Monthly Archives: June 2009

Teju Cole, author of the critically acclaimed book Every Day Is For The Thief has a popular column, Words Follow Me in Next on Sunday. He has written five pieces with the title Letter to a Young Writer. I would … Continue reading →

You’ll notice that we have been plugging the Brian Chikava and his book Harare North.  On this blog, we don’t just promote our authors, but we also write about authors we like and we think more should read about them.  … Continue reading →

Click on the link for a nice review of K. Sello Duiker The Hidden Star.  I saw a young guy the other day at Ceddi plaza here in Abuja reading our edition of this book.  I was really chuffed. I … Continue reading →

Just a few weeks back, I was at the Hay Festival – the most popular literary festival in the UK. It was both interesting and saddening to hear the plain-speaking CEO of literary agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD) Carolin … Continue reading →

Adaobi introduces and then reads from her first novel, I Do Not Come To You By Chance.

Interview with Brian Chikwava, author of Harare North, on African Writing.

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the renowned literary magazine Wasafiri is launching a new writing prize.  The deadline for submissions is 30th June 2009.

Lola Shoneyin was interviewed recently on RTE’s the Art Show. Shoneyin’s much-anticipated debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is published by Cassava Republic Press in February 2010. We’re utterly excited to be the first to be publishing … Continue reading →