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Get Ready for #ReadingAfrica!
We're
getting ready for our fifth (!!!) #ReadingAfrica celebration, and we
hope you'll join us!
#ReadingAfrica is our annual celebration of African literature.
That means classics, new releases, poetry, graphic novels,
non-fiction, kids' books, you name it. From December 5-11,
use the hashtag #ReadingAfrica across social media on posts that
spotlight African literature in all its forms.
And because it's our fifth anniversary, we've got a lot planned. Be
sure to check our website and social media for updates!
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Out now
Disruption: New
Short Fiction from Africa
Twenty-one new and emerging authors from across Africa explore the
many ways that we grow, adapt, and survive in the face of our
ever-changing global realities. Disruption features evocative, often
prescient, stories, investigating many of the pressing issues of
our time: climate change, pandemics, social upheaval, surveillance,
and more.
Praise for Disruption:
“An electric collection of stories that seethes with horror and
beauty.” — Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls and Afterland
"The
stories in this collection are a call to continue hoping. As long
as we move forward and continue to survive on this earth, there is
still time for healing, both for the earth and ourselves." — Shelf Unbound
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Upcoming
Events
November 6 at 2:00PM ET: Word Bookstore in Brooklyn hosts Siphiwe
Gloria Ndlovu (The
Theory of Flight) and Courttia Newland (Cosmogramma) for
a discussion of their work. Moderated by Sean Jacobs. Access to
this event requires a $5 voucher that can be used towards the
purchase of the event books, or anything else at Word. Register
here.
November
12 11-2 ET: The Radical Books Collective hosts "Beyond
Wakanda! Celebrating New African Speculative Fiction," a full
day of author talks. Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (The Theory of Flight)
and Courttia Newland (Cosmogramma)
will be in conversation, moderated by Lizzy Attree. Register
here. You can also save 15% off of The Theory of Flight
when you buy from our site. Use the code RADICAL
at checkout.
Authors
Futhi Ntshingila (We
Kiss Them With Rain) and Yewande Omotoso (Bom Boy) will be
appearing as part of the Open Book Festival's podcast series.
The series features authors who are either South African or South
Africa based, and "listeners can expect to hear the writers
engage on themes that include queerness, grief, gender based
violence, love and so much more." The series runs November 8–
24. Visit the Open Book Festival website for more information.
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Reviews!
We've been thrilled to see so many great reviews
over the past month!
Catalyst
books covered the pages of Shelf Unbound's
"Read Global" issue, which featured reviews of
Disruption,
Bom Boy,
and Young Blood,
as well as an interview with Yewande Omotoso.
On Disruption:
"The beautiful and the ugly, grief and hope, warnings from our
past and for our future—Disruption
captures all of this."
On Bom Boy:
"A short and refreshing novel that I very much recommend,
especially if you love character-driven writing."
On Young Blood:
" Mzobe’s journalistic training manifests in each meticulous
detail that paints a harrowing portrait of crime life in Umlazi,
and hijackings, cold-blooded killings, and drug and alcohol use
leap from the page. But at the heart of the book lies another message,
one about friendship, family, community, and the value of
education. It’s this message that leaves the reader hopeful."
Hannes Barnard's forthcoming YA novel Halley's Comet
was in Kirkus
Reviews who called it, "a thrilling,
tension-filled story of friendship, love, radicalism, and justice
that will resonate with many readers." Halley's Comet releases
in January, and pre-orders are available now.
And Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu's The History of Man
was praised by Publishers
Weekly, "Ndlovu impresses with a fresh and astute
perspective on colonialism, race, and family that focuses on white
South African-born civil servant Emil Coetzee, who appeared in the
author’s debut, The
Theory of Flight." The History of Man is out in
January, and pre-orders are available now.
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