On November 6, The Theory of Flight author Siphiwe Ndlovu will be in conversation with Cosmogramma author Courttia Newland and moderator Sean Jacobs, editor and founder of Africa is a Country. Here’s the registration info.
The two team up again for Radical Books Collective’s “Beyond Wakanda! Celebrating New African Speculative Fiction” day on November 12 from 11am-2pm EST (5pm-8pm in SA)
African literature has been in the spotlight a lot lately. Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize; Tsitsi Dangarembga was awarded the 2021 German Peace Prize; Senegalese novelist Boubacar Boris Diop has been named the winner of the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature; fellow Senegalese author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr has won the Prix Goncourt, becoming the “first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded France’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize.”; and South African novelist and playwright Damon Galgut has won the Booker Prize. Congrats to all!
“I remember how Miss Sonia would close her eyes sometimes when she would read, and so I closed my eyes and I felt something enter me. And when I opened my eyes, I wasn’t scared anymore.” On the legacy and influence of poet Sonia Sanchez.
A new report finds that “the percentage of characters of color in UK kids books has quadrupled in the last 4 years”
Germany loves its crime fiction, with more than 3,000 new crime novels published every year, Foreign Policy reports. The article mentions one of our favorite German crime writers, Max Annas. We’re proud to be the English-language publisher for his two South African-set novels, The Wall and The Farm, both translated by Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds.
“Africans’ rich culture, history, and folklore are also the least explored content in popular culture. It is exciting to share these untold stories with the world.” How one comic book publisher is retelling Ethiopia’s history.
“Every person who played a role in the book, be it replying to an email or being hands-on through months of editing, is seen as a vital part of the book’s creation.” The case for credit pages in books.
