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Lots of great things in this month's newsletter. New releases, prize winners, and free books (and who doesn't love free books?!)     Coming Soon: Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa We are excited to be the North American publisher for Disruption, the newest Short Story Day Africa anthology. Short Story Day Africa is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing the next generation of African voices through workshops, mentorship, and their annual Short Story Day Africa prize. Disruption, the organization's ninth release, features 21 new and emerging authors from across the African continent exploring the many ways that we grow, adapt, and survive in the face of our ever-changing global realities. In these evocative, often prescient, stories, new and emerging writers from across Africa investigate many of the pressing issues of our time: climate change, pandemics, social upheaval, surveillance, and more. Recently, our friends at the Johannesburg Review of Books announced the winner and first and second runners-up of this year's prize. The three winning stories are available to read at their website. Disruption is out this September, and pre-orders are available now.     Q&A with the Authors of Madame Livingstone This month, we were proud to release Madame Livingstone, a graphic novel set in the Congo in World War I. Illustrated by Barly Baruti, written by Christophe Cassiau-Haurie, and translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger, Madame Livingstone finds Gaston Mercier, a lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Army, arriving at Lake Tanganyika, Congo in 1915 on orders to sink a critical German warship, the Graf Von Götzen. To aid him on this mission, he is paired with a local guide, an enigmatic mixed-race African and the supposed son of the famous explorer, David Livingstone. Together, while the pair hunts down the ship, Mercier learns more about the land around him and discovers the irrevocable and tragic effects of colonialism on the local people. We chatted with Barly, Christophe, and Ivanka recently to talk about how the team brought this story to life, the comics scene across the African continent, and what it was like to bring this work to a new audience. Madame Livingstone is out now, and available through your favorite bookseller. You can also read an excerpt from the book at our site.     Book Giveaways! Head over to Goodreads to enter to win copies of The Rising Tide by Helen Brain and Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter. The Rising Tide is the second book in Helen's Fiery Spiral trilogy, a dystopian fantasy series for young adult readers. The Rising Tide continues the story of Ebba, a teenager who has lived her entire life in a bunker deep within Cape Town's Table Mountain. Believing the world above had been destroyed, Ebba is shocked to discover that not only is the world "above" safe, but that she is the heir to a massive fortune. Ebba must now use her newfound power to save her friends— and the world. She must listen to her instincts, even if it means destroying the things she holds most dear. Who can she trust to help stop the second “Calamity,” now just days away? Who will betray her? You can enter to win a copy of the book here. And visit our site to learn more about The Fiery Spiral trilogy. Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter is the first in our Intimate Geographies series, short books of around 100 pages which aim to help readers go beyond the surface of fascinating places. Cape Town weaves the history of city's intersecting identities with Henry's own experiences as an American living, working, and building a life there for nearly twenty years. While not a traditional travel guide, Cape Town invites readers into the city with hopes of sparking first-hand exploration with its mix of travel narrative and literary non-fiction. As Henry (who is also the series editor) describes the Intimate Geographies series, "The books are meant to deliver just the right amount of insight for you to understand the deeper meanings behind the experiences you have there. The books of the Intimate Geographies series are not substitutes for traditional guidebooks, but their perfect companions, filling in the intimate details that other sources leave out."  Enter to win the ebook of Cape Town: A Place Between.

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