Tag: Shubnum Khan
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Book Digest: Chigozie Obioma, Johary Ravaloson, Hamza Koudri, Shubnum Khan
In our regular Book Digest segment, we bring books from some guests of the forthcoming Macondo Literary Festival. We focus on books from Chigozie Obioma, Johary Ravaloson, Hamza Koudri, and Shubnum Khan. The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma Publisher: HogarthDate: June 4, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random House Chigozie Obioma…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist announced.
The Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist has been announced today with twenty writers from ten African countries in the running. The Morland Writing Scholarship is an annual award given to African writers to enable them to work on a manuscript over a year without worrying about an income. Writers awarded a fiction scholarship will each…
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Abantu Book Festival 2017 unveils its artist line up
The Abantu Book Festival which is following on from its amazing debut year has announced the line-up for its second edition, which takes place on 7-10 December 2017. The Abantu Book Festival hit the South African literary scene with a bang when it ran from December 06 – 10, 2016 in Soweto, Johannesburg. The festival…
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A snapshot of the virtual Rutanang Book Fair 2017
The Rutanang Book Fair 2017, the second edition of the South African festival, was hosted from May 2-4. This year the events would happen virtually. The Rutanang Book Fair 2016 was hosted in the South African town of Tlokwe from April 25-27. The festival brought together many of South Africa’s leading writers and we loved…