Book: Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges Author: Ciku Kimeria Publisher: Self Year of publication: 2013 Number of pages: 127 Genre: Drama Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges is the debut novel of Kenyan writer Ciku Kimeria. The book tells the tale of married couple Njogu, his wife Wambui and Nyambura the mistress/side dish/mpango wa kando/small house/add […]
Yewande Omotoso‘s new book The Woman Next Door, an endearing story of two women living in Cape Town, South Africa, is ready for the world. In the new book, Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours and sworn enemies. They share hedge and hatred and prune both with a zeal and vim that belies the […]
South African author Niq Mhlongo is next in line for the Long Story Short project with his story Gollywood Drama being read by theatre heavy weight Mbali Kgosidintsi. The reading will be happening at 532 Love Lane Street, Hammanskraal (Hammanskraal Community Library) on 25th April. The Long Story Short Project aims at celebrating and elevating […]
So Time of the Writer was well received by the people who enjoyed the events in Durban. Here are images from the event from the organisers. All photos were taken by Gerald Mthembu.
It was all happening at the from when a whole bunch of writers converged at Durban, South Africa on 16-21 March. This bunch of writers or is it gaggle of writers or a bar of writers or wit of writers or a… Anyway these writers from all corners of the continent were joined by a […]
Lillian Akampurira Aujo wins inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature
A few days ago we covered the launch of Terra Cotta the anthology from our good friends at Short Story Day. If you want to be seen smiling in the next anthology then this is your chance with their new offering themed around “Water.” If you are an African citizen or person part of the […]
The Sunday Times is a South African newspaper which has become famous in literature circles for its prizes for writers. The newspaper hands out two prize every year; the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award. The former is meant for fiction and the latter is for non fiction. TheBarry Ronge Fiction Prize […]
The Writivism Festival is set to happen at Makerere University and the National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda from 16th to 22nd June 2015. It is part of the annual Writivism cycle that includes workshops, mentoring, publishing, a short story prize and a schools programme. This year the festival will be hosting some pretty cool people […]
The Caine Prize workshop is one of those events that come along once a year. In these workshops which have been happening since 2003, writers who were shortlisted for the Caine Prize in the previous year are joined by other promising writers. They are mentored by experienced writers on the craft of writing. The workshops […]
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