Exerpt from Peter Godwin’s The Fear, With Carrot
Zimbabwe, a country in shackles of its own making, is guilty of “politicide”, as we learn in Peter Godwin’s account of the last Zimbabwean elections, The Fear, which tracks the near-wiping out of an...
View ArticleRon Irwin Discusses His Debut Novel, Flat Water Tuesday, with Joan Hambidge...
Joan Hambidge interviewed Ron Irwin for LitNet about his debut novel, Flat Water Tuesday. They discussed rowing, which is a central focus of the book, and Irwin commented that “Rowing is a metaphor for...
View ArticleUnder Ground Featured in The Guardian’s Round-up of the Best Recent Science...
The Guardian recently featured Under Ground by SL Grey in a round-up review of the best science fiction books at the moment. Under Ground, co-authored by Sarah Lotz and Louis Greenberg, was reviewed...
View ArticleRead All About Nnedi Okorafor’s Recently Published Binti (With Excerpt and...
Tor.com Publishing has just published Nigerian-American fantasy and science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor’s Afrofuturist novella Binti. Binti – Okorafor first book set in outer space – is now available...
View ArticleFrench stamp of approval for Imperfect Solo by Steven Boykey Sidley
The French edition of Imperfect Solo by Steven Boykey Sidley has been receiving some excellent media coverage in that country, with the author being compared to heavy hitters such as Joseph Heller,...
View ArticleWatch: Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu discusses The Soweto Uprisings on SABC
When the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of The Soweto Uprisings: Counter Memories of June 1976 was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School....
View Article“A flamboyant, moving, and nuanced debut novel”– The Financial Times reviews...
‘This smart novel with electric prose tells us what it means to be young, black and queer in London.’ Elle Magazine ‘Refreshingly original, energetic and ambitious storytelling. Popoola joins the ranks...
View Article“A powerful and though-provoking novel”: Margaret von Klemperer reviews Dikeledi
Published in The Witness It has been a while since we had a new novel from Achmat Dangor, and in Dikeledi he has given us a complex and wide-ranging family saga that spans the years from 1970 to the...
View Article“He explores humanity without sacrificing the enticing nature of mystery that...
Barry James is detained in a quarantine facility in the blistering heat of the Great Karoo. Here he exists in two worlds: the discordant and unforgiving reality of his incarceration and the lyrical,...
View Article“It’s an extraordinary story”– Margaret von Klemperer reviews Becoming Iman
Published in The Witness: 30 July 2018 For readers who only know Iman Rappetti as a warm, skilled and urbane presenter on television and radio, this memoir will come as something of a surprise. We may...
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