AiW note: This re-post of Jumoke Verissimo’s review of Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday (Cassava Republic, 2016), was first published on AiW as part of the celebrations for the launch of Cassava Republic Press in the UK, back on this same… Read More ›
This review of Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday is the first in a series of reviews of books published by Cassava Republic Press that we’ll be running over coming weeks to celebrate the launch of Cassava Republic in the UK. AiW… Read More ›
An Evening of New African Fiction: With Doreen Baingana, Elnathan John, Billy Kahora & Irenosen Okojie 5pm, Wednesday 20 April 2016 University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, LT1 Free (no booking required) & refreshments will be provided Nikesh Shukla hosts a… Read More ›
Cassava Republic Press, a leading African publishing house, is set to launch in the UK in April 2016 it was announced today. Introducing an eclectic list of quality literary fiction, crime, young adult fiction, children’s books, and romantic fiction under… Read More ›
AiW Guest Madhu Krishnan Elnathan John’s ‘Flying’ opens with a dream and ends with a limping chicken. If that sentence sounds incongruous, it, like the story itself, is deliberately so. Throughout its course, ‘Flying’ – at only just over 4200… Read More ›
Friday, 5 July, 14:00–17:00 FREE (booking recommended) at the British Library Conference Centre http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event145399.html As part of the Africa Writes festival and in collaboration with the Caine Prize, the Royal African Society and the British Library, this event celebrates 50… Read More ›
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