Fred Soneka is a novelist living in Freetown, Sierra Leone, who recently published two novels: When The Axe Swings (2012) and Looking for Tanana (2013). When The Axe Swings explores the dynamics of a polygamous marriage as the woodcutter Woody… Read More ›
Publishing
Publishing a ‘Double Negative’: And Other Stories’ UK/US publication of Ivan Vladislavić
Teju Cole introducing Ivan Vladislavic in Chelsea: “One of the best writers in the world… one of the great modern prose stylists.” Agreed. — Africa is a Country (@AfricasaCountry) November 5, 2013 (Tweeted from 192 Books in New York, where Teju Cole, author… Read More ›
Q&A: Travel writer, journalist and publisher Pelu Awofeso
Pelu Awofeso is a travel writer, journalist and publishing entrepreneur based in Lagos, Nigeria. For over ten years Pelu has been travelling across Nigeria and publishing travel writing in newspapers in Nigeria and beyond, and in his own travel books. His… Read More ›
The Cape Town Book Fair 2012 – new directions in fiction (and some recommended reads)
I was at the Cape Town Book Fair back in June (June 15-17, 2012). I approached a range of publishers and booksellers exhibiting and asked what was ‘new’ for them in South African fiction, and to give me their latest fiction-must-reads –… Read More ›