Tag: Modjaji books
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Three African books make Lambda Literary Awards 2018 shortlist
Three African publications have made the Lambda Literary Awards 2018 shortlist announced on March 6, 2018. The three are a memoir by Chike Frankie Edozien, a novel by Nnanna Ikpo and an anthology edited by Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin. Lambda Literary Awards – or the “Lammys,” as they are affectionately known are an award…
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A review of Fiona Snyckers’ Now Following you.
Book: Now Following You Author: Fiona Snyckers Publisher: Modjaji Books Year of publication: 215 Number of pages: 306 Genre: Fiction, thriller In Now Following You, Jamie Burchell is a hotel trained woman in her late twenties who lives in a Johannesburg suburb and co-owns a popular café/eatery called Delucia with former schoolmate Pumla Maseko. By…
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Doreen Baingana’s “Tropical Fish” for #LongStoryShort in August
Doreen Baingana is not a new name on this blog. The Ugandan writer emerged in 2005 with her collection of short stories Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe (my review) which established her as the golden girl of Ugandan literature. For that book, she won an AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Prize for…
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‘Terra Incognita’ and ‘Follow The Road’ launch in Cape Town
Short Story Day Africa (SSDA) first came to the attention to some of us when it was won by Kenyan writer Okwiri Oduor in 2013. She went on to be shortlisted for the Caine Prize with fellow SSDA Efemia Chela(Zambia) and she won. With such a glorious starting it became quickly evident that you wanted…
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South African Literary Awards 2014 announced
The winners of one of South Africa’s more trusted awards, The South Africa Literary Awards were announced on Friday evening. The event which has been running since 2005 to celebrate literary excellence in all the languages of South Africa has unveiled the following winners; The awards are run by thr wRite associates and the Department…