the heated conversation taking place about Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s award-winning novel Tram 83? Brittle Paper has got you covered.
Tuesday – 25th April 2017
New JM Coetzee book coming this September
A new collection of JM Coetzee’s essays has been announced by Penguin.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author Robert Pirsig dies at 88
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values” sold 50,000 copies in three months and more than 5 million in the decades since. The dense tome has been translated into at least 27 languages. A reviewer for the New Yorker likened
Monday – 24th April 2017
Bookanista share an excerpt from Henrietta Rose-Innes’s Nineveh – out now in the UK and US
Henrietta Rose-Innes’ Nineveh, first published by Umuzi in 2011, was released late last year in the United States (Unnamed Press) and United Kingdom (Aardvark Bureau).
Writers pay tribute to Kojo Laing: ‘Africa’s best novelist, by far’ – Binyavanga Wainaina
Ghanaian novelist and poet Kojo Laing passed away on Thursday, 20 April 2017 in Ghana, according to reports.
Musa Okwonga reviews Irenosen Okojie’s Speak Gigantular
Irenosen Okojie is a remarkable writer. I discovered this late last year, when her second book Speak Gigantular, a collection of extraordinary short stories – was submitted by Jacaranda Books for the Jhalak Prize, a literary award for writers from et
NPR reread Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale ahead of new TV series
As you’ve probably heard, dystopian literature is having something of a resurgence with old favorites by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley flying off shelves and into op-ed pages. Margaret Atwood’s book “The Handmaid’s Tale” is among them. And with a m
Friday – 21st April 2017
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Achille Mbembe elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected 228 new National and International Scholars, Artists, Philanthropists, and Business Leaders.
2017 Man Booker International Prize shortlist announced
The 2017 Man Booker International Prize shortlist of six books has been revealed.
Thursday – 20th April 2017
Do Not Go Gentle into North America
Futhi Ntshingila’s Do Not Go Gentle is coming out later this year as one of four South African titles for new Catalyst Press in the US. New title: We Kiss Them With Rain.
Writers! Apply for the Short Story Day Africa 2017 Flow workshop series
Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities:
Read an excerpt from City of Friends – the 20th novel from Joanna Trollope
She glanced at her phone again. There were appeals from the girls, from her colleagues, a text from Steve reading with uncharacteristic imperiousness, ‘Call me.’ She couldn’t. She couldn’t call anyone …
Wednesday – 19th April 2017
The LA Review of Books explores the tension in the world of Egyptian Surrealism
LARB looks at current representations of the Art and Liberty Group, an avant-garde movement also known as Egypt’s Surrealists.
Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid longlisted for 2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year
Big hitters including Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, feature on the longlist for the most prestigious crime writing prize in the country.
Tuesday – 18th April 2017
Domina, the follow-up to the worldwide #1 bestseller Maestra – out now!
Judith Rashleigh returns in Domina, the stunning new thriller from the author of the worldwide # 1 bestseller, Maestra.
Thursday – 13th April 2017
Read Namwali Serpell’s introduction to a new edition of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross
The New York Review of Books has published apiece adapted from Namwali Serpell’s introduction to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross, just published in a new edition by Penguin Classics.
Wednesday – 12th April 2017
2017 International Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Three African authors have been shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award – the ‘world’s richest literary prize’.