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• 55 Years of Nigerian Literature: Chinua Achebe and the Art of Edel Rodriguez

  

  For my second celebratory post I go to the book covers of Chinua Achebe, but not just any of his covers. I focus on the series designed by Cuban-American... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 55 Years of Nigerian Literature: Three Crown Books

  

  For my first celebratory post, I am going back in time - to the 1960s - for one of the early publishers that aimed to make African literature accessible to a... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 55 Years of Nigerian Literature: Book Cover and Illustration Galore

  

  Google Doodle celebrating Nigeria's 2014 Independence Day My how time flies! I can't believe it's been a year already, but it's that time of year where I... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Must Have, Must Read: Paul Louise-Julie's 'The Pack'

  

  I have just discovered The Pack - an African Mythology Graphic Novel created, written and drawn by American-born, French-Caribbean artist and designer Paul... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Call for Submissions for a New Anthology: Voices 'Ife' Issue

  

  "We were taught in elementary school that a noun is a name of a person, place or thing. Ancient, medieval and contemporary literature has encouraged lots of... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• For Your Reading Pleasure: Some More Speculative Fiction Releases in 2015

  

  This year already, the world of African Speculative Fiction has seen the release of Nnedi Okorafor's The Book of Phoenix, Sarah Lotz's Day Four, Terra Incognito... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 'Pompidou Posse': Sarah Lotz's First Novel Will Soon Be Available in the UK

  

  Screenwriter and novelist, Sarah Lotz's 'hilarious, heartbreaking first novel', Pompidou Posse, published first in South Africa in 2008 by Penguin Books SA... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dedicated to the Art of Joey Hi-Fi

  

  It's been really quiet here over the last couple months as I have been trying to sort out a few things (okay a lot of things) and work more than anything has... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Next in the Meet Series

  

  The 'Meet' Series is my chance to interview anyone I would love to meet that is involved in African literature. And next in the Meet series is a writer from... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release for 2015: Chinelo Okparanta's 'Under the Udala Trees'

  

  ... and they just keep on coming. Another new release for 2015. This time from Chinelo Okparanta with her debut novel Under the Udala Trees. Published by... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A New Online African Feminist Quarterly: The Wide Margin

  

  Last night, I came across this fascinating online African feminist journal, and I just had to share. The Wide Margin describes itself as: 'a new online quarterl... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Are Your Africans Books to Inspire?

  

  Tonight (Friday 3 July) I will be sitting, along with a host of other people, at the British Library listening to journalist Hannah Pool in conversation with... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• African Literature and Literary Magazines

  

  Towards the end of last year, I put together a list of African (and diaspora) literary magazines which I was then meant to turn into a post on the landscape of... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Next Weekend in London: Africa Writes 2015

  

  Next weekend I'll be at the British Library in London enjoying the wonderfulness that is Africa Writes. Over the course of 3 days, the Royal African Society wil... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Translated Fiction Courtesy of the Best Translated Book Awards

  

  On May 27th, the winner of the eighth annual Best Translated Book Awards was announced at Book Expo America. The winner for the fiction category - from a... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release: Leila Aboulela's 'The Kindness of Enemies'

  

  ... and the new releases just keep on coming. Here's another one from three times Orange Prize longlistee and winner of the Scottish Book Award and Caine... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literary Listography: Ten Gay Characters from African Literature Everyone...

  

  And the wonderful literary lists continue, with Dele Meiji Fatunla and I back with another one - this time on ten gay, lesbian or bisexual characters from... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Even More New Releases for 2015

  

  So far 2015 has seen new releases from Okey Ndibe, Amir Tag Elsir and Jacques Strauss, and we still have works from Sarah Lotz, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Africa Writes is Back!!!!!

  

  Could it be? After months and months and months of cold, bleak, grey, miserable weather, is summer getting closer? I am trying not to get too excited - the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bookshy on Bakwa: Nameless Narrators in African Fiction

  

  Can I just say that this will never, ever, ever get old!!!! Well, it won't. Around this time last month, Bakwa Magazine got in touch to see if I was interested... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE