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• African Literature in Translation: Italian Edition

  

  I've been learning Italian. Very slowly. I'm still pretty bad. No, I'm not being modest. Actually, I was not being honest when I said I'm still pretty bad,... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Something for the Kids: The Incredible Kids Comic Series

  

  It's been quiet here for a minute ... and I haven't completely returned from my self-imposed hibernation (work and life is really making it difficult to find th... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2020 AKO Caine Prize Shortlist is Here!

  

  The 2020 AKO Caine Prize shortlisted stories are written in humorous, tragic and satirical tones.2020 makes twenty years of the Caine Prize for African Writing ... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Read It! Loved It! Weekly Round-Up

  

  Image via PinterestIt's a nice sunny Sunday here (don't worry - I am enjoying the weather from my living room), and I'm back with my round-up of reads. This wee... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Read It! Loved It! Still Lockdown Reads

  

  Image via Pinterest (@illustration315)The last week has been a bit weird for me, but I have to say I've been really looking forward to sharing my reads today.... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Read It! Loved It! More Lockdown Reads

  

  Image via PinterestI'm back with a round-up of my reads from the past week and, I must say, this time I read a mix of new and old articles. Here we go! Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Read It! Loved It! Lockdown Reads

  

  Not Tonight, I'm Reading by Vashti Harrison via PinterestA few years ago I started doing a round-up of articles I read online, and shared it here. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Twenty Books Published in the 2010s I Loved

  

  I went back and forth on whether to do a decade in review post or not. In the end, I decided to do one focused on books I loved that have been published in the... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Eight Years of Blogging

  

  Illustration by Nichole KobiIt's been eight years ... of extremely erratic blogging and unfinished ideas, but today I celebrate eight years of bookshy. It's... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A 2020 (African) Literary Calendar

  

  It's that time of year when I happily scour the internet for new releases for the next year - fully aware there are books I am yet to read from the current year. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Continuing to Judge Books by Their Covers

  

  Caroline Davis' 'Creating Postcolonial Literature'It wasn’t too long ago, African book covers were called out for their “acacia tree sunset treatment”, leading... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 111 Short Story Collections ... and Counting

  

  After the post I did on new and forthcoming short story collections, I started thinking more broadly about short story collections written by African... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ten-Plus Short Story Collections from Writers of African Origin

  

  Short story collections have over time become my go-to choice of books to read. I went from completely being opposed to them, to not fully understanding them, t... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Battle of the Covers: Who Wore It Better?

  

  It's not always the case, but most of the time covers are designed for the market in mind - with regional differences in book covers. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: Reflecting on the First Twenty

  

  This took me way longer than anticipated - two years to be exact, but I have now featured the first twenty women in the series. Yay! Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 20. Orlanda Amarílis

  

  Source: elfikurten.comOrlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira (Orlanda Amarílis) was a Cape Verdean writer, who was said to be the first woman Cape... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thirty-one and Counting: 2019 in Books

  

  The year is almost over - and if you’re like me, and haven’t even managed to make a dent with 2018 (heck, even 2017) books - here are some more books to add to... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 19. Neshani Andreas

  

  Image Source: Sister Namibia"For most of my life I just wrote for myself ... I never told anybody." said Namibian writer, Neshani Andreas in a 2005 interview... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 18. Angèle Rawiri

  

  Source: litterature et ecrivains dailleursI hadn’t thought about [becoming Gabon’s first novelist]. I was rather taken up by my reflections, my doubts, my... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 17. Alifa Rifaat

  

  Source: Author Photo. Heinemann AWS edition of Distant View of a Minaret.A caption under a picture of Alifa Rifaat in a 1993 Middle East Times (Egypt) captures... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE